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Russia, Belarus Move to Introduce Special Electricity Tariffs for Crypto Miners
18.10.2021
Authorities in Belarus and the Russian Federation are taking steps to separate cryptocurrency miners from other groups of power users and deny them access to subsidized energy. This could lead to the adoption of differentiated electricity rates for businesses involved in digital coin minting...
Portfolio rebalancing through DeFi must be simplified to see adoption
17.10.2021
The decentralized finance industry is growing rapidly, and it's time for portfolio risk management to keep up with innovations
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...
Institutional Crypto Adoption: Three Factors to Watch
17.10.2021
Alex Laughton-Scott is Associate Director and James Butterfill is Investment Strategist at major European digital asset investment firm CoinShares.
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JMP Securities Sees Crypto Entering the Mainstream, Says Adoption Has Hit Escape Velocity
17.10.2021
Investment banking and asset management firm JMP Securities says that “The crypto economy is entering the mainstream,” emphasizing that crypto “adoption and early use cases have established ‘escape velocity.” However, the firm’s analysts noted that...
ETC Group Releases Bitcoin Cash Report Praising High Usage and Vibrant Development
15.10.2021
ETC Group, an ETF issuer company, released a report last month about the evolution of Bitcoin Cash in the years after the hard fork that created it. While the company acknowledged the asset price is lagging compared to its older sibling, it praised the crypto on other aspects like development...
Crypto adoption in sights: Regulators and industry join to fight ransomware
14.10.2021
As the crypto industry continues to develop at a rapid pace, so do the ransomware attacks, but regulators now seem ready to step in
Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Receives $1 Billion to Bring the Next 1 Billion Crypto Users
13.10.2021
Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency platform, has launched a $1 billion Growth Fund for Binance Smart Chain, to accelerate adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology. In the span of next few months multiple programs will be set-up under its umbrella...
Bank of Spain Criticizes El Salvador’s Foray Into Bitcoin
13.10.2021
The Bank of Spain, the central bank of the country, criticized the adoption process El Salvador chose when declaring Bitcoin legal tender last month. In a report titled “The role of crypto assets as legal tender: the example of El Salvador,” the bank examines several pain points...
Binance Launches $1 Billion Fund to Boost Adoption of Its Smart Chain and Entire Blockchain Industry
13.10.2021
Crypto exchange Binance has launched a $1 billion fund which it calls “the biggest funding program of its kind in the whole cryptocurrency industry.” The company aims for the fund to “push the adoption” of the Binance Smart Chain and “the whole blockchain...
Stripe builds new crypto team for payments three years after dropping Bitcoin
13.10.2021
After pulling back from Bitcoin three years ago, Stripe is looking to re-enter the crypto sector
Binance to Pump USD 1B Into Its Chain, Aims for Billion Users
12.10.2021
arget="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/binance-launches-1-billion-binance-smart-chain-bsc-fund-to-increase-global-crypto-users-to-1-billion-862993651.html">Per the press release, the platform has launched a USD 1bn Crypto Mass Adoption Fund for BSC,
Twitter and TikTok embrace NFTs: mainstream adoption incoming?
9.10.2021
Social media giants embracing NFTs could be the start of a new reputation system used in an increasingly digital world
Games and NFTs the Driving Force Behind Dapps During Q3, According to Dappradar
8.10.2021
Blockchain-based games and NFT trading were the driving force behind dapp adoption during Q3, according to defi insight platform Dappradar. In its Dapp Industry Report: Q3 2021 Overview, Dappradar states that the importance of these new activities in the crypto industry rose dramatically, making...
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
Buoyant Bukele Blasts Critics as Bitcoin Price Booms and Salvadorans Buy BTC
7.10.2021
gh the Chivo platform per day, and that bitcoin buys were on the march.As BTC prices edged toward the USD 55,000 mark, he also took the time to hit out at his critics in the media and in the political world, many of whom had been at their most vocal in the days following the adoption of the b
India’s Crypto Market is More ‘Mature’ Than Vietnam’s and Pakistan’s - Chainalysis
5.10.2021
lysis’ Global Crypto Adoption Index: Vietnam, India, and Pakistan, respectively.“The differences between Central and Southern Asia’s biggest markets may reflect the fact that these countries are at different stages of cryptocurrency market development,”
Crypto transactions surge 706% in Asia as institutional adoption grows — Chainalysis
5.10.2021
When it comes to cryptocurrency transactions, the region of Central and Southern Asia and Oceania, or CSAO, is growing rapidly
Colin McRae’s long-lost rally car reportedly sold for Bitcoin at auction
4.10.2021
Three months after embracing crypto, Lloyds auction house reportedly sold a legendary rally car for $360,000 in Bitcoin