Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin consolidated marginally above the $29,000 level on Wednesday, ahead of today’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. It is widely expected that the Fed will increase rates by 25 basis points, after holding off on hiking last mo...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The newly launched a non-custodial crypto and defi wallet app Wallex.US is making a big splash by becoming the first ever cryptocurrency company sponsoring a major surfing event. The 2023 Wallex US Open of Surfing will be held in Huntington Beach, Ca...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
South Africa’s economic well-being is dependent on trade relations with the West, and therefore attempts to bolster relationships with BRICS must not be at the expense of ties to the West, the leader of a South African business association has...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a recent article, Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation, outlined his thoughts about the emergence of a new multipolar world order. Putin explained this new configuration will allow different regions, including Africa, the Middle Eas...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Crypto exchange Binance and its founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) plan to seek the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). On July 27, the trading platform is due to submit its response to the CFTC comp...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A former central banker has explained that three conditions must be met for the Chinese yuan to become a currency on par with the U.S. dollar and the euro. Noting that the yuan is already the third-largest international currency after the USD and the...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The BRICS economic bloc has invited 69 leaders to its upcoming summit, including all African heads of state and the political heads of major Global South bodies. More than 40 countries have expressed interest to join the BRICS group, with 22 nations...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
An economist has shared her analysis of how a common BRICS currency could compete with the U.S. dollar. “You need foreign exchange reserves and you need the trust of the investment community,” she explained, noting that the only country i...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a bill on the introduction of the digital ruble in the Russian Federation. The new legislation, which legalizes and regulates the use of Bank of Russiaβs digital currency for payments and other transaction...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On July 13, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) finally issued an order in the infamous case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the payment settlement system and currency exchange, R...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Following the Monday, July 24, launch of the worldcoin (WLD) token, the cryptocurrency quickly peaked at $3.30 per coin but has since depreciated by over 35%. Despite 18 months of beta testing and claims of more than 2 million sign-ups, the token has...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
The stablecoin economy continues to shrink, with more than $3 billion in value removed from today’s top stablecoin valuations in less than 40 days. The dollar-pegged tokens USDP and GUSD experienced the largest 30-day reductions, shedding 45.1...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Dogecoin rose for a third consecutive session on Tuesday, as markets continue to speculate what role the meme coin could play on the newly rebranded X platform. The latest surge took the price to its highest level since early May. Avalanche was anoth...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
On July 24, 2023, a block reward from 2010 was transferred for the first time in 13 years, marking this month’s first expenditure of dormant bitcoin from that year. So far this year, a total of nine such block rewards from the 2010 era have be...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Worldcoin, the decentralized biometric ID protocol, has officially launched, allowing users to reserve their share of WLD, the incentives-driven token of the protocol, that will be granted when confirming one’s identity using a biometric device...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Bitcoin rebounded from a one-month low Tuesday, as markets prepare for the upcoming U.S. consumer confidence report. The confidence index is expected to increase to a reading of 111.5 in July, up from 109.7 the month prior. Ethereum also bounced high...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue, Argentina reached a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bitfarms will open two bitcoin...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A blockchain-powered decentralized network can offer a “much greater level of security and ownership” of data compared to traditional telecom operators, Micky Watkins, the founder and CEO of World Mobile, has said. Watkins also claims tha...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
After the Russian currency touched a year low versus the greenback of nearly 92 units for every dollar, economist Robin Brooks said the ruble has stabilized and may eventually be lifted by rising oil prices. The Institute of International Finance Eco...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
PRESS RELEASE. SINGAPORE — TOKEN2049, Asia’s premier Web3 and crypto conference, has announced its first batch of high-profile title sponsors and headline speakers for its much-anticipated Singapore return. TOKEN2049 will take place fro...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
Jim Rickards, economist and best-selling author, has explained the possible repercussions of issuing a BRICS bloc currency for the dollar. For Rickards, the “bric” (the name he gives to the BRICS currency) will be anchored (but not redeem...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In a groundbreaking decision earlier this month, the Southern District Court of New York determined that institutional sales of XRP conducted directly by Ripple constitute securities sales. However, intriguingly, XRP sales on secondary markets, speci...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
As quoted by Ennahar TV, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune has signaled that Algeria β Africa’s largest nation β is eager to align itself with the BRICS coalition. He conveyed that this significant alignment with the five major emerging e...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
A new player has emerged in the constantly evolving cryptocurrency market: Telegram bot coins. These crypto assets, used within Telegram’s ecosystem, are leveraged to facilitate automated trades for users on decentralized exchange (dex) platfor...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 1 year ago
In February 2023, the AI-driven cryptocurrency sector reached a staggering $4 billion in value. Yet, it has since experienced a downturn of $1.42 billion. Over the last week, eight of the top 10 AI-based crypto tokens saw declines against the U.S. do...