U.S-based company looks forward to bring their VPN services to journalists around the world for free. U.S-based Peer-to-Peer VPN Provider Orchid will start offering a private network for free to journalists across the globe, according to an announcement made on March 20. According to Orchid, journalists who have press credentials and proof of status, regardless […]
Continue ReadingThe indefinite suspension of Venezuela’s national banking system is driving further adoption of cryptocurrencies. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trading has surged in Venezuela after shutting banks amid a nationwide quarantine to fight the spread of coronavirus. On March 17, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro brought a country-wide quarantine to slow the spread of COVID-19. With only 33 […]
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Binance has rolled out peer-to-peer crypto trading with five new Latin American fiat currencies. Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has rolled out peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading with five new Latin American fiat currencies. Users of the Binance P2P trading platform can now buy and sell cryptocurrency directly with Brazilian real (BRL), Argentine peso (ARS), Colombian peso (COP), […]
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Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of major crypto exchange Binance, did not appreciate the public help offer of the CEO of competing exchange OKEx, Jay Hao. Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder and CEO of major crypto exchange Binance, did not appreciate the public help offer of the CEO of competing exchange OKEx, Jay Hao in […]
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After launching Nigerian Naira deposits in October 2019, Binance adds support of NGN as its first African currency for P2P trading. As part of ongoing fiat-to-crypto expansion, major cryptocurrency Binance is adding support for the Nigerian Naira (NGN) on its peer-to-peer (P2P) platform. Binance P2P, a consumer-to-consumer business arm of Binance exchange, is rolling out […]
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How can emerging technologies help one of the world’s most populous countries and one of the largest energy consumers toward sustainable and renewable energy development? India is fostering a digital future via Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “Digital India” initiative: A national blockchain strategy that includes quantum computing, machine learning and artificial intelligence as digital technologies […]
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Popular P2P exchange LocalBitcoins traded 3,144 bitcoins during one week in February, which is the lowest since 2013. Popular peer-to-peer (P2P) crypto trading exchange LocalBitcoins saw a major decline in Bitcoin (BTC) trading volumes amid apparent user uncertainty. According to data from Bitcoin (BTC) statistics website Coin Dance, global Bitcoin trading volumes on LocalBitcoins exchange […]
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Is Bitcoin a currency, money, digital gold? Industry participants have differing opinions on what BTC is as the halving approaches. As the Bitcoin halving draws ever nearer, the demand for the digital asset keeps soaring, having seen an increase of around 15% against the United States dollar in the past month. The Bitcoin halving is […]
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Budget proposals have revealed the existence of a ‘Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program’ within the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has revealed the existence of a Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program (CIP) in the agency’s 2021 budget proposal. The proposal states that the CIP seeks to identify unlicensed capital flows […]
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Amid a major economic downgrade, countries in Latin America suffer increasingly from money laundering through crypto, a new report says. Amid a major economic downturn, countries in Latin America (LATAM) are increasingly suffering from money laundering through cryptocurrencies, a new report says. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) have become a major tool of organized crime groups […]
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