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Netflix Star Driving Bitcoin Adoption With Porsche Flying El Salvador Flag
29.4.2023
Scottish-Salvadoran driver Sebastian Melrose has made his debut in the Porsche Carrera Cup racing championship. The 25-year-old, who took part in a popular Netflix TV series last year, drives a Bitcoin-branded 911 that features the flag of crypto-friendly El Salvador on its rooftop. Bitcoin Racing...
El Salvador Begins Bitcoin & Lightning Dev Courses – Who Are the ‘Rock Star’ Teachers?
25.4.2023
El Salvador’s government has announced that it has begun training Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning Network developers as state-backed courses get underway.
In a tweet, the National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC), a government body that answers to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, explained that 54 students...
El Salvador’s bonds are appealing to investors
19.4.2023
The fact that El Salvador’s bonds have grown to be so well-liked and to draw in investors from all around is solely due to the efforts of the country’s president, Nayib Bukele, and his government. El Salvador’s foreign notes performed best in all the emerging markets. All this while...
Bitcoin Beach’s Pioneering Circular Economy Is Making a Global Impact
17.4.2023
This surfing mecca has garnered over 3,000 bitcoin users including more than 500 families and 120 businesses. Its adoption model is now being replicated around the world. That’s why Bitcoin Beach is one of CoinDesk’s Projects to Watch 2023
Latam Insights – Inflation Skyrockets in Argentina, El Salvador Processes Digital Assets Licenses, Venezuelan Crypto Corruption Probe Continues
17.4.2023
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of the most relevant crypto and economic development news from Latin America during the last week. In this issue: Inflation in Argentina goes over 100%, El Salvador issues its first digital assets licenses, and the crypto-linked corruption probe in Venezuela...
Today in Crypto: Ex-investment Banker Charged in a Crypto Fraud Case, Binance.US to Delist Tron, Spain to Send 328,000 Tax Warning Notices to Crypto Holders
12.4.2023
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El Salvador Issues Historic First Digital Asset License to Bitfinex Crypto Exchange – Here's What You Need to Know
12.4.2023
With the aim to further boost the crypto-friendly nation’s exposure to cryptocurrencies, El Salvador has handed its first digital asset license to Bitfinex. The latest move by the country’s regulator National Digital Asset Commission (NDAC) makes the exchange the first international digital asset...
Google Trends Data Shows Bitcoin Search Interest Surged This Week Amid 10-Month Price High
12.4.2023
According to worldwide data from Google Trends, the search term “bitcoin” has reached a score of 93 out of 100 in the last seven days. Additionally, the price of bitcoin rose above the $30,000 range for the first time in ten months, or since June 2022. Bitcoin Search Interest Rises...
Bitfinex Securities El Salvador receives Digital Asset Service provider license in El Salvador
11.4.2023
The license granted by El Salvador’s National Digital Asset Commission will allow Bitfinex Securities to issue and trade secondary assets on a regulatory-compliant platform
El Salvador Grants First Digital Asset License to Bitfinex
11.4.2023
Tokenized shares and yield-bearing assets are potential products that could be launched under the new regulatory framework approved by the Central American country
Pheu Thai Candidate Promises Digital Currency Airdrop of $300 to Every Citizen in Thailand if Elected
8.4.2023
A Pheu Thai candidate running for prime minister of Thailand position, Srettha Thavisin, has promised that every citizen in the country will receive 10,000 Thai baht ($300) in digital currency if he wins the general election in May. However, a minister within the prime minister’s office...
Reports Claim Chivo Bitcoin Wallet Is Flagging Wasabi Transactions in El Salvador
7.4.2023
According to several reports, the Salvadoran government-issued bitcoin wallet, Chivo, has been freezing wallets and requesting that owners verify the source of funds. The founder of El Zonte’s Bitcoin Beach stated that the government’s bitcoin wallet software is flagging and freezing...
El Salvador removes all taxes related to tech innovation for economic growth
1.4.2023
Technology innovations such as software programming, coding, apps and AI development, and computing and communications hardware manufacturing will be exempted from taxes in El Salvador
Steve Hanke Blasts Bitcoin: It Is ‘Not a Currency’ and Has a ‘Fundamental Value of Zero’
28.3.2023
Steve Hanke, professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, has criticized bitcoin, stating it is not a currency. The economist, known for his vocal opinions about crypto and for the promotion of dollarization initiatives in Latam, blasted bitcoin, saying it has a “fundamental...
President Nayib Bukele Touts El Salvador as the ‘New Land of the Free’ in Vintage Americana Poster Featuring Bitcoin as Legal Tender
28.3.2023
President Nayib Bukele is promoting El Salvador as the “new land of the free,” as part of an invitation for foreigners to move to the Latam country. Bukele tweeted a poster in vintage American style that included several advantages that the country brings its citizen, including...
El Salvador President Bukele to Introduce Bill That Would Eliminate Taxes on Technology Innovations
24.3.2023
The bill will strip technology innovations such as software programming, coding, apps and Artificial Intelligence development from tax obligations on income, property, capital gains and import tariffs, Bukele said in the tweet
Bitfinex CTO Says El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bonds Will Launch This Summer – But There’s a Twist
23.3.2023
The Chief Technical Officer of the Bitfinex crypto exchange has claimed that El Salvador’s long-awaited Bitcoin (BTC) bonds will launch this year “around June to September.” But the bonds, he explained, may not be bonds after all. Instead, the issuance could take the form of digital securities....
El Salvador Launches Bitcoin, Lightning Network Dev Courses for University Students
16.3.2023
The El Salvador government has announced the launch of new university courses in Bitcoin (BTC) and Lightning Network development.
The government’s Bitcoin Office unveiled its plans on Twitter. It explained that its new “CUBO+” courses will comprise an “advanced bitcoin engineering program that...
Study Finds El Salvador Remains One of the Countries Most Interested in Bitcoin
15.3.2023
A recent study that examined the interest of several countries in bitcoin and crypto ranked El Salvador as second for having the most interest in the issue. While the U.S. was still ranked first, El Salvador’s high rank comes amidst criticism President Nayib Bukele has drawn from Salvadorans...
Spain a Hotbed for Cryptocurrency Real Estate Deals, According to Study
7.3.2023
A recent study indicates that Spain is one of the hottest countries regarding real estate offerings that can be paid with cryptocurrency. The report, prepared by Forex Suggest, found that Spain is the country with the most properties available for crypto, followed by Thailand, Portugal, and...