Survey: Proportion of South African Crypto Holders Grows to 11.3%, 56% of Crypto Owners Hold Bitcoin
The number of surveyed South Africans that own crypto grew marginally from 10.3% in October 2021, to 11.3% in December...
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Gift to Pope Francis Sold as NFT Raises $80,000 for Afghanistan
A carpet presented by the United Arab Emirates as a gift to the head of the Catholic Church a few...
Rio De Janeiro to Invest 1% of Its Treasury in Cryptocurrency
Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest cities in Brazil, will invest part of its Treasury in cryptocurrencies. The announcement...
MTI Mastermind Arrest: Lawyer Points to Agreement Relating to Johann Steynberg’s Extradition to South Africa
With Johann Steynberg now in custody in Brazil, a lawyer has suggested that South Africa may have to resort to...
Crypto Exchange Bitfinex Stops Servicing Ontario Customers, Asks Users to Withdraw Funds
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has asked its Ontario users to withdraw their funds since they will no longer have access to...
Vitalik Buterin Asks Twitter Followers Which Crypto They Prefer to Overtake Ethereum — Cardano, Tron Favorites
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin set up a pair of polls on Twitter asking his followers if 80% of all transactions...
Bank of America Says Solana Could Take Market Share From Ethereum, Become the Visa of the Crypto Ecosystem
Bank of America’s analyst says that Solana could take market share away from Ethereum. Noting that Solana is optimized for...
Meme Coin Markets Gain Close to 5% in 24 Hours, Dogecoin’s Value Jumps, 3 Meme Tokens See Triple Digit Gains
The top meme tokens by market capitalization have increased in value by 4.4% in the last 24 hours according to...
Russia Busts Revil Ransomware Group on US Request, Arrests 14 Members
Russian law enforcement agencies have dismantled the notorious hacking group Revil, believed to be behind ransomware attacks in the U.S....
Value Locked in Defi Jumps 2.3% in 7 Days, Ethereum NFT Sales Dominate, Fantom TVL Jumps 26%
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the value locked in decentralized finance (defi) protocols across a number of blockchains has increased...
Stablecoin USDC’s ERC20 Issuance Surpasses USDT’s Total Supply on Ethereum
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the market capitalization of all the stablecoins in existence is $173 billion, which represents 7.93%...
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Taps New Lifetime High, BTC Price 20% Above Production Cost, Difficulty Nears ATH
Bitcoin’s hashrate has been riding high again as the processing power tapped another lifetime high on January 15, 2022, reaching...
Head of Investigative Committee Calls for Mandatory Identification of Cryptocurrency Users in Russia
Russians who use cryptocurrency should not be anonymous, the man who chairs Russia’s federal investigating authority has recently stated. The...
IMF: Crypto Could Soon Pose Risks to Countries’ Financial Stability
Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) say that “crypto assets are no longer on the fringe of the financial...
First Cryptocurrency ATM Reportedly Installed in Uruguay
The ostensible first cryptocurrency ATM machine has been installed in Uruguay, developed as a joint initiative between Urubit and Inbierto,...
