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Not long ago, Live Bitcoin News published an article discussing Facebook aka Meta and its decision to sell off any assets aligned with Libra/ Diem. It looks now like those assets have been sold and the project has officially come to an end. The Facebook Libra Project Is Now Fully Over The developers behind Diem confirmed in a statement that the assets were sold for around $200 million to a crypto-based bank known as Silvergate. Initially, both firms were working with...

In what is arguably one of the biggest 360s the world of crypto has ever seen, India has announced that it will not be banning crypto. Rather, it will tax crypto-based income, work to regulate the space, and is even planning to launch a virtual version of the country’s currency called the digital rupee. India Is Set to Regulate Crypto This is one of the biggest changes a country has ever exhibited when it comes to crypto. There was a long period when India had a very...

Wealth Simple – an online brokerage in the country of Canada – wants to engage in a program where it gets to see how people are using cryptocurrencies. Analysts believe that there will be regulatory tactics set in place designed to prevent Wealth Simple – and companies like it – from engaging in such activity. Wealth Simple Is Eager to Know How People Use Crypto One of the big issues facing bitcoin and the crypto space is the fact that many digital currencies, while...

A hot dog restaurant called Willy – Yums in Bradenton, Florida has become the latest company to accept cryptocurrency as a method of payment. Willy – Yums Opens Its Heart to Crypto Willy – Yums opened about five years ago. It serves hot dogs, burgers, Cuban sandwiches, and many other things to tantalize one’s taste buds. The man who owns it – Rob Williams – says he was introduced to crypto through a friend and he immediately began investing through the Robinhood app. He...

Is Linus Torvalds the man who invented bitcoin? Torvalds Has Become the Object of the Satoshi Obsession For the past several years, many crypto traders have sought to find out the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto, the man behind bitcoin (the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency by market cap). For some, the mystery is something that needs to be figured out soon. It’s become an obsession, but the questions behind Nakamoto’s identity usually leads to a dead end, and...

Bitcoin is a limited currency. It is finite and all set to run out someday. While the asset will likely always remain in circulation to some degree, there are only 21 million units of BTC, and about 90 percent of that has already been mined and added to the blockchain. Nayib Bukele – the president of El Salvador – sees this as a good thing. Nayib Bukele Things Bitcoin Is Going to Shoot Up in Price While bitcoin may be limited and thus very concentrated in the future,...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline below the $320 support against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $285 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $290 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if there is no upside break above $300. Bitcoin cash price is showing bearish signs below $290 against the US Dollar,...

Crazy Horse 3 – a strip club in the middle of Sin City (that’s Las Vegas, Nevada) has agreed to accept crypto payments for lap dances and many of the club’s services. Crazy Horse 3 Is Willing to Accept Crypto The whole point of crypto was to be able to pay for everyday items and services. Many digital assets – such as bitcoin – were initially created to push things like credit cards, checks, and fiat currencies to the side, though this has been an extremely slow journey...

Cryptocurrency exchange FTX is one of the newest digital currency platforms out there, but its size, scope, and popularity just keep growing. It’s been announced that the exchange now bears a valuation exceeding $32 billion at the time of writing thanks to a new funding round that occurred earlier in the week, suggesting investors continue to pour their money into this industry despite the regular price dips we’ve been witnessing. FTX Is Headed to the Top of the Ladder...

New York offers many shuttered coal plants and cheap energy. This makes it a top spot for miners and anyone looking to set up crypto extraction businesses. However, there are many environmentalists out there that want New York to work against crypto and ban the process of adding it to the blockchain. New York and Crypto Don’t Always Go Together Environmentalists have been arguing for years that mining bitcoin is somehow harmful to the world’s atmosphere. They state that...