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Italian luxury brand Gucci – which specializes in fashion and leather goods – is allowing customers to pay for items with digital currencies like bitcoin and Shiba Inu, a popular spinoff of meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin. The company says its customers have been showing heavy demand for crypto in recent years, and thus executives want to adhere to their needs and wants. Gucci Will Begin Accepting Crypto Payments for Luxury Items The move is pushing the goals of bitcoin and...

The bitcoin price has been going through some tough times in the month of May. The currency has been trading in the high $30,000 range after several market factors – including rumors that the Fed was going to hike rates and growing conflict in eastern Europe between Ukraine and Russia – took the world’s number one digital currency by market cap down nearly 50 percent from its November 2021 high. At that time, BTC was trading at nearly $70,000. The Fed Won’t Hike Rates...

Despite the many losses his company has incurred due to bitcoin’s price swings, Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy says he remains a bitcoin fan and he’ll never doubt the asset’s abilities. Michael Saylor Still Trusts Bitcoin At the time of writing, bitcoin – the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap – has dropped to around $39,000 per unit. This may not seem bad on paper, but when one considers the fact that the asset was trading for just shy of...

With the price of bitcoin dropping even further and further down (at the time of writing, the world’s leading digital asset is trading for just under $38,000), many are wondering what kind of rough factors await the crypto space. How Much Lower Will Bitcoin Go? 2022 has been a rough year for BTC and its altcoin cousins, especially when one considers the fact that roughly six months ago, the granddaddy of all crypto was trading for about $30,000 more than where it...

A large, $6.5 million mansion on the coast of Connecticut is up for sale. What’s the big clincher? The seller is willing to accept cryptocurrencies like bitcoin or Ethereum, marking the first time something like this is being done in the area. A Mansion Owner Will Sell Her House for Crypto The property’s listing agent Kevin Sneddon affirms the media and any potential buyers that this is not a joke. The owner is serious about crypto offers, and all looking to trade their...

Elon Musk – the South African billionaire and entrepreneur known for both Tesla and SpaceX – has purchased Twitter from Jack Dorsey. The irony of the situation is that one of the world’s biggest social media platforms is being sold by one of the largest crypto fans to one of the largest crypt fans. Elon Musk Is Now Twitter’s New Owner Elon Musk has sworn up and down that his ownership of Twitter will bring about a new level of free speech that many users have not been...

It’s always disappointing when someone decides bitcoin isn’t any good. No matter how much the world’s number one digital currency has accomplished in the last few years, it seems there will always be doubters, and amongst them are Berkshire Hathaway executives Warren Buffett and his vice chairman Charlie Munger. Warren Buffett Still Hates Bitcoin At a recent shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, Buffett was quick to strike down bitcoin and comment about how weak it...

Leading African PR firm African Media Agency is forming a partnership with Tech Next, a tech-based media enterprise that seeks to educate its readers on digital currency and blockchain trends. African Media Agency Will Help Crypto in Africa Get Bigger In addition, the partnership will provide visibility to Coinference 2022, which is set to occur in early October of this year. Coinference is a special conference that takes place to assist the growing cryptocurrency arena....

For bitcoin and cryptocurrency fans, the name Nayib Bukele should ring several bells. As the president of El Salvador, the man was tasked with integrating bitcoin as legal tender in his country. Nayib Bukele Should Be Admired for His Bitcoin Plans Bukele has clearly done this for no other reason than to keep his people financially safe and independent. He’s not only a bitcoin believer, but a true leader in that he has taken it upon himself to do something quite difficult...

The Central African Republic (CAR) has become the second country after El Salvador to declare bitcoin legal tender. Customers can walk into any store or company and purchase goods and services with bitcoin and owners and managers must be accepting of the digital currency. The Central African Republic Says “Yes” to Bitcoin In a statement, Obed Namsio – the chief of staff of Faustin Archange Touadera, the President of the Central African Republic – said that a bill had...