Nicolas Maduro States Venezuela Pioneered Crypto Adoption in South America as Petro Use Flounders
President Nicolas Maduro stated that Venezuela was a pioneer in cryptocurrency adoption in Latam in an interview with Bloomberg last...
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Three Ethereum Testnets Are Transitioning to the Highly Anticipated London Upgrade
According to a blog post on the Ethereum Foundation’s website, three Ethereum testnets leveraging the London hard fork will go...
Facebook’s David Marcus: China’s Bitcoin Mining Crackdown ‘Great Development’ for BTC
David Marcus, head of Facebook Financial (F2) who is in charge of crypto project Diem, formerly Libra, believes that the...
Mad Money’s Jim Cramer Dumps His Bitcoin Over China Mining Crackdown and Ransomware Concerns
Mad Money host Jim Cramer said he has sold almost all of his bitcoin. He cited the Chinese government’s crackdown...
Financial Advisor Ric Edelman Sees ‘Tremendous Investment Opportunities’ in Bitcoin
Financial advisor Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Engines and RIA Digital Assets Council, has recommended having bitcoin in investment...
Malta’s ‘Wild West’ Approach: Regulators Claim $70 Billion in Crypto Passed Through ‘Blockchain Island’
The island country of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea has been known to be friendly toward cryptocurrency solutions and blockchain...
400+ Miners Seized in Venezuela Due to Lack of Permits
Authorities seized more than 400 Bitcoin miners in Venezuela this weekend in two major confiscations. Local reports indicate military personnel...
Microstrategy Buys $489M Worth of Bitcoin — Company Now Holds More Than 100,000 BTC
The independent, publicly-traded business intelligence company Microstrategy announced the acquisition of 13,005 bitcoin on Monday, at a purchase price of...
The US Government Is Auctioning $377K Worth of Bitcoin and Litecoin
The U.S. government is selling bitcoin and litecoin worth $377K via the General Services Administration (GSA). The auction closes at...
PBOC Instructs China’s Banks to Forbid All Cryptocurrency Related Activities Immediately
China’s central bank has sent notice to the country’s financial institutions instructing them to stop dealing with cryptocurrency transactions. The...
New World Bank Report: Nigeria’s Exchange Rate Policies Fueling Inflation, Affecting Food Prices
Nigeria’s use of multiple exchange rates regimes may have contributed to a rise in the country’s inflation rate, the latest...
Signature Bank’s Blockchain Payment Platform to Accept Trueusd Stablecoin
As Signature Bank expands its commercial banking offerings, the trueusd stablecoin has been integrated with its Signet blockchain-based digital payment...
TSB Bank Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Purchases Due to Increasing Fraud Numbers: Report
TSB, a British bank, is planning to ban cryptocurrency purchases due to fraud concerns. The company reported an alarming number...
$135K for December: Stock-to-Flow Creator Lays out Bitcoin’s ‘Worst Case Scenario for 2021’
The pseudonymous creator of the popular stock-to-flow (S2F) bitcoin price model, Plan B, has published his “worst case scenario for...
Russian Billionaire Slams Central Bank’s Crypto Policy, Says Even El Salvador Realizes the Need for Bitcoin
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska wants the Bank of Russia, the country’s central bank, to embrace cryptocurrency, citing El Salvador’s bitcoin...
