Comedian Bill Burr has seen the light after hearing Anthony Pompliano explain the disadvantages of legacy systems. Bitcoin bull Anthony Pompliano has just persuaded Bill Burr, one of the biggest comedians in the world, to invest in cryptocurrency. In a July 1 episode of the Bill Bert Podcast — so named for the comedian and…
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A deepening monetary crisis has seen Lebanon’s national currency plummet a further 50% over the last ten days to reach parity with a single satoshi. Lebanon’s national currency continues to shed value amid the country’s deepening monetary crisis, with unofficial reports indicating that the Lebanese pound, or lira, has lost 50% of its purchasing power…
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SBI invests $30 million in major crypto liquidity startup soon after revealing Japan’s first digital fund comprising 50% XRP. SBI Financial Services, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, has bought a $30 million minority stake in British crypto liquidity startup, B2C2. The investment marks the beginning of a strategic partnership between the firms…
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Crypto businesses keep showing interest in the Indian market by attracting users through products like mobile apps. India’s crypto developers have begun to release new mobile apps, following a positive ruling by the nation’s Supreme Court with regard to blockchain technology. The Court’s decision reversed laws that previously prohibited banks from providing services to crypto…
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Binance Coin is now the third crypto to receive a branded hashtag on Twitter, which appears to be in preparation for its three year anniversary. Binance and its eponymous cryptocurrency, Binance Coin (BNB), is the third entity to receive a branded emoji hashtag following Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto.com. This was announced by Binance’s CEO, Changpeng…
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China’s capital city has unveiled an ambitious plan to transform Beijing into a global hub for private blockchain innovation and leader in public DLT deployment. The municipal government of Beijing has unveiled a 20-point plan to accelerate the development and deployment of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) and turn Beijing into both a global and national…
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The Ethereum/Bitcoin flippening is more than half complete, according to a new metric. A new metric from German site The Blockchain Center suggests that the long awaited ‘flippening’ — where Ethereum overtakes Bitcoin — is more than halfway complete. The newly created ‘Flippening Index’ currently stands at 53.3%. Backtested, it shows this is the first…
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Sub-saharan Africa now represents more than $15 million in combined weekly peer-to-peer trade following triple-digit growth over just a few months. Peer-to-peer Bitcoin (BTC) trading has seen rapid growth in recent months, with the African continent now the second-strongest region in the world for P2P volume behind the U.S. Africa was the sole region to…
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As the crypto community’s anticipation for PayPal’s exploration into crypto grows, Pundi X has integrated the payments processor for its point-of-sale devices. Singapore-based blockchain firm Pundi X has integrated PayPal support for its point-of-sale device ‘Xpos.’ PayPal is the first mobile payment gateway to be integrated onto Xpos, and users from more than 30 countries…
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The announcement from LCX and LunarCRUSH states the partnership will provide data for better crypto trading and investment decisions. The Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX) and social analytics platform LunarCRUSH will be working together to provide crypto market insights on security tokens. According to a June 29 press release available to Cointelegraph, the two firms have…
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