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David Hansson – creator of full-stack framework “Ruby on Rails” – recently confessed that his absolute anti-crypto stance was misguided. In light of Canada’s recent sanctions against Canada’s trucker convoy, he now sees a use-case for cryptocurrency – even in Western democracies. “I Was Wrong,” Says Hansson The dev stack creator explained his revised position in a blog post earlier today, titled “I was wrong, we need crypto”. By no means a total convert, he was still sure to...

Justin Trudeau – the cowardly prime minister of Canada who ran and fled the country when truckers and other citizens refused to accept his tyranny – is invoking emergency powers as a means of stopping the trucker freedom convoy from being able to accept cryptocurrency donations. Canada Seeks to Stop BTC Donations for Truckers Canada – much like the United States and several other nations around the world – has worked hard to instill unconstitutional vaccine mandates...

Well-known cryptocurrency advocates worldwide have called out Canadian authorities for seizing millions in bitcoin and other digital currencies amid the ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine policies. Court Signs Order to Seize Bitcoin and Monitor Crypto Wallet The Toronto Star reported that a court order had been issued to freeze bank accounts and digital wallets involved in fundraising efforts geared towards aiding “Freedom Convoy” protesters in...

Graph Blockchain’s subsidiary New World Inc. (New World) teamed up with the Brazilian soccer icon Ronaldinho. As a result, the former player of FC Barcelona will become an official global ambassador of the blockchain project. Ronaldinho to Help With the NFT Initiatives One of the greatest soccer players – Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, commonly known as Ronaldinho, inked a deal with the Canadian blockchain entity New World. The 41-year-old Brazilian will play an essential role in...

Michelle Rempel Garner – a member of the Canadian Conservative party – has reportedly pushed Justin Trudeau’s administration to open its arms to the cryptocurrency sector. Similar to Michael Katchen, she believes that the country “should be attracting billions of dollars of investments in this fast-growing industry.” Another Voice in Favor of Crypto In a recent statement, reported by Bloomberg, the top politician Michelle Garner urged the Canadian Financial Ministry to set up...

The multinational financial services corporation aims to make several changes to its Fidelity All-in-One Growth ETF and Fidelity All-in-One Balanced ETF, including adding a small allocation to the company’s Bitcoin ETF. After several unsuccessful attempts to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the States, Fidelity, through its Canadian branch, released such a product up north late last year. Now, the company has announced that it will provide a wider adoption for...

As the year is inching close, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has secured an MSB license to offer cryptocurrency services from the Candian regulatory authorities. On the same day, the company also received in-principle approval from the central bank of Bahrain. Glad Tidings for Binance According to the official filing with the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), Binance’s Canadian arm will be operating as Binance...

The healthcare services firm “Ask the Doctor” recently added 31 billion Shiba Inu (SHIB) tokens to its balance sheet. However, the company’s support towards the memecoin did not last much. The fact that Shiba Inu’s founders have not revealed their real identities shows that the project is a scam, “Ask the Doctor” claimed. The latter even vowed to take it a step further and go to court. From Approval to Denial Until today, the Toronto-based telehealth company – “Ask the...

IGM Financial Inc., a 40-year-old Canadian wealth manager, could be next in line to launch Bitcoin and Ethereum services for its clients, suggested the company’s CEO, James O’Sullivan. Founded in 1978, IGM Financial is a large Winnipeg-based investment company with over $260 billion in assets under management. The firm’s Chief Executive Officer – James O’Sullivan – asserted in a recent interview that internal discussions have already begun in regards to adding the two largest...

North Vancouver, part of the Canadian district of British Columbia, is on a path to become the first city that employs bitcoin mining for heating residential and commercial buildings. The initiative should be available from 2022 after a partnership between the cryptocurrency miner – MintGreen – and the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC). BTC Mining as an Alternative Heating Option Bitcoin mining’s impact on the environment has been causing significant controversy recently,...