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Bitcoin Daily: WallStreetBets Launches NFTs; Bhutan to Test CBDC
September 22, 2021

WallStreetBets (WSB) is rolling out a nonfungible token (NFT) collection, a press release says. The release notes that it will be called Diamond Hands, and will contain 15,000 handcrafted genesis NFTs. They’ll each have “unique qualities” and some will have “desirable rarities,” the release says....

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Bitcoin Daily: Soccer NTF Trading Platform Sorare Nets $680M; GK Software, Flex Enable Merchants to...
September 21, 2021

Binance is going to quit offering three products, futures, options and leveraged tokens to Australian users, a report from the company website says. Existing Australian users will have 90 days to reduce and close positions for those products, starting at 9 a.m. on Sept. 24....

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Bitcoin Daily: El Salvador Buys Bitcoin as Price Drops; DeFi Platform pNetwork Offers $1.5M Bounty...
September 20, 2021

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Twitter Monday (Sept. 20) that the country has bought the bitcoin price dip to exchange dollars for bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported. We just bought the dip. 150 new coins! El Salvador now holds 700 coins.#Bitcoin🇸🇻 — Nayib Bukele...

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Bitcoin Price Falls 10% in 24 Hours
September 20, 2021

Bitcoin began the week on a down note Monday (Sept. 20), with the digital currency’s price falling as much as 10% at one point during the day. It was down 9.09% as of 3 p.m. Eastern time Monday. The price of bitcoin was at $47,700...

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Revolut Uses Bitcoin to Secure Its Largest US Office Space
September 16, 2021

U.K.-based financial super app Revolut is using bitcoin to pay for its space in Dallas, Texas, with flexible office provider WeWork. Revolut’s largest U.S. space so far, located at 6900 Dallas Parkway, will be the hub for Revolut’s American expansion efforts, according to a press...

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Bitcoin Daily: Fidelity Investments Aims to Expand Crypto Team by 70% This Year; S. Korea...
September 13, 2021

Fidelity Investments is bolstering its digital assets team as crypto sees a glut of financial advisers, family offices and other investors get on board, according to Bloomberg Monday (Sept. 13). Fidelity provides institutional services like digital coin custody to trade execution. The company wants to...

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El Salvador’s Adoption Triggers Bitcoin Price Slide
September 07, 2021

El Salvador adopting bitcoin as an official legal tender has had an adverse effect on the coin’s value, sending it falling 10 percent, CNBC writes. El Salvador was the first country to adopt bitcoin as official legal tender. But it sent the price of the...

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MVB Bank Teams With NYDIG to Enable Bitcoin Offerings
September 07, 2021

MVB Bank is working with Victor Technologies (a subsidiary of MVB Edge Ventures) and bitcoin-focused tech and finance firm NYDIG on integrating bitcoin into the banking-as-a-service solutions offered by MVB, a press release says. “On today’s rapidly changing financial frontier, we are proud to partner...

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption Triggers Price Roller Coaster
September 07, 2021

Aside from being the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador’s move on Tuesday (Sept. 7) was monumental in several ways. It triggered a four-month-high price surge on Monday (Sept. 6), a Twitter campaign, a Reddit rally, and then...