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Bahamas to Roll Out ‘Sand Dollar’ Digital Currency Next Month

16.9.2020
The Bahamas' "Sand Dollar" will likely be the world's first live central bank digital currency when it launches in October

US Company Accepts Bitcoin Payments for Luxury Planes, as $40M Gulfstream Jet Goes on Sale

16.9.2020
Aviatrade Inc., a New Jersey-based aircraft sales company, is now accepting bitcoin as a means of payment for its range of multi-million dollar luxury jets. Philip Rushton, president of Aviatrade, told news.Bitcoin.com that the first plane available for purchase via cryptocurrency is a six-year-old...

Bitcoin Options Traders Bet the Price of BTC Can Touch $36K by December

14.9.2020
This past weekend, data shows the most active bitcoin options contracts were calls for $28k, $32k, and $36k by the year’s end. This means a number of options traders are betting the price of bitcoin will exceed the all-time high (ATH) the decentralized currency touched in December 2017....

MicroStrategy Board makes Bitcoin its primary reserve currency, may increase its holdings beyond $250M

14.9.2020
MicroStrategy has outperformed Nasdaq since buying BTC. Now it's doubling down

No one can refuse China’s digital currency, says central bank exec

14.9.2020
The digital renminbi is legally compensatory to China’s fiat currency

The Blockchain Service Network will stimulate China’s CBDC plans

13.9.2020
The wait for CBDCs continue

The Tell Tale Signs of a Scam Crypto Website: Bitcoin-Up.Live

13.9.2020
From late March 2020, when the global pandemic Covid-19 paralysed many economies, the appeal of cryptocurrencies has grown. Several statistics show increased interest from downloaded wallet apps to peer-to-peer traded volumes. In many ways, this interest in bitcoin and altcoins is evidence that...

IRS to Pay $625K to Crack Monero, Crypto Proponents Scoff at Contract

11.9.2020
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants to pay a contractor $625,000 if they can crack layer-two privacy schemes and the privacy-centric crypto asset monero (XMR). The tax agency says that the entity has “limited investigative resources” for tracing these types of cryptocurrency...

Former Central Bank Official: Japan Should Take a Digital Yen Seriously

11.9.2020
In an interview with CoinDesk Japan, a former Bank of Japan official said the country has many reasons to seriously consider a digital yen

Pandemic has accelerated adoption of digital currency: ECB President

11.9.2020
EU residents are becoming more comfortable with digital and contactless payments

Mastercard Launches Digital Currency Testing Platform for Central Banks

10.9.2020
Mastercard has launched a digital currency testing platform aimed at helping central banks test their digital currencies. The system will also demonstrate how consumers can use central bank digital currencies to pay for goods and services wherever Mastercard is accepted worldwide....

South African Crypto Exchange Luno Expanding Globally After Acquisition by Digital Currency Group

10.9.2020
Digital Currency Group has acquired South African cryptocurrency exchange Luno, which has more than five million customers in over 40 countries. The acquisition will help Luno expand globally, including across its existing markets in Africa, Europe, and Asia. DCG Committed to Helping Luno Expand...

Jack Dorsey still thinks Bitcoin is the strongest contender for an internet-native currency

10.9.2020
The Square CEO remains a vocal champion of the Blockchain space

Fiat Devaluation Drives Retail Bitcoin Transfers in Africa 56% in a Year: Report

10.9.2020
Monthly cryptocurrency transfers to and from Africa under $10,000 soared more than 56% from a year ago to reach $316 million in June, according to new research by U.S. crypto analytics firm Chainalysis. Altogether, $8 billion worth of crypto was received into the continent and $8.1 billion sent...

Crypto Exchange Currency.com Offers Belarus Employees Vilnius Escape Route

10.9.2020
Crypto companies may look to exit Belarus as political unrest deepens in the EU's Eastern neighbor, usurped by "the last dictator in Europe" Alexander Lukashenko. Per TUT.by, the Minsk-based Currency.com platform, which claims to be the world's first regulated tokenized securities...

Digital Currency Group acquires cryptocurrency exchange Luno

9.9.2020
After providing initial seed funding to Luno in 2014, Digital Currency Group has acquired the cryptocurrency exchange platform

Digital Currency Group Snaps Up British Crypto Exchange Luno

9.9.2020
Barry Silbert. The New York-based crypto investor the Digital Currency Group (DCG) has announced it has taken over UK-based crypto exchange Luno for an undisclosed sum. DCG made an initial investment in Luno back in 2014, but the platform has continued to grow in recent years, setting up bases...