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What It’s Really Like to Live on Bitcoin in the Middle East

14.7.2020
The story of a Syrian migrant in Iraq shows how bitcoin can work as intended – as a global currency that transcends borders

Comparing Blockchain Ecosystem Building in the East and the West

8.7.2020
A Unitize panel looked at two approaches to building blockchain ecosystems from the government of The Netherlands and a Singaporean accelerator program

Bitcoin.com Exchange Announces Listing of New Digital Asset BUY by Burency

19.6.2020
Bitcoin.com Exchange is thrilled to announce the upcoming listing of a new digital asset on the 20th of August 2020 at 10:00 UTC. BUY by Burency is a new cryptocurrency that aims to increase cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption in the Middle East. BUY will be listed with BTC and BCH trading...

The Truth About Bitcoin and Hezbollah in Lebanon

17.6.2020
Will Hezbollah in Lebanon use bitcoin? The data suggests terror activity is uncommon despite surging crypto popularity across the Middle East

China Considering East Asia Regional Cryptocurrency to Rival Dollar and Libra

17.6.2020
China comes up with yet another crypto-related plan to take on the hegemony of the U.S. dollar in international payments

Leading Middle East Telecoms Firm Zain Joins Hedera Governing Council

15.6.2020
Major telecoms provider Zain has joined the governing council for distributed ledger platform Hedera Hashgraph

East Asia Digital Token Initiative Inspired by Facebook’s Libra Plan

11.6.2020
Policymakers in China have suggested creating a joint Japan-China-South Korea-Hong Kong digital currency that would function in a manner not unlike Facebook’s original plan for the Libra project. Per Seoul Daily, 10 members of the National People's Congress – the biggest and most powerful...

Wild, Wild East: Why the ICO Boom in China Refuses to Die

8.6.2020
“Chandler Guo was a beef salesman who now lives in a 100,000 square-foot California estate he calls the “Mansion of Chives” after a slang term associated with retail investors losing money.”

How Bitcoin Fits Into Lebanon’s Banking Crisis

5.6.2020
Lebanon's crisis has been raging for years, but the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and a global downturn has made stable financial services even more urgent

Four Rules For Trading Cryptocurrency In South-East Asia

3.6.2020
The text below is an advertorial article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Since bitcoin’s creation in 2009, cryptocurrencies have fascinated, intrigued and tempted investors ever since. With volatile price changes, and the ability to trade centralised currencies with the digital...

Hashpower Could Migrate From East to West as Global Mining Landscape Changes

30.5.2020
The head of Ripple SBI Asia asserts that hashpower is migrating from east to west, however, notes that significant tensions remain between Chinese and U.S. mining firms

Iran Issues License for Nation’s Biggest Bitcoin Mining Operation

5.5.2020
A Turkish firm has been granted a license to operate a data center with up to 6,000 bitcoin mining machines

Bitcoin in Emerging Markets: The Middle East

4.5.2020
Regions with weak states and educated diasporas are seeing a rising demand for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and decentralized applications

Samsung-Backed DLT Firms Launch Blockchain Think Tank for MEASEA Region

28.4.2020
The group will promote the adoption of business solutions using blockchain technology integrated with artificial intelligence

Vermont Rapper Releases Hip Hop Track ‘#Freeross,’ Ulbricht Petition Nears 300K Signatures

27.3.2020
Southern Vermont-based hip-hop artist, Krypto Man, has released a new single called “#Freeross” in hopes to get Ross Ulbricht released from prison. Krypto Man is a well known rapper on the east coast and revenue from the song will be donated to the nonprofit Freeross.org. Ross Ulbricht...

Despite Bitcoin Price Dips, Crypto Is a Safe Haven in the Middle East

13.3.2020
Bitcoin fell 40 percent this week from coronavirus shocks, but it's still seen as a safe haven in the Middle East

BCH Funding Debate: Amaury Séchet Responds to IFP Questions, Noting Contention in the West

22.2.2020
On February 20, Bitcoin Cash engineers held the second 2020 BCH developers’ meeting and the first since the Infrastructure Funding Plan (IFP) was added to the Bitcoin ABC version 0.21.0 client. Seven developers discussed new features that are coming after the May upgrade, but a majority...