How to Use Bitcoin in a Sentence

Bitcoin

noun
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  • Still, the price of Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, has risen in the past year.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Similar claims were made with the advent of Bitcoin with respect to banks and the state.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The proof of impact has already been shown — 60% of sports fans have purchased NFTs and Bitcoin.
    — Michael Schreiber, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The scammers convinced the victim to withdraw money and use it to buy Bitcoin and gift cards.
    — cleveland, 22 July 2023
  • The price of Bitcoin was largely unaffected by the Fed rate hike pause.
    — Paul Davidson, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
  • What’s next for Bitcoin? Is the Apple Heart the next great innovation?
    — Quartz, 6 June 2024
  • Blackrock has been in the news lately over its proposal for a spot Bitcoin ETF.
    — Byjustin Doom, Fortune Crypto, 24 July 2023
  • Red Dog Casino accepts Bitcoin among other payment methods, the site is easy to navigate, and there are over 150 games in total.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Sasser paid for the order through Bitcoin purchases over the span of several months, totaling about $9,750, the complaint states.
    — Tina Burnside, CNN, 10 June 2023
  • Callers will claim to detonate a (nonexistent) bomb in a store unless staff pay a ransom, usually in Bitcoin or gift cards.
    — Byalan Murray, Fortune, 26 June 2023
  • Last year, Germany shut down the servers for the infamous Russian darknet marketplace Hydra and seized around seizing €23 million worth of Bitcoin.
    — Emma Roth, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Crypto blow Bitcoin steadied after falling more than 5% on Monday, its worst daily decline since April 19.
    — Reuters, CNN, 6 June 2023
  • The Lightning Network is an innovative layer-2 scaling solution that operates on top of the Bitcoin blockchain.
    — Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
  • President Bukele says El Salvador is now making a profit on Bitcoin investment.
    — Daniel Dana, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • This promotion is here to attract players who use Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for their gambling.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Even so, the Bitcoin network has refused to follow suit and is responsible for a majority of the carbon emissions stemming from crypto mining.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2024
  • For example, his commentary on Bitcoin has been estimated to have led to abnormal returns of the cryptocurrency, raising the price by about 17% with a single post.
    — Grace Lordan, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But in 2023, another industry moved in: Bitcoin miners.
    — Ryan Weeks, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2024
  • In many ways, the race for Bitcoin mining superiority has caused some countries to head directly towards calamity.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The flagship cryptocurrency, which has experienced a rollercoaster ride of price corrections and continuous outflows of funds from spot Bitcoin ETFs, seems ready to take a leap.
    — Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Rather, buying a derivative—something that is possible for any commodity—allows an investor to place a leveraged bet on whether the price of a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin will rise or fall.
    — Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That sort of exasperation has become a Dimon staple when discussing Bitcoin.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Fidelity, the asset manager, has a pending application for a Bitcoin fund.
    — David Yaffe-Bellany, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • It could be forced to divest some of its core operations and would be limited to selling Bitcoin and Ethereum—an activity that has become increasingly low-margin and commoditized.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • Nakamoto’s 2008 white paper on Bitcoin talks about doing financial transactions peer-to-peer, without the risk of counterparties like banks, brokers, and remittance centers.
    — Zain Jaffer, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The company plans to expand its custody offerings to include other cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin and Ether.
    — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 16 June 2023
  • Gone was the governor who launched his campaign talking about the value of Bitcoin on a buggy website and proceeded to silo himself in niche forums maintained by professional controversialists.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 Dec. 2023
  • In recent months, he’s been waxing poetic a lot — particularly on crypto-friendly podcasts; Katta is evidently a big Bitcoin fan — about the problems with modern devices.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 23 May 2024
  • Bitcoin, however, has become the cryptocurrency standard operating much like U.S. dollar would operate in public currency markets, but in the crypto realm.
    — Michael C. Dealoia, cleveland.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Democrats have also sought to force energy-hungry Bitcoin mining companies to disclose their electricity consumption and pollution.
    — Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2023

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