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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...

Fort Worth, Texas has become the first city government in all the United States to mine bitcoin. The city is employing three Antminer S9 rigs that will run all day, every day in a technology wing of the region’s city hall. Fort Worth, Texas Is at the Heart of BTC Mining Per city estimates, each rig will require about as much energy as a standard vacuum cleaner. Officials assure residents that the process will be clean. In addition, all three machines will be run on a...

A new cryptocurrency called $FEM has entered the market. Designed for women by women, the asset was built to bring more ladies into the crypto space, which is still allegedly dominated by men. Will $FEM Coin Help Women Get Involved in Crypto? One of the biggest complaints about the crypto space is that it has reportedly become rather exclusive, and when one says exclusive, they mean it is largely geared towards male traders – no one else. Currently, only about five...

Stellar lumen price started a fresh decline from the $0.1880 resistance zone against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading below $0.1700 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.1610 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to decline if there is a move below the $0.1500 support. Stellar lumen price is trading in a bearish zone below $0.1700 against the US Dollar,...

Ripple price started a fresh decline from the $0.6550 zone against the US dollar. The price is now trading below $0.60 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.6000 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could extend declines if there is a clear move below the $0.550 support zone. Ripple price is struggling below $0.6000 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin....

Fidelity Investments – one of the largest investment and trading companies out there – has announced that customers can place cryptocurrencies like bitcoin into their 401Ks and retirement funds. Fidelity Allows Users to Invest in Crypto with Their 401Ks Adam Dell – the founder of Domain Money – believes this is one of the biggest boosts crypto has been given in recent years. During an interview, he commented: It’s a recognition that investors are looking for access to...

Pierre Poilievre – a candidate for the Conservative Party leader of Canada – says that cryptocurrencies are a solid hedge against inflation, something the nation has been experiencing for months. However, two main officials of the Bank of Canada disagree. They have rebuked his words, saying crypto serves no such purpose and that they will not replace the Canadian dollar with any form of digital currency. Pierre Poilievre Believes Crypto Can Halt Inflation in Canada...

Cypherpunk – a leader in the blockchain, metaverse, and cryptography sectors – has recently invested more than $500,000 into the AB Digital Strategies Fund managed by Isla Capital. The company made a $250K investment in February and the second investment a few weeks ago in April. Cypherpunk Gives Half a Million Dollars to Digital Strategies Fund Jeff Gao – the CEO of Cypherpunk – said that he is trying hard to ensure the company moves away from cash and traditional...

Lazarus – the North Korean hacking group – is back in the news again today, this time because the organization is reportedly using apps to track those involved in the cryptocurrency space. Lazarus Is Doing Everything to Obtain Crypto Among the law enforcement agencies that have discovered this new activity from Lazarus are CISA, the US Treasury Department, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). All three organizations are now banding together as a means of...

Pro Shares should be a name that everyone in the crypto space knows and understands. Not long ago (during the summer of 2021), the company unveiled a real bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). Pro Shares and the Success of Its ETF The product was not based on actual bitcoins but on futures technology. This got a lot of people talking negatively about it early, though many other analysts felt that while it was inferior to spot trading, it was a step in the right...