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El Salvador has been the subject of news ever since it declared bitcoin legal tender last September. What a lot of people don’t know is that a town in Switzerland called Lugano decided to follow in the country’s footsteps. The region has made bitcoin official money for its Italian-speaking residents, and while the journey may be slow, bitcoin is reaching the future it was destined for gradually. Lugano Is Headed for Bitcoin Greatness The area didn’t get much publicity...

SFL Maven Corp – a firm that sells luxury goods – has announced it will soon accept bitcoin and other assorted cryptocurrencies as payments. Digital assets can now be utilized to purchase high-end vintage jewelry and other expensive items that are sure to make their owners feel rich. SFL Maven Will Accept BTC for Goods SFL Maven is bringing the initial goals of the crypto world closer to reality. While many of these assets have become rather speculative in recent years,...

A mining company in Denver, Colorado called Crusoe Energy has gotten its hands on $350 million through a new series C funding round led by G2 Venture Partners. Crusoe Energy Just Built Up Its Financial Reserves Crusoe Energy is famous for its ability to use wasted natural gas as power for mining bitcoin units. This is an argument that continues to arise in the crypto mining world. Can miners potentially use renewable energy to mine their assets so that the Earth is not...

Crypto is very confusing to a lot of people according to Bryan Oglesby, a spokesperson for the Better Business Bureau (BBB). This is exactly why crypto has become such a powerful tool in ongoing fraud attempts and scams that regularly permeate the financial space. Bryan Oglesby On Crypto: It’s Rather Confusing In a recent statement, Oglesby claimed: Cryptocurrency is very confusing to a lot of consumers. Because there is all this confusion, scammers take this as an...

IN4X – an international crypto technology solutions firm – has introduced a new crypto-based payment solution for markets in the Middle East. The company is now working to ensure businesses and companies in that neck of the woods can accept cryptocurrencies as payments for goods and services. IN4X Introduces Middle Eastern Crypto Payment Solution IN4X is bringing the initial goals of the crypto world to the forefront given that many of the world’s leading digital assets...

Brad Garlinghouse, the man behind major altcoin and payment system Ripple, says that “tribalism” is preventing the $2 trillion crypto space from getting any further. Brad Garlinghouse On Crypto: There’s Too Much “Tribalism” In a recent interview, Garlinghouse stated: Polarization isn’t healthy in my judgement. I own bitcoin, I own ether, I own some others. I am an absolute believer that this industry is going to continue to thrive. All boats can rise. Garlinghouse is a...

The United States Secret Service is working hard to crack down on illicit crypto use. At the time of writing, a new report has been issued claiming that the Secret Service has garnered as much as $102 million in illicit crypto funds through fraud-related investigations. The Secret Service Is Going After Illicit Crypto Actors David Smith is the assistant director of investigations for the Secret Service. He says that agents everywhere are monitoring blockchain activity...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is worried about all the bitcoin love and adoption that’s occurring all over the world. The agency feels that all this bitcoin usage bears some level of danger to the world’s standard financial systems. The IMF Warns About Further Bitcoin Usage Interestingly, the IMF recently expressed this concern directly to El Salvador, a Central American nation that declared bitcoin legal tender back in September of last year. Now in its seventh...

India is still having a tough time deciding if it wants to allow crypto in its future or not. One of the people casting doubt on whether digital currencies have a space in the later years of India is Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who last Monday explained in an interview that money laundering is a big concern amongst her constituents. India Is Worried about Crypto Money Laundering She believes that money laundering and other illicit crimes are too big to...

Bitcoin has hit another low point. The currency is trading for under $39,000, hitting what is arguably its lowest point this month. Bitcoin Is at Its Lowest Point This Month Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been undergoing a bit of a slump as of late. There have been many reasons for this, a big one being that they are largely correlating with stocks which have been slowly moving south. However, one of the other big reasons is because tax season has come and gone, and...