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While BTC’s Price Slid Lower, a Miner Spent an 11-Year-Old Block Reward from 2010 Worth $1.8M
Following the large string of block rewards from 2010 spent in November 2021, no block rewards from that year were discovered in December and throughout the next month up until January 21 On Friday,
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KICK․IO Launchpad: The New Haven of Cardano “Venture Capitalists”
Crypto gains are not as good as they once were The much-anticipated journey towards a more mature crypto space has been accompanied by a noticeable slide in the previously exponential returns that
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El Salvador Plans to Offer Crypto Loans to Small-Scale Entrepreneurs
The government of El Salvador will offer cryptocurrency-based loans to small companies Conamype, the National Commission for Micro and Small Enterprises, will be the link between the investors and a
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New Payment System Seeking to Bolster Intra-African Trade Goes Live
A new continent-wide payment system that seeks to strengthen African fiat currencies, as well as to boost intra-Africa trade, recently went live Discussions about onboarding more African countries
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Despite the Drop in Crypto Prices, Weekly NFT Sales Reach $4.7 Billion, Increasing 81%
While crypto markets shed billions during the last seven days, non-fungible token asset sales are still up 81% since last week Statistics indicate $47 billion in NFT sales were settled in seven days
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Bitcoin Price Slips Below $36K, BTC Dominance Increases, Billions Leave Crypto Economy
The price of bitcoin tapped a new low this year hitting $34K per unit at just after 5 am (EST) on Saturday morning Bitcoin is now down over 48% lower than its all-time high (ATH) reached two months
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Introducing Next Earth: The User-Governed Metaverse
2022 is ramping up to a buzzing year for the metaverse Upcoming projects like Next Earth aim to usher in a new era of user-governed virtual worlds Next Earth is a metaverse that uses blockchain
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Russian Banks Begin Testing Digital Ruble Payments
Banks in Russia are preparing to dive into the pilot phase of the digital ruble project and some are already testing transactions with the currency Trials have started with customer-to-customer (C2C)
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New BHUNT Malware Targets Cryptocurrency Wallets via Software Installs
Bitdefender, a cybersecurity and antivirus company, has detected BHUNT, a new kind of malware that targets cryptocurrency wallets via software installs The malware works on top of installs of
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Iran to Pilot ‘National Cryptocurrency,’ Considers Blockchain Tech for Stock Market
The Central Bank of Iran soon plans to launch the pilot phase of its digital currency project, an official unveiled The Islamic Republic hopes to a join a growing club of nations that want to take
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Botswana Cryptocurrency Regulation: Government Set to Present Virtual Asset Bill to Parliament
The Botswana government is set to present a “Virtual Asset Bill” to the country’s parliament, a move that could see it become one of the first countries in Africa to have laws
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Robinhood Begins Rolling Out Crypto Wallets to Select Customers
Trading platform Robinhood has begun rolling out crypto wallets to 1,000 customers Users can send and receive their cryptocurrencies from Robinhood to external crypto wallets, the company explained,
