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President Milei Issues Advice to Elon Musk’s D.O.G.E.: ‘Cut to the Chase’
21.11.2024
Argentine President Javier Milei, who self-describes as anarcho-capitalist, issued recommendations to Elon Musk, head of the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), to develop his deregulation and state cleaning role. In Lex Fridman’s podcast, Milei urged Musk to be efficient...
President of Digital Assets Commission: El Salvador Is Just Showing ‘Glimpses’ of What’s Coming
20.11.2024
Juan Carlos Reyes, president of the Digital Assets National Commission in El Salvador, recently highlighted the work behind the scenes to incentivize and prepare the nation for higher cryptocurrency adoption levels. During an interview, Reyes declared: “If you look at the bigger...
Crypto Transactions Surge in Spain’s Real Estate Market
18.11.2024
According to Enlace, a real estate tech company, the number of real estate transactions involving some form of cryptocurrency as payment has surged this year. The company found that this usage grew by 15% in 2024, driven by the benefits these payment methods offer over traditional purchases...
Andrew Tate Makes the Case for Bitcoin Over Other Investment Options
18.11.2024
Andrew Tate, former kickboxer and social media personality, has made the case for investing in bitcoin over other assets, such as gold and real estate. On social media, Tate expressed worries about the size of his BTC stash, stating he had concerns about a few hundred BTC might not be enough....
Mountain Protocol Brings Yield-Generating Stablecoin Products to El Dorado
15.11.2024
Mountain Protocol, a yield-bearing stablecoin project, has partnered with the P2P exchange El Dorado to bring yield savings products to Latin American customers. Both organizations have teamed up to offer up to 4.5% APY for El Dorado Earn customers. The initiative receives USDT and automatically...
World Lands in Brazil: Launching Biometric Operations in São Paulo
14.11.2024
World, the biometric proof-of-humanness-based project, has finally landed in Brazil and is expected to start operating in the country this week. According to local media, World will initially commence operations in ten different locations in São Paulo, allowing users to register in the network....
First Dogecoin Millionaire Gets the Last Laugh: Close to $3 Million Round Trip
12.11.2024
Glauber Contessoto, the self-proclaimed first dogecoin millionaire, has recovered from DOGE’s price downfall, which reduced his $3 million fortune to $50,000 last year. The “Slumdoge Millionaire,” as he calls himself on social media, stated that he never lost faith in the meme...
Mexico’s Third-Largest Billionaire Raves About Bitcoin Price Hike: ‘Told You So’
11.11.2024
Mexico’s third-largest billionaire is celebrating the momentum that bitcoin and the entire cryptocurrency market are experiencing following President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory in the recent elections. Ricardo Salinas Pliego, owner of companies such as Grupo Elektra, Banco Azteca...
Stealth Nation Reported to Be Purchasing Bitcoin Covertly
10.11.2024
Talks of an unidentified nation purchasing bitcoin in bulk surged on social media recently. David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc. and one of President-Elect Trump’s campaign cryptocurrency aides, has reported on the possibility of an undisclosed country acquiring bitcoin outside the public eye....
Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin Token on Top of Solana
8.11.2024
Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, announced the launch of cbbtc, its in-house developed wrapped bitcoin token, on top of the Solana network. Highlighting the significance of this move, Coinbase stated: “This is the first token Coinbase has issued on Solana, and with...
Crypto.com Unveils ‘Level up’ Rewards Program, Integrates New Service Suite
8.11.2024
Singapore-based Crypto.com has unveiled its “Level Up” rewards program, seeking to deliver stocks, banking services, and cards under one roof. The company will integrate these new functionalities, offering 3% on stock deposit transfers, 7.5% rewards on idle cash balances, and 8%...
Bitcoin Pioneer Praises Milei’s Vision in Argentina
5.11.2024
Peter Todd, a Bitcoin pioneer recently accused of being Satoshi Nakamoto in HBO’s documentary “Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery,” has praised President Javier Milei’s vision for Argentina. At the sidelines of Labitcoinf, a Latam-focused crypto event, Todd stated that as...
Milei’s ‘Deep Chainsaw’ Trims Thousands of Jobs in Argentina
4.11.2024
Deep Chainsaw, the name given to President Milei’s plan to trim the bureaucratic excesses in state institutions, recently reached a milestone in savings for the country. Milei celebrated that the program eliminated over 33,000 job positions. Argentina’s Minister of State...
Historic: Central Bank of Argentina Hosts Cryptocurrency Art Exhibition
4.11.2024
The Central Bank of Argentina has opened its doors to host a cryptocurrency-themed art exhibition for the first time. The show, titled “Art, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the Economy,” includes a series of bitcoin mining machines, several spheres that display ether...
Franklin Templeton Integrates Tokenized Fund on Base
1.11.2024
Franklin Templeton, one of the world’s largest investment managers, has announced that it has integrated Benji, a blockchain-integrated record-keeping system, on top of Base, a Coinbase-incubated Ethereum rollup. According to the institution, this move makes it the first organization to build...
Sazmining Brings Bitcoin Mining-Powered Sustainable Heating to a Norwegian Town
1.11.2024
Sazmining, a green Bitcoin mining company with operations in Wisconsin and Paraguay, aims to improve the heating business using mining as a key element. The company reported that it is currently working on substituting the traditional petrol-based heating elements of a building for a system that...
A16z: Only 10% of Crypto Owners Are Actively Using It
29.10.2024
A recent report by A16zcrypto titled “Estimating the Number of Real Crypto Users” found that only up to 60 million current holders were actively using their cryptocurrency each month. The numbers represent only 10% of the estimated 617 million global holders, a number released...
Willy Woo on Altcoins: ‘Retail May Be Getting It’
28.10.2024
Trader Willy Woo reflected on market trends and the behavior of altcoins in what he called this third alt-cycle. This cycle, Woo stated, is marked by the emergence of meme coins, “a piss-take on the crypto space.” Unlike the last cycle, which Woo linked to the appearance...
Web3 Game Off the Grid Numbers Shine Despite Promotional Drop
25.10.2024
Off The Grid, the so-called Web3 extraction shooter built on the Avalanche blockchain, has maintained momentum after its launch in the early access stages. While the game has fallen from the top 100 most viewed games on the streaming platform Twitch, it has maintained 500,000 daily active addresses...
Buenos Aires Implements Self-Sovereign Decentralized Blockchain ID Initiative
25.10.2024
Buenos Aires’ Innovation and Transformation Secretary, Diego Fernandez, confirmed that Quarkid, a self-sovereign decentralized blockchain ID project, has already been implemented as part of the city’s app, Miba. In a recent interview, Fernandez explained that users who have verified...