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Eight months after Nigeria’s central bank banned banks from serving crypto entities and investors, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC Nigeria) has established a fintech unit that will help formulate regulations for the digital asset industry. SEC Sets up Fintech Unit for Crypto Research The financial watchdog announced that the new division will research crypto investments and products in order to come up with regulatory guidelines that will help protect...

The Bitcoin bulls continued to push the cryptocurrency north in the past 24 hours, resulting in a multi-month high of just over $51,000. Most altcoins also performed well in the same timeframe, with ETH touching $4,000 for the first time since mid-May. Bitcoin Tapped $51K September didn’t start all that well for bitcoin as the asset fell to a multi-day low of $46,300 on Wednesday. However, this is where the situation quickly changed. The primary cryptocurrency started rising...

Every day an increasing number of countries turn their back on Binance, sending warnings to their users, letting them know that if they use the exchange, they are basically on their own in case of any inconvenience. A few hours ago, the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) of South Africa issued a Press Release stating that Binance was not authorized to operate in the country. The regulatory body assures that the company does not have the necessary registration to offer...

Se déroulant à la fois à San Salvador et à El Zonte (Bitcoin Beach), Adopting Bitcoin réunira, du 16 au 18 novembre 2021, développeurs, entreprises et passionnés du monde entier, pour une conférence internationale consacrée au Lightning Network. Notons la présence, parmi les orateurs, de nombreux français : Antoine Poinsot (Revault), Bastien Teinturier et Pierre-Marie Padiou (ACINQ) Romain...

This week saw Bitcoin’s price surging past $50,000 on a few occasions, while altcoins have been charting double-digit gains all along. Let’s start with BTC. The primary cryptocurrency is up about 7% over the past seven days, and it’s currently sitting above the coveted $50K mark. However, it took it a few attempts to go there, and we need to see today’s daily candle close above it for further validation of the bullish continuation. Towards last weekend, Bitcoin attempted to...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh increase above the $650 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $650 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $660 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to rise if it clears the $680 and $690 resistance levels. Bitcoin cash price is moving higher above $650 against the US Dollar, similar...

It appears Coinbase – one of the most popular crypto exchanges in the western hemisphere – has had a little security hiccup it needs to make up for. The trading platform accidentally sent out emails or text messages to a multitude of customers claiming that their two-factor authentications were compromised or changed in some way. This was not true, and now the company is looking to reward these customers with approximately $100 in bitcoin as a way of saying, “Our bad!”...

Years after halting its services, the saga with BitConnect has taken another turn as the SEC has filed an action against the founder and some of the promoters. The Commission has alleged that they have swiped more than $2 billion from retail investors through an unregistered offering of digital assets. The SEC Files Charges Against BitConnect Founder Launched in early 2016, BitConnect promoted itself as a platform with a highly advanced trading bot that urged users to deposit...

The team behind the third-largest cryptocurrency by means of market capitalization – Cardano – announced that they’ve successfully added smart contract capabilities to the current testnet of the platform. Smart Contracts Live on Alonzo In an announcement made on September 2nd, Input Output – the research and development company behind Cardano – revealed that they’ve successfully updated the Alonzo testnet to now include Plutus smart contract capabilities. Yesterday, we...

Changpeng Zhao – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Binance – said the US arm of the cryptocurrency exchange could follow Coinbase and have an initial public offering in the next 36 months. In a recent interview with The Information, the head of Binance – Changpeng Zhao – revealed that Binance.US – the company’s affiliate in the States – plans to launch an IPO in the next three years: “Binance.US is just going to do what Coinbase did.” – said Zhao. Coinbase – another...