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According to the American non-profit organization – the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) – the majority of El Salvadorans (60%) have not downloaded the Chivo Wallet (a feature that facilitates bitcoin transactions). Additionally, there have been almost no downloads since September 2021, when the country became the first nation to adopt the asset as legal tender. Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador Not Progressing Last year, the Central American state made the headlines...

The Cuban central bank – the Banco Central de Cuba (BCC) – is all set to issue licenses for cryptocurrency and other virtual asset services providers (VASPs). The Gazette revealed that they will be for one year, with the option to be extended for one more. As per the resolution published in Official Gazette No. 43, BCC will grant licenses to national and foreign individual human beings and organizations. With the new system in place, BCC stated that the approved licenses will...

Following Fidelity’s move to offer Bitcoin as part of its retirement 401(k) accounts, MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor opined that the digital asset is a perfect fit for retirement, even better than bonds. Saylor: Bitcoin is the Perfect Asset for Retirement In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Saylor pointed out that Bitcoin is a much better investment choice than popular traditional asset classes, including gold, stocks, and bonds. According to the MicroStrategy chief, the...

The upper house of the National Congress of Brazil – the Federal Senate – reportedly approved the bill that could serve as a regulatory framework for the local cryptocurrency industry. The legislation needs to receive a green light from the Chamber of Deputies before becoming live. Senate Said ‘Yes’ The largest nation in South America is gradually moving towards establishing rules on its digital asset ecosystem. A local report reads that the Senate passed a bill to set up a...

The Central African Republic (CAR) has officially become the world’s second country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender, announced the President’s office on Wednesday. As with El Salvador, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has heavily criticized the decision. Another Nation Onboards the Bitcoin Standard The news was confirmed by French news agency AFP, following uncertain rumors about legal tender adoption from a standout Forbes report on Saturday. The initial report...

BlueSky, a project funded by Twitter to build a decentralized standard for social media, has stated that the company is not controlled by the company following Elon Musk’s purchase. BlueSky Operates Independent of Twitter In a tweet thread on April 25, BlueSky stated that although it was funded by Twitter, the social media platform does not hold any controlling stake in the platform. BlueSky also clarified that Twitter’s funding came with one condition, that the project...

Vlad Tenev – co-founder of the Robinhood trading app – announced on Tuesday that the company is letting go of 9% of its full-time employees. The company’s share price fell shortly afterward to just $10.00 at the time of writing – 12 cents above its all-time low as a public company. According to the co-founder’s blog post, Robinhood experienced a period of hypergrowth from 2019 to 2021. Net funded accounts grew from 5 million to 22 million, and revenue from $278 million to...

United States prosecutors have slammed charges against two Europeans for allegedly conspiring with recently sentenced Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade US sanctions with cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Two Suspects Tied to 2019 Pyongyang Crypto Conference According to a Department of Justice (DoJ) press release on Monday (April 25, 2022), 47-year-old Spanish citizen Alejandro Cao de Benos and a 30-year-old British citizen, Christopher...

The Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange – Bybit – expanded its services, enabling crypto options trading. Upon launch, users will be able to trade USDC options and perpetuals through portfolio margin, which employs a risk-based model for experienced investors to increase fund utilization on the underlying price and volatility. Bybit’s Newest Feature According to the document shared with CryptoPotato, the function will enable Bybit’s clients to speculate on the...

EMV-compatible layer 1 protocol, Flare, has received the Algorand Foundation Bridges SupaGrant to build a bridge that will connect the Bitcoin network with Algorand. Flare to Bridge Bitcoin and Algorand The grant partnership between both firms will help boost the growth of the Algorand ecosystem and the DeFi industry at large. In an official press release shared with CryptoPotato on Tuesday, Flare noted that the bridge will enable secure and trustless interoperability between...