South American social networking giant Taringa! is launching a stablecoin-powered points system for its 27 million users. Latin American social networking giant Taringa! has partnered with MakerDAO and e-wallet provider Airtm to launch a stablecoin-powered points system for its 27 million strong user base. According to an official Taringa! news release published on July 7, […]
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The US tells Facebook to cease development of libra immediately, and the Bank of International Settlements boss makes an extravagant U-turn. Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more […]
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Iranian Assistant Minister of Trade says that US Congress is trying to stop BTC mining in Iran. Saeed Zarandi, Iranian Assistant Minister of Industry, Trade, and Supply, said that US Congress is working to stop Iran’s access to cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin (BTC) mining, as reported by local news service Al-Fars on July 6. According to […]
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In a renewed effort to rescue the failing economy in Venezuela, President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the largest bank in Venezuela, Banco De Venezuela, to allow users to buy and trade his popular oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR). In his own words, “I hereby order that every branch of Banco De Venezuela opens exchange desks […]
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Taxing people to store money will drive them to cash, which authorities can’t afford to eliminate, says Bank of Japan deputy. Japan’s second most senior banking figure has said central banks cannot use digital currencies to enforce negative interest rates, Reuters reported on July 5. Speaking at an event held by the publication, Masayoshi Amamiya, […]
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the country’s leading bank, Banco de Venezuela, to accept the nation’s cryptocurrency El Petro at all its branches. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro ordered the country’s leading bank, Banco de Venezuela, to accept the nation’s cryptocurrency, the Petro (PTR) at all of its branches, the country’s Finance Ministry tweeted on July […]
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Accounting for almost 40% of bitcoin tweets worldwide, the United States looms large over crypto twitter. Accounting for almost 40% of bitcoin tweets worldwide, the United States looms large over crypto twitter. According to a new thread of tweets, published July 3, by crypto data and infrastructure provider The TIE, overall 38.9% of total bitcoin […]
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The country’s economy minister confirmed the plans to use crypto in local and international transactions. Cuba is the latest country to consider using cryptocurrency to skirt U.S. sanctions, Reuters reported quoting a government source on July 3. In a public address on local television, the country’s president, Migual Diaz-Canel, said the plan would raise capital […]
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Bisq had its best week in its history last week, while Localbitcoins volumes continued falling despite the bitcoin bull run. P2P bitcoin (BTC) trading platform Bisq is seeing record trading volumes as users drop Localbitcoins, data from monitoring resource Coin Dance confirmed this week. Bisq, the DEX formerly known as Bitsquare, is a decentralized application […]
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Digital money has been gradually transforming the world’s charity landscape, involving governments and traditional nonprofits. The technology that underpins cryptocurrencies has been gradually entering the charity sector, purportedly providing more transparency and trust to the industry — especially given a decrease in people’s trust in charity organizations, where the public is increasingly concerned about how […]
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