Tonga Island May Consider Bitcoin Adoption
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El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender earlier this year. It’s still the only country to have ever done so—but is Tonga next?



A Tongan member of parliament hopes the country can follow El Salvador steps in adopting bitcoin as legal tender and build the way for other Pacific islands to follow its...

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Adoption #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BlockchainTechnology #BTC #ChivoWallet #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Decentralization #ElSalvador #LordFusitu039A #NayibBukele #Tonga

Shiba Inu Is Flying Third Day In A Row
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The Shiba Inu coin is now the 20th biggest crypto by market cap, partly impacted by Elon Musk’s latest tweet about his own puppy.



Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a picture of his dog, a Shiba Inu breed named Floki. That dog is the namesake of the cryptocurrency token, Shiba Inu coin. The three-day ...

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By: Edmund Ng

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#Altcoin #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Dogecoin #ElonMusk #Shib #ShibaInu #Tesla

U.S Bank Launches Crypto Custody
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U.S Bank, the fifth-biggest retail bank in USA, announced Tuesday that its cryptocurrency custody service is available to fund managers.



Bitcoin-based financial services firm NYDIG will act as the sub-custodian for the service and will support cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin in the near...

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By: Max Clark

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#Adoption #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #NYDIG #USBank

Tezos Partners With Arab Bank Switzerland
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Arab Bank Switzerland will enable its institutional clients to store, stake, and trade XTZ – cryptocurrency of the blockchain project Tezos.



Arab Bank is a Switzerland-based organization that is committed to maintain the highest standards of excellence. Indeed, the excellency has been based on ...

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By: Alex

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#Altcoin #ArabBank #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Tezos #Xtz

Stellar Announces Partnership With MoneyGram
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MoneyGram and the Stellar Development Foundation have teamed up to facilitate money transaction settlements through the USDC stablecoin.



The partnership is designed to allow users to use USDC, Circle’s stablecoin. Consumers will be able to convert USDC into cash instantly, and same from cash t...

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Altcoin #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BlockchainTechnology #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #MoneyGram #Stablecoin #Stellar #USDC

Bitcoin: Main Reasons To Invest
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Bitcoin is changing the world, and any BTC believer will rattle off a long list of reasons why cryptocurrency is the future of money.



1. Bitcoin Adoption Is On The Way



For example, the number of users of the popular Blockchain wallet steadily increased throughout 2020. In 2021 the number of...

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By: Edmund Ng

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BlockchainTechnology #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency

US Launches National Crypto Enforcement Team
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The US Justice Department launches the NCET, which will tackle money laundering, cyber crime and various other crypto-related offenses.



Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team at the Department of Justice Wednesday to go after...

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By: Edmund Ng

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#Bitcoin #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #JusticeDepartment #Regulation

Socios.Com Partners With NBA Team Brooklyn Nets
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One of the top crypto sports platforms Socios.com is an influence and rewards app that allows teams and players to connect with their fans.



Socios.com, the leading global blockchain provider for the sports and entertainment industry, has announced a new partnership with the Brooklyn Nets....

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Altcoin #Bitcoin #BrooklynNets #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #NBA #Nets #Socios #SociosCom #UtahJazz

Bakkt Partners With Google On Payments
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Crypto trading platform Bakkt announced a partnership with Google today that will integrate payments services across platforms.



Bakkt, a trusted digital asset marketplace that enables consumers to buy, sell, send and spend digital assets, today announced a partnership with Google to extend the...

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Adoption #Bakkt #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Digital #Google

Vitalik Buterin Criticizes El Salvador Bitcoin Adoption
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the forced adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador in a comment he made to a Reddit forum on Friday.



Writing in a forum entitled “Unpopular opinion: El Salvador President Mr Nayab Bukele should not be praised by Crypto community,” Vitalik But...

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By: Max Clark

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#Adoption #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #ElSalvador #Ethereum #NayabBukele #VitalikButerin

Biden Weighs On An Executive Order On Cryptocurrencies
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Joe Biden is reportedly considering an Executive Order on cryptocurrencies, sparking the debate in the community once again.



According to a recent report citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter, it appears that US president Joe Biden might be working on a way to...

