Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock, said in July that the company was seeing “very little in terms of investor demand” for cryptocurrencies. A filing from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, shows BlackRock Financial Management has increased the number of its Bitcoin futures contracts since Q1 2021. According to a Sept.…
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The adoption of bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador has been one of the biggest events in the cryptocurrency world this year. However, Nayib Bukele, president of the country, has taken a course of action many consider mistaken. In any case, the Bitcoin Law has put Bitcoin in the global spotlight as a potential…
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Two pieces of legislation related to cryptocurrencies recently took effect in the state, and many businesses already accept digital payments. A new poll from Newsweek suggests that as many as 10.8 million Texans may support legislation that makes cryptocurrency legal in the next election. According to a Sept. 20 report, a Newsweek poll that surveyed…
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El Salvador didn’t miss the chance to buy the dip as the Bitcoin price fell back to $45,000 after a bullish week. Despite warnings from global agencies regarding its adoption of Bitcoin (BTC), El Salvador’s government continues to seize market opportunities. As the Bitcoin price fell below $46,000 on Monday morning, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele…
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PayPal’s Bitcoin trading services are now fully available in the United Kingdom after the global payment giant began rolling out services last month. PayPal officially announced on Friday that all eligible customers in the United Kingdom can now buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies using their PayPal accounts. Customers can trade four major cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC), Ether…
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The Chivo machine could be seen defaced with anti-BTC logos and a sign saying “democracy is not for sale.” Bitcoin detractors and those protesting the policies of El Savador President Nayib Bukele have destroyed a crypto kiosk in the nation’s capital city. News outlet Teleprensa and others posted videos on social media showing a Chivo-supported…
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P2P platforms, the need for remittances to circumvent restrictions from banks, and putting savings into crypto as a means of avoiding inflation could have contributed to the growing market in Africa. Digital analytics firm Chainalysis reported that the cryptocurrency market in Africa has grown significantly since last year in addition to the region having a…
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The Indian Institute of Technology Madras will test use cases around the Hedera Token Service, a public blockchain for payments. The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) has become a member of the Hedera Hashgraph’s council for decentralized governance. IIT Madras is one of the top institutes for technical education in India, which falls under…
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The Bitcoin bull market led by institutional investors is pushing retail investors from countries like Russia, Vietnam and India toward cryptocurrencies. Institutions have been at the forefront of the crypto bull run seen since Q4 2020, but now retail investors have been taking the center stage as well. Bitcoin (BTC) is getting more popular all…
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Cointelegraph interviewed the founder of Chibi Dinos — an NFT project which raised over $2M — to discuss the potential of the NFT space. Chibi Dinos are a collection of 10,000 unique dinosaur-themed non-fungible tokens, or NFTs. The chibis — a phrase denoting the Japanese slang word for small — have been adopted by a…
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