The African nation will reportedly join a short list of countries to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender. The roughly five million residents of the Central African Republic, or CAR, will now reportedly be able to use Bitcoin in addition to the country’s franc as legal tender. According to a Wednesday report from news outlet Agence…
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NEAR saw recent losses extend on Wednesday, as it fell to a one-month low during today’s session. The decline in NEAR came as XMR also traded in the red, falling to a multi-week low in the process. NEAR Protocol (NEAR) NEAR was one of the biggest tokens to fall on hump-day, as prices fell to…
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PRESS RELEASE. LD Capital has officially established LD Research which aims to conduct industry focus research, cutting-edge technology exploration, and project economic system design. LD Research will recruit development engineers, economists, and other professionals in verticals to work closely with the top team to provide economic model design, development technical support, market growth, and other…
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According to a working study published by the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), most Salvadorans stopped using the Chivo wallet after getting their $30 bitcoin bonus. The report shows that the median Chivo wallet user made no deposits or withdrawals in a given month. NBER Study: Only 4 out of 10 Salvadorans Use…
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With the price of bitcoin (BTC) falling lower, former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes is joining the ranks of the most bullish bitcoin proponents, with a USD 1m price prediction as part of what he calls “the doom loop” that started with sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. “The shock of canceling the world’s…
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Ethereum (ETH) Layer 2 (L2) scaling solution Optimism has announced the launch of its OP token that would further help the initiative move toward a decentralized governance structure known as the Optimism Collective. Optimism Collective is a bicameral governance system built to push the L2 solution toward a sustainable decentralized ecosystem. The collective will…
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USDC.homes, a new decentralized finance (DeFi) project, is offering US homebuyers DeFi mortgages, enabling users to purchase homes using crypto without having to first liquidate it. The project currently allows Texas residents to secure crypto mortgages but plans to expand its offering to other states “soon” as well…. Read More: American Borrowers Can Now…
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A solo Bitcoin (BTC) miner with a hashrate capacity of 60 terahashes per second (TH/s) has added a new block to the Bitcoin blockchain, registering the block reward of BTC 6.25 (USD 244,074). This marks the sixth solo miner to win a Bitcoin block race so far in 2022, according to pseudonymous Bitcoin veteran…
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Bitcoin price formed a base above the USD 38,000 level and recovered above the USD 38,700 level. It is currently (12:03 PM UTC) trading around USD 39,000 and is facing a strong resistance near USD 39,200. BTC is down almost 4% in a day and 6% in a week. Similarly, most major altcoins are…
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The function enables users to speculate on future prices of cryptos and settle their trades using USDC. Singapore-based crypto exchange Bybit has recently announced its service expansion into crypto options trading, allowing users to trade USD Coin (USDC) options and perpetuals. The Bybit media team told Cointelegraph that this decision to add options to the…
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