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Port Aventura, a world resort, is currently developing software that will allow its customers to pay for rooms and other vacation-related expenses with digital currencies. Presently, the company boasts several theme parks in Europe along with six hotels that contain approximately 2,300 total rooms. Port Aventura Gives a Greenlight to BTC Payments The software is set to be released in early 2022 and will be installed in every hotel hosted by Port Aventura. From there, the...

Visitors of the Bitcoin.org website recently fell victim to a scam that promised to double their money. Bitcoin.org Was the Recent Host of a Crypto Scam Issues like these are prevalent in the cryptocurrency space, but at this point, it should become rather obvious that anyone (or anything) promising to double one’s money is not a forthright venture. Why would a company simply double your money for the heck of it? Nobody’s that nice or giving, and the maneuver should be a...

As president of the basketball team the Philadelphia 76ers, Chis Heck discovered cryptocurrency during the coronavirus pandemic. He saw that literally tens of thousands of Americans are involved in the digital trading space, and he also discovered a string of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that are centered around the game of basketball. The 76ers are Heading Into Crypto Territory It was at this moment that he knew he had to get himself – and his team – involved somehow....

It appears that the cryptocurrency space is so eager to gain trust that it’s willing to do anything to push itself into mainstream territory. This includes spending loads of money to get celebrities to take part in their advertisements. Celebrities Are Becoming Crypto Ambassadors More Often Cuy Sheffield – head of crypto for credit card giant Visa – said in a recent interview that crypto isn’t that much different from how the internet appeared and operated in the early...

Teenagers in India are becoming the world’s newest cryptocurrency fans. India Has Had a Weird Relationship with Crypto India has had a very up and down relationship with digital currency. In the year 2018, for example, the nation’s central bank decided that crypto companies could not get access to bank accounts, and that standard financial institutions would not be permitted to work with any firm that delved in bitcoin or blockchain technology. After two years, however,...

Well, here’s something that’s likely to anger a few environmentalists in the coming weeks. A new report issued by the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) says that bitcoin and crypto mining are only likely to contribute to about 0.9 percent of global carbon emissions in the coming future. Crypto Mining Isn’t That Bad, According to New Report The topic of crypto mining has been a controversial one. Over the past several months, many high-ranking individuals with...

Budapest – the capital of Hungary – has recently unveiled a new bronze bust of Satoshi Nakamoto, the alleged pseudonymous creator of bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap. Satoshi Nakamoto Will Always Be Remembered For the most part, the bust is rather faceless and expressionless. This was done on purpose according to the statue’s designers Gergely Reka and Tamas Gilly. They mention on a website discussing the work: We do not know the gender,...

El Salvador has been making huge headlines as of late. The country is among the first to declare bitcoin – the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – legal tender, meaning it can now be used to purchase items and services in the same way one might use fiat, credit cards, or even checks. El Salvador Might Be Doing Something Right However, the country has experienced some serious rollout issues, between people protesting that they don’t want life to change to...

What occurred in India’s cryptocurrency space a few years ago is now at risk of also occurring in Australia. The country’s financial laws have failed to keep up and include cryptocurrency, and thus many startup ventures delving in blockchain and in digital currencies are now at risk of losing the money and support they receive from standard banks. Australia Is Having Trouble in Its Crypto Space India saw a situation like this occurring just a few years ago. Many news...

Despite all the bitcoin rollout issues the country has been having as of late, El Salvador is not giving up on its crypto agenda, and the country has recently purchased as much as 150 additional BTC units. El Salvador Has Bought a Lot of BTC At the time of writing, the country boasts a stash of more than 700 individual bitcoin units, which are worth approximately $31 million at press time. This may not sound like much at first but considering that El Salvador is new to...