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By: Max Clark

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #JoeBiden #Regulation #WhiteHouse

McDonald’s China Releases Its First-Ever ‘Big Mac’ NFT
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The non-fungible token (NFT) from McDonald’s will be the first from the company. 188 examples will be gifted to employees and consumers.



McDonald’s China is set to celebrate the company’s 31st Anniversary of the Chinese market with 188 Big Mac NFTs. The NFT will be animated and inspired by the ...

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By: Edmund Ng

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Digitalization #McDonalds #NFT

Alesso Drops Free Encoder NFT On OneOf
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Alesso, the Swedish DJ and record producer who has worked with Calvin Harris, Usher, David Guetta, amongst others has dropped a free ‘Encoder’ NFT on OneOf, the Tezos-based music NFT platform.



The Alesso Drop On OneOf



Alesso is a world famous Swedish DJ and record producer who has worked wit...

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By: Allen Walters

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BitMEX CEO Predicts Bitcoin Will Be Legal Tender In Five Countries By 2022
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Inflation and politics will prompt at least 5 countries to accept BTC as legal tender by the end of 2022, says BitMex CEO.



The recent move by El Salvador to make bitcoin a legal tender alongside the dollar spurred some criticism worldwide, but mainly among mainstream media, such as the...

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By: Alex

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#Adoption #AlexanderHoeptner #Bitcoin #BitMEX #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency

Tezos-Based Voting Application ‘NeuillyVote’ Will Launch Today
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As reported last June, French city Neuilly-sur-Seine will launch a digital voting application on Tezos. It was expected to launch in September, but instead launches today.



NeuillyVote



As reported last June, French city Neuilly-sur-Seine will launch a digital voting application on Tezos. It...

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By: Allen Walters

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#Altcoin #Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Decentralized #Electis #NeuillySurSeine #NeuillyVote #Tezos #XTZNews

Ripple and Nelnet Announce $44 Million Clean Energy Fund
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The investment targets cutting US carbon emissions by more than 1.5 million tons over the next 35 years.



Ripple has partnered with Nelnet Renewable Energy, a business unit of renowned conglomerate Nelnet, in an ESG deal. A press release disclosed this news on October 11, noting the two firms...

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By: Max Clark

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Nelnet #Ripple #XRP

Coinbase and UnitedMasters Have Partnered To Pay Artists In Crypto
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The new partnership will empower independent artists by giving them transparency, equity and control over their earnings.



This new partnership gives UnitedMasters the opportunity to provide independent artists the ability to be paid in cryptocurrency through Coinbase’s new payroll p...

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By: Max Clark

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Coinbase #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #UnitedMasters

Coinbase Launching NFT Marketplace
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Coinbase plans to launch a marketplace for NFTs as the largest US exchange for trading crypto assets joins the boom in digital collectibles.



The cryptocurrency exchange said Tuesday it plans to launch a marketplace that lets users mint, collect and trade NFTs, or non-fungible tokens. Users can...

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By: Edmund Ng

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BlockchainTechnology #BTC #Coinbase #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Ethereum #Marketplace #NFT

U.S Replaces China As World’s Largest Bitcoin Miner
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Chinese authorities banned Bitcoin mining earlier this year causing miners to shut up shop or move overseas.



At the end of August, America accounted for 35.4% of the global hash rate, a measure of computing power used to extract the digital currency, according to a Cambridge Centre for...

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BlockchainTechnology #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Hashrate #Mining

Vladimir Putin Sees Value In Cryptocurrencies
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Russian President Vladimir Putin made new comments suggesting a growing tolerance for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies during a fresh interview.



Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks that cryptocurrencies have value. But he’s not convinced yet that they can replace the U.S. dollar in settling o...

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By: Alex

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #CNBC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Digital #President #VladimirPutin

Visa Builds NFT Program To Support Digital Creators
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Noted NFT artist Micah Johnson will help Visa to educate more people about the potential of digital collectibles.



Visa wants to bring greater awareness of NFTs to an even larger audience of creators, thanks to a newly-launched initiative. Now Visa is launching a program to support artists who...

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By: Josh Fernandez

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#Bitcoin #Blockchain #BTC #Crypto #Cryptocurrency #Digital #MicahJohnson #NFT #Visa