Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
PRESS RELEASE. In the rapidly evolving crypto landscape, the LBank exchange platform is making waves. Their noteworthy achievement of being ranked among the top 5 global exchanges in CoinMarketCap’s (CMC) H1 report is reflective of their innova...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Shiba inu was a notable gainer on Friday, climbing to a two-week high during today’s session in the process. The move came as the meme coin rose by as much as 6%, despite the global crypto market cap mostly consolidating. Tron rose for a fourt...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
The U.S. House Financial Services Committee has passed Chairman Patrick McHenry’s Clarity for Payment Stablecoins Act with bipartisan support. McHenry said committee members, unlike the White House, understood the urgency and importance of prov...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Bitcoin remained above a key support point on Friday, despite bears attempting to push the price below $29,000. Today’s session saw sentiment once again shift bearish, as U.S. consumer sentiment data looms. Ethereum was mostly unchanged in tod...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
The world’s largest exchange for digital assets, Binance, has withdrawn its application for a German crypto custody license. The trading platform made it clear it’s not giving up on plans to eventually obtain authorization from the Federal Republic b...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
The regulator of financial institutions in Canada said on July 26 that it had started the process of gathering the public’s view on proposals to change its “capital and liquidity approach to crypto-assets.” The draft guidelines are a resp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
When asked whether he’d rather be called a “bitcoin evangelist,” or “Bitcoin Jesus” at the recent Webx seminar in Tokyo, Roger Ver responds: “I prefer to be called Roger.” The e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Economy Minister Marcelo Montenegro acknowledged that the Bolivian Central Bank is harnessing the Chinese yuan in its commercial settlements. The switch to using the Chinese currency has to do with the dollar scarcity that the country is facing, havi...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Palau, an insular nation in the Philippines Sea, has partnered with Ripple, announcing a limited pilot for its own U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin issued using XRP technology. According to Jay Hunter Anson, a member of the board of directors of Palau...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has reiterated his warning about the impending demise of the U.S. dollar as the BRICS summit approaches. The famous author anticipates the launch of a new currency by the economic bloc and the de-dollarization...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
According to a statement published by the South Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC), the entity’s Korea Financial Intelligence Unit held a meeting with virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in order to strengthen regulatory compliance....
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Stronghold Digital Mining announced Thursday it has acquired 2,000 application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin mining rigs from Canaan. The new machines, costing $3 million, will be delivered to Stronghold’s Panther Creek facility in...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
In a court filing released Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped campaign finance charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Prosecutors said the charges were dropped in accordance with U.S. treaty obligations to the Baha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
The European Central Bank (ECB) has raised the benchmark bank rates by 25 basis points (bps) citing that inflation was down but still remained “too high for too long.” When ECB president Christine Lagarde was pressed about cutting rates by reporters,...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
In a recent interview published on July 26, South Africa’s foreign minister Naledi Pandor highlighted the BRICS group of economies’ commitment to peace, asserting that these nations do not aim to “weaponize the oceans.” Moreov...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Solana was once again in the green, with bulls pushing the token towards a key resistance level at $26.00. The move comes after yesterday’s 7% surge, however earlier gains have since declined, as U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) grew 2.4% as opposed...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
U.S. prosecutors have asked a federal judge to put crypto exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in jail over alleged witness tampering before his trial starts in October. While requiring the prosecution to formalize the request and giving the defens...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Bitcoin edged closer to the $30,000 level on Thursday, as markets reacted to the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates. The Fed increased rates by 25 basis points, and have hinted that they could make an additional move in Septembe...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Banks taking part in the digital ruble pilot will begin testing transactions with actual clients in mid-August, according to a top executive of one of the financial institutions. The trials are set to start weeks after Russia adopted dedicated legisl...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
The Nigerian central bank has said it is amending the model of its central bank digital currency and is hopeful that such an exercise will result in “an increase in the volume and activity of wallet holders.” According to the acting gover...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance will start offering full services in Japan next month, founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) announced. The leading trading venue for digital assets reenters the Japanese market with a domestic exchange after announcing earlier...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
Momint, a Web3 marketplace app, has said South African residents can now use cryptocurrency to purchase shopping vouchers which are accepted by over 10,000 retailers. The Momint app can also be used to send cross-border remittances at a fraction of t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
During a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic U.S. presidential contender, revealed that he acquired 14 bitcoin for his children. This announcement comes on the heels of financial documents filed on June 30, 2023, wh...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 9 months ago
A lawyer has outlined four potential next steps that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could take following the ruling on the Ripple case regarding XRP. “I expect the SEC to file a request for interlocutory appeal within th...