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Bet on any hockey games to stand a chance of bagging lucrative Bitcoin prizes for achieving the longest winning streak! 1xBit is launching a brand new ICE ON FIRE tournament this May starting Friday 6th. The deal is for all players willing to bet on any hockey match on 1xBit sportsbook. Only registered players can participate in the competition, which will feature prizes for up to 10 lucky winners. The Rules Like most 1xBit tournaments, ICE ON FIRE comes with simple...

Le 27 avril dernier, le président Faustin-Archange Touadéra annonçait l’adoption de Bitcoin comme monnaie officielle en République centrafricaine. Réalisation : Richard Détente pour Grand Angle Crypto

Warren Buffett und Barack Obama im Weißen Haus, Juli 2011. Foto: The White House from Washington, DC, Public Domain, Wikipedia Investment legend Warren Buffet, now well into his 90s and known as a great opponent of bitcoin, has an indirect bitcoin investment to his name. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffet’s investment firm, has a large position in Brazil’s Nubank, which has decided to invest 1 percent of its reserves in bitcoin. It remains to be seen...

The new government of South Korea will reportedly finalize the regulatory framework on the local digital asset ecosystem next year and enforce it in 2024. The legislation will aim to incorporate cryptocurrencies like bitcoin into the country’s institutional system. In addition, the authorities have greenlighted the Bank of Korea’s efforts to launch a CBDC in 2023. South Korea Embracing Crypto Just two months after Yoon Seok-youl secured a victory in South Korea’s presidential...

The Blockchain Group is working to prevent members of Congress from passing legislation that would place sanctions on oligarchs or individuals in Russia for using cryptocurrency. The organization claims that these people are not using crypto for illicit purposes and thus they do not deserve to be punished. The Blockchain Group Seeks to Prevent Various Crypto Laws Sanctions have been placed on Russia since the country allegedly invaded Ukraine last February. There are...

« Ce jeudi 12 mai, Valentin Nicaud, membre de la cellule infos d’experts de Bourse Direct, Raphaël Bloch, co-fondateur et rédacteur en chef de The Big Whale, ainsi que Gonzague Grandval, co-fondateur et directeur général de SCEME, se sont penchés sur les différents usages des stablecoins, dans BFM Crypto, le Club dans l’émission BFM Bourse présentée par Guillaume Sommerer. »

São Paulo-based Nubank, Latin America’s largest digital bank, has signed a partnership deal with blockchain infrastructure platform Paxos to support cryptocurrency trading services within its banking app. Nubank Supports Direct Bitcoin and Ether Trading In a press release on Wednesday (May 11, 2022), Nubank said its customers will be able to buy, sell, and hold bitcoin and ether directly via the banking app, with crypto purchases starting from $0.20. (1 BRL). According to the...

Residents of the United States now have the option of paying bills, utilities, mortgage payments, and even taxes with cryptocurrency. This ability is made possible through Bitrefill, a Swedish tech startup that got its start offering services in El Salvador, which was the first country to declare bitcoin legal tender (this occurred last September). Bitrefill Will Allow U.S. Citizens to Pay with Crypto At the time of writing, Bitrefill allows Americans to pay their bills...

While Bitcoin has had pretenders to its throne ever since that throne was constructed, it’s really only in the recent past that any of the plethora of coins have begun to stand out. The recent moves made by Ethereum have certainly demonstrated that it’s being taken very seriously on the crypto front – after all, most NFTs are hosted on the Ethereum blockchain. So it seems reasonable to ask whether (and where) ETH may surpass BTC as crypto assets become an increasingly...

Bitcoin plunged to a 16-month low, while the altcoins suffered even more in the past week or so. Despite bouncing off and reclaiming some ground, the situation is still dire, and Cardano’s Charles Hoskinson provided his outtake on it. Charles Hoskinson’s Views Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson noted that the market is deep in a new crypto winter, and it will take weeks or even months for a bottom to appear, following which there will be some respite. According to him, the...