PayPal is going to launch a #Bitcoin checkout service that will allow its users to convert cryptocurrencies in their account to fiat upon checkout to use them for payments at 29 million online merchants.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/paypal-launches-bitcoin-checkout-service

#USDt is fully backed, according to an assurance opinion by Moore Cayman.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/tether-is-fully-backed-assurance-opinion-shows

Blockstream is launching a #Bitcoin mining security token.

https://btctimes.com/news/blockstream-to-launch-bitcoin-mining-security-token

THE "JOURNALISTS" WHO CONVINCED YOU THAT BITCOIN WAS A PONZI SCHEME ARE, IN FACT, THE TRUE SCAMMERS

- Jameson Lopp

https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1376900892239261698

Tesla has sold 10% of its #bitcoin holdings "essentially to prove liquidity of Bitcoin as an alternative to holding cash on balance sheet," Tesla chief Elon Musk said.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/tesla-sold-272m-of-bitcoin-to-prove-liquidity

"Bitcoin uses too much eNeRgY!" he types on his $2,000 Macbook pro in his $5,000/month apartment while sipping on his $10 daily latte. A Paul Krugman podcast softly plays in the background.

- Dan Held

https://twitter.com/danheld/status/1387783269710655503

Blockstream Releases Base Station For Bitcoin Broadcasting Satellite

"Blockstream has introduced the Blockstream Satellite Base Station, a receiver for the satellite it maintains to broadcast the Bitcoin blockchain from space."

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/blockstream-offers-satellite-base-station

Tether, the crypto stablecoin backed one-for-one by fiat currencies, surpassed $50 billion in circulation, a sum that’s more than the insured deposits at all but 44 of the thousands of U.S. banks.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-01/crypto-s-shadow-currency-surges-past-deposits-of-most-u-s-banks

OPINION: For years now, we’ve been creating a zombie economy, with assets and stocks inflated far beyond their true value because, for want of a better alternative, they represented the best way of hedging against inflation.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/all-you-need-is-bitcoin

hodling #bitcoin  🤟🏻

- Kari Due-Andresen (Chief Economist Norway)

https://twitter.com/karidueandresen/status/1388565910668124163

Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre disclosed a $7.8 million bitcoin purchase on Wednesday, making it the latest publicly traded company to park bitcoin on its balance sheet.

https://www.coindesk.com/e-commerce-giant-mercadolibre-discloses-7-8m-bitcoin-buy

Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly members are advocating for the creation of a "special zone" in Tokyo that would allow for the tax-free use of #Bitcoin in the city.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/Tokyo-assembly-members-seek-0-percent-bitcoin-tax

Elon Musk has received backlash from bitcoiners over Tesla's take on Bitcoin's energy use, which motivated the firm's decision to stop accepting #bitcoin for payments.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/elon-ditches-bitcoin-payments-bitcoiners-ditch-tesla-orders

Not accepting #Bitcoin for payments in order to save the environment is almost as effective as using paper straws instead of plastic.

- Samson Mow

https://twitter.com/Excellion/status/1392719249571913729

Dear @elonmusk …

- Chris Dunn

https://twitter.com/ChrisDunnTV/status/1392644291579858944

Money printing and debt of the fiat state system 💁‍♂️

#Bitcoin fixes this

- Bitcoin Meme Hub

https://twitter.com/BitcoinMemeHub/status/1391931631020253186

Tether has revealed a breakdown of the reserves backing $USDt.

https://www.btctimes.com/news/tether-publishes-breakdown-of-reserves

#Bitcoin Mining serves as the foundation of the monetary network - critical to its growth, stability, longevity, vitality, & integrity. The Proof of Work architecture is a masterpiece of engineering that anchors the system to the real world, providing Seven Layers of Security.

- Michael Saylor

https://twitter.com/michael_saylor/status/1392904263123283975

BlackRock, with $9.01 trillion under management, "#Bitcoin is durable and it will be part of the investment arena for years to come"

- Documenting Bitcoin

https://twitter.com/DocumentingBTC/status/1392826585879879680

Bitfinex is hiring ReactJsJ front-end developers. If you like challenges, being part of a super-talented team and building amazing products you should apply below.

- Paolo Ardoino

https://twitter.com/paoloardoino/status/1393142789274324995

MicroStrategy CEO: Bitcoin is the most powerful and disruptive technology of our lifetime

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/microstrategy-ceo-bitcoin-is-the-most-powerful-and-disruptive-technology-of-our-lifetime/ar-BB1gF9Zg