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The noise around Bitcoin has risen sharply in recent months. With all the talk of its price going up, it’s easy to feel like you’ve missed the boat. The good news? You're early. Cryptocurrency is here to stay and we’ll all be using it in the years to come.

Singling out wavemakers in a space that hosts more overachievers than there are nodes in a blockchain is no easy task. So buckle up for more controversial moments than Elon Musk’s Twitter feed as we take you through 13 influencers who have really made a difference.

It’s full steam ahead as El Salvador taps into geothermal power for Bitcoin mining. What could be next on President Bukele’s Bitcoin bucket list? Meanwhile, another flurry of institutional adoption makes it a bullish week for crypto, Twitter might be integrating the Lightning Network, and more. Here are the top crypto stories to come out of last week.

Hacker group Anonymous has supposedly put Elon Musk in their crosshairs for his crypto Tweets, but is it all it seems? Meanwhile, El Salvador is going all in on Bitcoin, the Biden administration is looking to harness blockchain’s forensic power, and more. Here are our picks of the biggest crypto stories to come out of last week.

Is Crypto becoming a Wall Street mainstay? Epic Games is looking to take a ₿ite out of Apple, Charlie’s chewed his last finger thanks to NFTs, and more. Here are our picks of the biggest crypto stories to come out of last week.

Diddy (hip) hops on the DeFi train, a top English football club goes non-fungible, and there was more crypto adoption for major institutions. It may have been a turbulent week in the markets, but there’s always a bright side in crypto. Here’s the pick of last week’s headlines.

If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the last few months, you may have noticed a number of profile pictures with laser beam eyes appearing on your feed. No, they’re not cyborgs – Skynet has bigger things to worry about than Twitter. They’re real people from all walks of life across the globe who have been united by their love of Bitcoin and are looking for a new way to show it.

From the birth of Bitcoin, to a few forks in the road, and the Musk effect, we look at 10 moments in history that have defined the cryptocurrency space.

The cryptosphere was hit by an Elon-shaped asteroid last week with the announcement that electric car giant Tesla was suspending vehicle purchases using bitcoin. But is there any truth to his argument against Bitcoin?

Ethereum leapfrogs America’s biggest bank, a Bitcoin upgrade could signal wider adoption, and indecisive Musk faces wrath of the crypto community... it was a busy week in crypto, get your fill of ruffled feathers, broken records, and more right here.