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CoinCorner Launches NFC-Enabled Bitcoin Card Powered by Lightning Network
18.5.2022
Crypto exchange and web wallet provider CoinCorner has announced the launch of its Bolt Card, a contactless Bitcoin (BTC) card powered by near-field communication (NFC) and the Lightning Network (LN).
The card allows users to leverage the power of the LN, a layer 2 (L2) payment protocol layered...
El Salvador-hosted ‘44-nation Bitcoin Conference’ Not Quite a Nothing Burger
18.5.2022
Central bankers attending a large-scale conference have moved to distance themselves from claims they are in El Salvador to talk about bitcoin (BTC) adoption – while local media outlets have suggested that BTC may be further down the agenda for the 44 nations attending than previously claimed....
Japanese City to Launch Metaverse Project with Entertainment Industry Behemoth
18.5.2022
Local Japanese government bodies are set to begin metaverse projects – and may make use of NFTs and avatars in a new virtual space.
The ball is beginning to roll in Yabu, a city in the nation’s Hyogo Prefecture, where local authorities have teamed up with Yoshimoto Kogyo, one of Japan’s biggest...
El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele Promotes Bitcoin Adoption by Emerging Countries
17.5.2022
Bukele is hosting financial representatives from 44 developing economies as part of annual meetings of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion
Crypto Payments on Shopify, Cloudflare Plays With Ethereum, EY & Polygon + More News
17.5.2022
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Crypto platform Crypto.com launched its Crypto.com Pay service to all merchants who use the Shopify e-commerce platform to enable...
FTX's Bankman-Fried Hints at Bitcoin Lightning Network Integration After Community Backlash
17.5.2022
After facing a backlash from the Bitcoin (BTC) community over comments to the Financial Times that Bitcoin is “not a payments network,” Sam Bankman-Fried, the billionaire CEO of crypto exchange FTX, now hints that his exchange may implement Bitcoin Lightning Network payments.
“Sounds right...
First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Retakes $30K as 'Institutional Adoption' Makes Crypto More Like Stonks
17.5.2022
The latest moves in crypto markets in context for May 17,2022
Another Crypto Tax Haven in Danger, Goldman's & Nomura's Moves, DEI Depegs, NFTs on Spotify + More News
16.5.2022
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Read More: Another Crypto Tax Haven in Danger, Goldman's & Nomura's Moves, DEI Depegs, NFTs on Spotify + More News
‘44 Nations Meeting in El Salvador to Talk Bitcoin,’ Claims President Bukele
16.5.2022
Thirty two central bankers and 12 financial chiefs representing 44 nations will meet in El Salvador later today, per the nation’s President Nayib Bukele, who claimed that – among other things – the group will discuss bitcoin (BTC)....
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2022, the Year Layer 2 Takes Off
15.5.2022
Will Harborne is the Founder and CEO of non-custodial exchange DeversiFi.
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This is a pivotal year for Ethereum layer 2 (L2) solutions. What happens over the coming months will be critical in making decentralized finance (DeFi) work better, faster, and more reliably for a far greater...
Accessibility is the main barrier to crypto adoption — Here are the solutions
15.5.2022
Cryptocurrency accessibility is inhibited by a lack of financial and crypto literacy created in part by the wealth gap, technostress and overuse of jargon
On-chain privacy is key to the wider mass adoption of crypto
14.5.2022
Blockchain transactions need privacy to catalyze mass adoption. On-chain privacy is coming, and that’s good for businesses and investors
Nomura's Bitcoin OTC, Prosecutors vs. Arthur Hayes, Tether's Reserves + More News
13.5.2022
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Read More: Nomura's Bitcoin OTC, Prosecutors vs. Arthur Hayes, Tether's Reserves + More News
Google Searches Show Increased Interest in Buying Bitcoin & Ethereum as Prices Fall
12.5.2022
Data by Google Trends suggests that there is an increase in interest among people who seek to buy top cryptoassets like bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) as prices hit multi-month lows.
The interest in search terms "should I buy bitcoin" and "should I buy ethereum" have increased by more than...
Most Wanted 'Cryptoqueen', Galaxy's Buyback, Delayed CBDC + More News
12.5.2022
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Brazil’s Biggest Neobank Makes Bitcoin Investment & Will Let Customers Buy BTC, Ethereum
12.5.2022
Nubank, Brazil’s largest digital bank, is set to invest 1% of its portfolio in bitcoin (BTC), and will begin rolling out functions that allow its app users to buy, sell, and hold BTC and ethereum (ETH).
Per the media outlet Exame, the neobank will convert 1% of its equity to bitcoin via...
Chile puts CBDC plans on hold until end of 2022 to undertake more analysis
12.5.2022
Chile’s planned start to its digital peso rollout in early 2022 has been held back while its central bank conducts more analysis to inform a new report by the end of the year
Citi, Wells Fargo, BNY Mellon Invest in Crypto Firm Talos as Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets Accelerates
11.5.2022
Several major financial services firms, including Citi, Wells Fargo, and BNY Mellon, are investing in institutional digital asset technology provider Talos, which aims to remove “the barriers to wide-scale crypto adoption.” The latest funding round values the company at $1.25 billion....
AMC Calls Crypto Adoption a ‘Massive Home Run,’ but Wary of Regulatory Challenges of Coin Issuance
11.5.2022
The American entertainment industry giant AMC Entertainment Holdings has expanded on its crypto and non-fungible token (NFT) plans – claiming that it has “eight different NFT programs that either already have been launched or are in the works,” but adding that it will only press ahead with...
Rising global adoption positions crypto perfectly for use in retail
11.5.2022
As more and more people continue to invest in digital currencies, experts believe the coming few years will see crypto making an even larger impact on the retail sector