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European Space Agency Funds Blockchain Project to Improve Mining Data Transparency

Blockchain technology is gaining more and more use cases by the day. Other than often highlighted use cases in the world of finance, logistics and medicine, it is also gaining popularity in space. The European space agency, a major intergovernmental…

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Brazil’s Central Bank Introduces Almost Instant Payment System in Response to Crypto

A new almost instant payment system is coming to Brazil in response to cryptocurrency and Blockchain technology. The new system known as PIX, is a creation of the country’s Central Bank and is being promoted as a 24/7 system that…

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Billionaire Tim Draper wants Millenials to own Bitcoin

Billionaire Tim draper has urged millennials to but Bitcoin, while in an interview with Fox Business. Tim said that buying Bitcoin would be a good way for millennials to store their value as they wait for retirement. Tim talked up…

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Pornhub adds Tether Stablecoin as New Payment Option

Adult entertainment site Pornhub, have announced a new crypto payment option after PayPal abruptly stopped supporting their services in late 2019. The porn site now supports Tether (USDT), a major United States dollar-pegged stablecoin- to allow instant and zero-fee payments…

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Venezuela President announces Crypto Casino to Promote the Petro (PTR)

President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday the opening of a new crypto-casino in his troubled Venezuela. He said that Ávila National Park’s Hotel Humboldt, would soon become the home of the first ever casino in the country to operate with Petro…

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Singer Akon says his Akoin Crypto city will Launch in 2025

Music mogul Akon tweeted yesterday that he had just sealed an agreement to get his AKON CITY ambition off the ground. The “Lonely” and “Locked up” hit maker who was partly responsible for giving the world Lady Gaga revealed his…

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Indian Supreme Court Delays hearing on Crypto Ban

The Indian Supreme Court has decided to delay its full hearing of a high profile case against the reserve bank of India’s (RBI) ban on bank’s dealings with crypto-related businesses. Kashif Raza, who is the founder of Indian crypto regulatory…

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Bitcoin is Becoming Popular by the Day in Iran

Bitcoin saw a surge in price from $8,000 to $8,430 after the US initiated a drone strike on Iran top general Qaseem Soleimani on Jan 2. This prompted a response by Iran that saw two US military bases in Iraq…

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ECB President, Lagarde, Pushes for Central Bank Digital Currency

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, has thrown her weight behind the bank’s active involvement in the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to address the demand for faster and cheaper cross-border payments. Speaking…

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Qatar Financial Center Prohibits Crypto Businesses

The Qatar Financial Center Regulatory Authority (QFCRA) announced that virtual asset services may not be conducted in or from the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC). The regulator announced the new measure in a tweet that stated that authorized firms would not…