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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, D.C. has selected Engiven as the platform through which his church will accept its next round of donations. The big clincher? Engiven is a cryptocurrency-based non-profit donation enterprise, meaning all money going to charities or other companies through Engiven is doled out in digital currency. Engiven Will Help with Your Church’s Crypto Donations The Archdiocese has announced that the company’s services will be utilized to...

Jeff Garzik, one of the biggest crypto pioneers out there, is starting a new company he’s calling Next Cypher Productions or NxC. He says the firm will be a new independent entertainment company that will focus purely on web3, crypto, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and blockchain applications for the sake of creating fantasy and science fiction material. Jeff Garzik Is Fusing Entertainment with Crypto In an interview, Garzik commented: NxC is more than just a mere...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is concerned about the crypto space after the collapse of both Luna and Terra USD. The IMF Is Worried About Ongoing Crypto Use The latter was an algorithmic stable currency that lost its peg a few months ago. This resulted in not only the coin and its sister asset Luna collapsing completely, but investors ultimately losing billions of dollars overnight. The IMF said in a recent interview that this likely won’t be the only time...

Coinbase – one of the world’s largest and most powerful digital currency exchanges – is not happy with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), claiming the agency has not implemented efficient crypto regulations. The company has now filed a petition criticizing the organization and calling for fair regulation within America’s legal spectrum. Coinbase Isn’t too Happy with the SEC Faryar Shirzad – chief policy officer at Coinbase – explained in a recent statement...

Central America and bitcoin continue to be like two peas in a pod. Initially, the trend of Central America accepting and using bitcoin like it was actual money began with El Salvador in 2021. The country was the first to declare BTC legal tender and it hasn’t looked back. Now, the neighboring region of Honduras – while not going as far as to declare bitcoin money – is using the world’s number one digital currency to attract tourism through what it’s calling “Bitcoin...

A handful of lawmakers in the U.S. are pushing to do away with crypto taxes on small transactions. Will Crypto Taxes Become a Thing of the Past? Right now, capital gains taxes are required on all crypto transactions that garner profits for their owners. Let’s say you buy $100 worth of bitcoin. You hold onto it for some time and that $100 eventually becomes $1,000. You then sell the BTC. You’ve made $900 in profit through that transaction, and you’ll likely owe taxes to...

Another crypto bankruptcy declaration is in the books. Following several straight weeks of bearish trends and companies either liquidating or being forced to declare bankruptcy, it appears another firm has fallen victim to the collapse traders have been witnessing for the past eight months. This time around, the company declaring bankruptcy is Zip Mex, a Singapore-based crypto exchange operating mainly in southeast Asia. Zip Mex Isn’t Doing So Well The proceedings...

Bitcoin – along with several other leading digital currencies like Ethereum, Cardano, and Solana – rose quite a bit in recent weeks and was trading for just over $24,000. Many analysts assumed that $25,000 was right around the corner. Bitcoin Has Jumped a Few Thousand Bucks There appear to be several reasons as to why bitcoin suddenly surged, a big one being that recession fears are starting to dwindle. There have been several worries permeating the financial space as of...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh increase from the $112 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $125 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $133 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair must clear $133 and $135 to continue higher in the near term. Bitcoin cash price is climbing above $125 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. BCH/USD...

El Salvador is beginning to feel the heat in the bitcoin kitchen. The Central American nation has tried so hard to buy bitcoin and make the digital asset part of its balance sheet that things ultimately worked a little too well. Now that the currency is sinking into oblivion, El Salvador is doing all it can to protect itself and keep its economy stable as digital assets strive to make a return. El Salvador Is Trying to Buy Back Debt The nation announced it was going to...