Cryptocurrency

Samia Suluhu Hassan, the president of Tanzania, is striving to embrace cryptocurrency with open arms. This move follows that of El Salvador adopting Bitcoin as legal tender.  No doubt the World Bank will not be happy with yet another developing nation jumping on crypto. However, when large swathes of your population is unable to take

3d illustration of bitcoin over circuit background with china flag Beijing told China’s cryptocurrency miners that they have to go. The People’s Republic’s recent crypto ban is not surprising considering the decentral nature of crypto. Qinhai and Xinjiang are two more provinces that added bitcoin mining to their hit list.  This follows an especially harrowing

San Francisco / USA – Mar, 2020: Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, founder of Tesla. Famous entrepreneur. Vector portrait illustration. The ‘Dogefather’ Elon Musk  delivered his ultimatum on Sunday, essentially.  It’s pretty easy to see why. When the goal of your business is to reduce fossil fuel consumption, it’s important to take a lead. Elon

They weren’t thinking about Kim Kardashian when the official website for Ethereum described Ethereum as the “Foundation for our digital future.”  Her Instagram account to over 200 million followers received her advertisement for Ethereum Max. This made it the single biggest piece of social media crypto promotion ever in terms of absolute reach. The only

Key Points: Biden Administration to require banks/exchanges/blockchain/crypto/defi companies to report Crypto transactions over $10,000 to the IRS. Thailand SEC Cracks Down: Effective June 11, 2021, Meme Tokens (Such as Doge), Fan Tokens, NFTs and Exchange Tokens cannot be traded in Thailand. Regulation fears one reason for the recent crypto dip. Some worry more regulation will

By 2022, Tony Sta… I mean Elon Musk says he will be putting a real physical Dogecoin on the moon.  No one ever said the man wasn’t brilliant, if not a little eccentric. His backing of the cryptocurrency that was once just a joke is not just for fun. Dogecoin holders earned 12,000% returns since

Within the past 24 hours, we have seen Dogecoin (DOGE) jump ahead and grow over 30% in price. With DOGE climbing the crypto ladder at a rapid pace, in the early hours of Tuesday, the coin price reached a new milestone and crossed the $0.50 barrier. The value of Dogecoin was $0.389421 and reached $0.541900

Tether (USDT), the world’s largest stablecoin, just reached a market capitalization of $50 billion at the end of April 2021. A definitive sign that the cryptocurrency bull market is warming up, the Tether supply has grown by more than a factor of 10 over the last 12 months. Calculating the breakdown, that roughly accounts for

As one of the most hyped technologies this past decade, cryptocurrencies have been recognized as the gateway to unlocking revolutionary change in business operations. By the year 2030, Gartner estimates blockchain will have generated $3.1 trillion. Reflecting on some recent events in the crypto industry, Ethereum has reached $2.6K, which is an all-time high for

Newly released documents relating to Telegram’s 2018 ICO have revealed some big-name backers, including Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich and former Minister of Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov. The publication of the documents highlighting some of the big-money backers in Telegram’s planned blockchain, Telegram Open Network (TON), is just the latest development in the US

The world of crypto has developed at a breakneck pace over the past few years, and in a new development, cryptocurrency firm BitGo has announced the launch of its own crypto lending service. In recent times, the crypto lending industry has grown at a decent pace, but there is still room for a lot of

The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds.  Arca Funds, a Los Angeles-based money manager specializing in cryptocurrencies, wants to create a fund to buy U.S. Treasury bonds and then use them to back a digital token created atop the

A lawsuit claiming Ripple violated securities laws will be allowed to move forward – though with a caveat favorable to the San Francisco-based payments firm. In a ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton, of the Northern District of California, allowed a putative class-action lawsuit by retail XRP (XRP) buyers to proceed. Hamilton said the

An Iranian general is reportedly calling for the use of cryptocurrency to evade sanctions. Saeed Muhammad, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ “Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution” (or Sepâh for short), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, said in a speech Wednesday that Iran should look to cryptocurrencies to bolster international

Coinhako, a cryptocurrency exchange backed by Tim Draper, has restricted user withdrawals after falling victim to a “sophisticated attack.” The Singapore-based exchange told users Friday that account send functions for cryptocurrencies had been temporarily disabled. Although a spokesperson initially said this was for “network maintenance”, the exchange admitted Saturday it had been victim to an

The spreading coronavirus sowed a new bout of fear among investors, triggering a stock market sell-off and flight to safe-haven assets like gold and U.S. Treasury bonds, with 47 countries now reporting infections amid widespread reports of travel cancellations, shipment delays and business interruptions. U.S. stocks fell for the sixth straight day, Treasury yields slid