Twitter, Wikipedia and even Google search activity point to a world still unaware of the best macro asset available to anyone. Bitcoin (BTC) has gained 30% in a week and topped out at $23,777 on Dec. 16 — but hardly anyone in the world knows yet, data suggests. According to charts tracking public awareness of […]
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The Central Bank of Nigeria’s “Naira defense” policy is pushing more Nigerians towards Bitcoin and crypto adoption. Peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin (BTC) volume in Nigeria continues to rise as Africa’s largest economy remains a bastion for crypto adoption. According to Quartz Africa, data from the Bitcoin P2P marketplace Paxful show the country ranks second only to […]
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The global network of open APIs claims it can reduce development time of decentralized applications from months to days. The Graph Network launched its mainnet on Dec. 17, allowing developers to easily search, index, use and publish data from public blockchains. This is made possible through a global and open network of Application Programming Interfaces, […]
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Early adopters who saw the potential in Bitcoin in the last decade have been waiting for this year their entire crypto investing lives. Bitcoin’s (BTC) recent volatile price corrections might conjure up images of the 2017 crash in your mind, or maybe even the crash caused by COVID-19 back in March of this year. But […]
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More countries are allegedly involved in a major global Bitcoin ad scam. A major Bitcoin (BTC) ad scam involving unauthorised images of Australian celebrities who seemingly promoted fake investment schemes is allegedly coming from Russia, according to a new report. Fraudulent Bitcoin ads capitalizing on Australian celebrities like Dick Smith and Andrew Forrest are part […]
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As antitrust enforcement hits Facebook and Google, the Federal Trade Commission is digging into misuse of consumer data. The United States Federal Trade Commission is making the giants of social media account for their user data practices. On December 11, the FTC published orders for special reports from unnamed social media companies. The commission’s stated […]
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With so many opinions regarding crypto, here is a look at some of the most impactful quotes that symbolized 2020. Throughout the past decade, a lot has been said about Bitcoin (BTC) and the future of cryptocurrencies. However, 2020 has so far been a defining year for the industry as current events bring to life […]
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Online advertising is going crypto with Ethereum. A new crypto plugin will allow WordPress publishers to receive ad earnings directly into their Ether (ETH) wallets, according to a Dec. 10 plugin description posted on the WordPress’ official website. Called “EthereumAds,” the plugin will enable content publishers to auction advertisement space for ETH using smart contracts. […]
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Now live, Theta’s network upgrade includes an updated block explorer capable of working with smart contract data. Theta, a blockchain that facilitates decentralized video streaming, recently updated its mainnet, adding a number of benefits. Theta’s mainnet now hosts smart contract capabilities, as of a block height of 8,411,427, Theta Labs said in a blog post […]
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Traders are taking note of Nexo, Elrond and Blockstack as tokens offering real-world use cases rally higher. The ideas of privacy and decentralization have always been the heart of the crypto community. Therefore, when Blockstack announced that it would transition from being a security token to a utility token by launching its new Stacks Blockchain […]
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