In August 2020, MicroStrategy invested $250 million in Bitcoin as a reserve asset.
In October 2020, Square, Inc. invest about 1% of total assets ($50 million) buying Bitcoin.
In November 2020, PayPal announced that US users could buy, hold, or sell Bitcoin.
On November 30, 2020, the bitcoin value hit a new all-time high of $19,860. Alexander Vinnik - the founder of BTC-e was convicted and sentenced to 5 years in prison for money laundering in France.
In December 2020, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company announced a $100 million Bitcoin purchase - or 0.04% of its investment assets.
On January 19, 2021, Elon Musk repeatedly shared about Bitcoin on his Twitter. This caused BTC to rapidly increase around 5,000 prices in 1 hour to $37,299.
On January 25, 2021, Microstrategy announced that it would continue to buy Bitcoin, bringing the amount of Bitcoin it holds to $2.38 billion.
On February 8, 2021, Tesla announced $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin purchases and plans to start accepting Bitcoin for transportation payments, pushing the Bitcoin price to $44,141.
In September 2020, the Canton of Zug, Switzerland announced that it would begin accepting tax payments in Bitcoin in February 2021.
In June 2021, the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador voted to pass a law to make Bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador.
Also in June, a Taproot software upgrade was approved, adding support for Schnorr signatures, improving the functionality of Smart Contracts and the Lightning Network. This upgrade was installed in November.
On October 16, 2021, the SEC approved the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF - a cash-settled futures exchange-traded fund.
1/2022: Ferrari entered blockchain when establishing a partnership with Swiss blockchain company Velas; Shanghai City focuses on developing Metaverse in its 5-year development plan to 2022-2027; famous game company Square Enix has a plan to invest in blockchain games in the period of 2022-2023; Russia's major bank Sberbank introduces the first ETF to help investors get closer to blockchain; NFTs are recognized by a number of brewers and farmers who preserve the beer heritage in Belgium by UNESCO.
2/2022: India approves and levies a 30% tax on crypto income; Venezuelan government approves new tax law for cryptocurrency and foreign currency trading; The UK government updated a number of changes to the rules on Defi and Staking in favor of blockchain development.
