SENATOR CYNTHIA LUMMIS: Having a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve is ultimate way of having geopolitical advantage.
There are generals in our military right now who are big supporters.
JUST IN: Jack Dorseyβs Block is launching Bitcoin payments on Square at the Bitcoin Conference.
Merchants can choose to hold the BTC or automatically convert it to fiat.
The feature will expand to more sellers later this year.
NEW: The πΊπΈ U.S. dominates global Bitcoin mining with over 36% of the hashrate, according to Hashrate Index.
Following the U.S. are:
2. π·πΊ Russia: 15.652%
3. π¨π³ China: 13.727%
4. π¨π¦ Canada: 2.919%