According to Wally Adeyemo – US Deputy Treasury Secretary – the American national currency will continue to be the world’s most dominant one despite the surging interest in bitcoin and the altcoins. Crypto Cannot Prevail Against The Dollar In an interview with CNBC, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo – described the cryptocurrency industry as a controversial one, as it might be full of opportunities, but at the same time, it poses a lot of potential hurdles: “One of the things that we...
Read More »Several Churches Are Saying “Yes” to BTC Donations
If you’re a faithful churchgoer, there’s a good chance the coronavirus pandemic affected you terribly. Throughout the spread of COVID, we saw the closing of churches – along with several other businesses and organizations – and many people could not worship the way they wanted to. Churches and Bitcoin… Who Would Have Thought? Now, it appears churches across America and all over the world are beginning to reopen their doors, but there is a change associated with many of...
Read More »Injective Protocol Mainnet Goes Live, Launches $120M DeFi Incentive Program
DeFi trading platform Injective Protocol is launching its mainnet after rolling out a $120 million incentive program for traders, market makers, and DeFi projects, the protocol announced this Tuesday. First DeFi Cross-Chain Derivatives Markets As per the press release, Injective Protocol is set to launch the world’s first DeFi derivatives markets using the IBC Oracle, the popular Cosmos-based third-party service that will provide access to external, off-chain data. For now,...
Read More »The SEC Issues Another “No” To Van Eck’s Bitcoin ETF
US regulators have banned the new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) submitted by Van Eck. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had until November 14 of this year to make an official decision, though it looks like regulators were not willing to take the entire time window they had open to them. They certified a “no” on November 12. The Van Eck ETF Is Ungraciously Kicked Aside The SEC has been one of the most closed-minded organizations to bitcoin and the...
Read More »Bitcoin Is Aiding Displaced Residents in the Congo
Refugees in the Democratic Republic of Congo are turning to bitcoin to ensure their survival following a violent volcanic eruption. How Bitcoin Is Aiding Those Affected By a Volcano The trouble began on May 22 when Mount Nyiragongo erupted, leaving many residents homeless and displaced. Several found themselves stuck in a refugee camp and unable to fend for themselves. No money, no food, no provisions to keep them up to speed. This all changed when Gloire Wanzavalere –...
Read More »Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko Talks NFTs, Scalability and Where Solana is Headed in 5 Years (Exclusive)
Solana is one of this year’s hottest topics, surging in value, popularity, and overall usage. The cryptocurrency itself is up over 13,000% so far in 2021 and this comes on the back of over $14 billion in value locked in the various decentralized protocols built on Solana. This growth drew the community’s attention and Solana quickly became one of the most commonly discussed blockchains. We met Yakovenko on the second day of Lisbon’s Breakpoint 2021 – a 3-day conference...
Read More »Australian Baseball Club Perth Heat Will Pay Salaries in Bitcoin: Report
The professional Baseball League club – Perth Heat – will reportedly pay all its players and staff in bitcoin. In addition, the Australian team might accept BTC as a payment method for merchandise, sponsorships, and ballpark concessions on game days. ‘The Heat’ to Fully Embrace Bitcoin A report by The Guardian reads that the cryptocurrency option will be available from Friday (November 19th) after a partnership with a digital asset payment company. The BTC settlements will...
Read More »Binance Coin Price Analysis: BNB Tumbles 10% Weekly, Is $500 The Next Bearish Target?
Key Support level: $516 Key Resistance level: $600 After breaking from the blue pennant, BNB rallied almost 50%, but the momentum simply was not enough to take it above the all-time high. Bears stepped in before that and pushed the price below the support at $600 that is now acting as resistance. Should the price continue to fall, BNB might find good support at $516. Chart by TradingViewTechnical Indicators Trading Volume: The volume was strong when the support at $600 was...
Read More »Croatian Startup Blockademia Raises Over 2 Million Euros in a Private Sale
[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] Application for issuing and authentication of documents has already been recognized by partners at home and abroad, with upcoming expansion into the market of the Arabian gulf. Croatian startup Blockademia, an innovative solution that aims to end falsified documents, closed the private sale with 2.25 million euros of raised funds. Blockademia dApp, built on Cardano blockchain technology, allows issuing and authentication of documents...
Read More »Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Owns Only Bitcoin (BTC) and Binance Coin (BNB)
Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has revealed that he has a personal stash of bitcoin in his investment portfolio. CZ Bought Bitcoin in 2014 Speaking in a recent interview with the Associated Press, CZ noted that although a significant percentage of his net worth is made up of his Binance Coin (BNB) holdings, he still has some BTC that he purchased a few years after Bitcoin’s launch. The Binance boss admitted that he had...
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