Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The market for crypto mining equipment in Russia has seen strong interest from buyers of both new and used devices, retail data indicates. This year, demand for application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) machines has multiplied exponentially whil...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Invictus Capital has unveiled its first non-fungible token collection, called “Out of Africa,” through the Invictus NFT Lab. Through this collection, Invictus Capital will showcase fine art via blockchain technology as well as c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Businessman and owner of a Kenyan football club, Ricardo Badoer, has been accused of fleecing more than $140 million from investors via his Aidos Kuneen cryptocurrency.
Threats Against Investors
According to a local report, Kenyan businessman Ricard...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
While the cryptocurrency economy has seen significant losses across the board — losing billions during the last two weeks — a recent CNBC millionaire survey indicates that millennial millionaires have a lot of crypto. Furthermore, mille...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Binance has formed a joint venture with a consortium led by Telkom Indonesia’s $830-million venture capital arm. Binance aims “to expand the blockchain ecosystem in Indonesia with the development of a new Indonesian-based digital as...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that regulation is “absolutely important” for the crypto sector. She added that banning cryptocurrencies, like what India could be considering doing, would pose p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Mexico’s Grupo Elektra, a leading retailer in Latin America, is accepting bitcoin for payments. The chain belongs to conglomerate Grupo Salinas, which is owned by Mexico’s third-richest billionaire, the pro-bitcoin Ricardo Salinas Plieg...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
On December 15, FINMA-licensed Swiss bank, Seba, announced the launch of a gold token that can be delivered in physical form, on-demand, at any time from the firm’s partner refineries. Seba believes the token can be leveraged as a compliant st...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The wealth manager Vaneck has announced it has expanded its exchange-traded note (ETN) offerings to support the tokens polygon and avalanche. The two ETNs follow five previously launched funds in Europe that allow investors to gain exposure to leadin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin Stack Exchange - 2 years ago
2-of-3 multisignatures are indeed possible with Bitcoin's base layer scripting language. In fact, there is an opcode decidated to it - OP_CHECKMULTISIG.
Note that all the Bitcoin base layer sees is three keys, and two signatures from those keys. It...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has reportedly told the central board of directors that it favors a complete ban on cryptocurrencies, stating that a partial ban will not work. The central bank reiterates that it has seri...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
An industry organization controlled by the Chinese government has updated a list of topics users of video-sharing apps should avoid. Crypto-related content is now among the entries along with traditional taboos in China like mocking its leadership, p...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The number of cryptocurrency holders in Serbia has climbed to around 200,000 with interest in cryptocurrencies increasing alongside growing crypto markets. The country’s decision to legally recognize digital assets this year has also contribut...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The Argentinian Chamber of Fintech, a membership-based organization whose goal is to lead the digitization and modernization of the financial services industry, issued a series of recommendations for the upcoming regulation of virtual assets in the c...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Consensys, an Ethereum software company, announced yesterday the launch of a new scaling solution for Ethereum, called “Consensys Rollups.” The company enlisted Mastercard programmers to design the solution, which aims to allow...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The independent investment fund led by Kraken alumni that’s focused on early-stage companies and protocols, Kraken Ventures, announced the successful closing of its first fund at $65 million. Presently, the fund holds positions in platforms li...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
Africa Blockchain Lab recently said it has raised $6 million from a pre-Series A investment round and will use the capital to fund the launch of a crypto wallet.
Driving Adoption of Cryptocurrencies
An African crypto startup, Africa Block...