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Kingdom of Tonga May Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Says Former Member of Parliament
14.1.2022
The Kingdom of Tonga may adopt bitcoin as legal tender, according to a former member of Tonga’s parliament, Lord Fusitu’a, who tweeted about a possible timeline for this event to occur. Fusitu’a believes that by next fall a bill will be passed by Tonga’s parliament...
Bukele Teases Further Bitcoin Developments in Year Ahead for El Salvador
4.1.2022
The President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele appears keen to start the New Year with a bang – and has teased new developments, as well as crypto-friendly legislation.
Bukele has created a number of crypto-themed Twitter posts so far this year, and in one, wrote that the government was preparing...
Vitalik Buterin Over the Past Decade: How Right or Wrong Was He?
3.1.2022
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has summarized his crypto-related predictions over the last decade, revisiting his past stances towards various subjects and making a verdict on whether he now thinks he was right or wrong. ...
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Crypto in 2022 Will Bring New and Older Emergent Trends to the Fore
1.1.2022
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Crypto is an emergent phenomenon. Put simply, this means it has properties that we can’t extrapolate from the properties of its parts, or to put it even more simply, no one knows exactly what crypto will do in the future....
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I ‘Orange Pilled’ a Dozen Nocoiners in a Week: Here Are the Questions They Had About Bitcoin
25.12.2021
If you have been a Bitcoiner for a while, it’s easy to forget how confusing Bitcoin (BTC) can be when you first set up a wallet and take the plunge into the rabbit hole.
To gain a better understanding of the challenges “newcoiners” face and to play a small role in spreading bitcoin to...
President Bukele fires back at critics on 'Bitcoin experiment'
24.12.2021
The adoption of Bitcoin is changing El Salvador's economic landscape according to Salvadoran president
Banking Behemoth's Crypto Wallet, Ethereum Outflows, Bitcoin's Milestone, Cheap NFT Ape + More News
13.12.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
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Lack of Transparency Blighting El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption, Critics Say
9.12.2021
Media outlets claim that bitcoin (BTC) adoption has been a damp squib thus far in El Salvador – and have bemoaned the fact that the government has failed to produce any explanation of how it has spent the money it has forked out on token purchases....
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South Park Predicts Bitcoin Will Dominate Our Future
26.11.2021
The South Park: Post Covid animated movie flick makes a number of bitter predictions on where we are headed, placing the series’ characters in the year 2061. However, it presents a future in which bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies are a dominant payment method. ...
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin City, BTC Bonds Plans Met With Mixed Reaction
22.11.2021
El Salvador’s government has announced plans to build a carbon-neutral, income tax-free, bitcoin (BTC)-themed city at the base of a volcano where will be mining the token using geothermal power. And its plans to use a new USD 500m bitcoin bond plan to fund the new project have been met with...
Bitcoin as Legal Tender: a Look at the Pros, Cons, and Future Trends
19.11.2021
Greg Waisman, co-founder and COO of the global payment network Mercuryo.
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Since the inception of Bitcoin (BTC) back in 2009, there has always been buzz around the topic of adopting the cryptocurrency as a nation's official legal tender....
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Tether launches Synonym to boost Bitcoin adoption through Lightning Network
16.11.2021
The new venture is pursuing hyperbitcoinization by combining the Lightning Network’s speed with the architecture of an open peer-to-peer platform
Zimbabwe minister signals CBDC interest amid Bitcoin adoption rumors
10.11.2021
Minister Monica Mutsvangwa clarified that Zimbabwe is not considering the adoption of cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin
Latinx communities continue to rise above Bitcoin adoption obstacles
31.10.2021
Latinx communities are driving forward adoption, as crypto is proven to meet their diverse needs in a way that traditional finance cannot
Bitcoin adoption won’t affect IMF talks, says El Salvador’s top central banker
19.10.2021
The country’s central bank chief does not see the recent Bitcoin adoption move hampering plans to secure an IMF loan
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Taunts Economist Steve Hanke After Bitcoin’s Price Skyrockets
17.10.2021
On October 15, the day bitcoin’s price surpassed the $60K per unit handle, Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele taunted the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, Steve Hanke, over his recent statements. At the time, the well known economist warned that El Salvador faces...
Arcane Research predicts 700 million Lightning Network users by 2030
8.10.2021
Arcane Research says that Lightning Network usage has been on a steep upwards trajectory since late last year, but in September growth went parabolic off the back of El Salvador's Bitcoin adoption
BitMEX Boss: El Salvador-style Bitcoin Adoption on the Cards for 5 More Nations
7.10.2021
oin (BTC) legal tender status. Höptner claimed that “at least five countries” will “accept bitcoin as legal tender” before next year is out.In a blog post, the CEO
Beyond Bitcoin: The future of digital assets is bigger than the first crypto
3.10.2021
While Bitcoin is the most recognizable digital asset, it’s just one asset class among many that are here to evolve financial services globally
The Big Three Credit Agencies Critique El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption — S&P Global Warns of ‘Immediate Negative Implications’
18.9.2021
All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the country’s credit rating in a negative manner. After both Moody’s and Fitch Ratings published reports on the matter in El Salvador, S&P Global said that...