The Central African Republic has become the second country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. In making BTC legal tender alongside the CFA franc on Wednesday (April 27), one of the poorest countries in the world is following the lead of...
Crypto may be coming to your retirement plan, and the regulators are not happy. The largest 401(k) provider, Fidelity, announced on April 26 that it will offer employers to option to allow 401(k) participants to invest up to 20% of their retirement savings account in...
One of the Ethereum-killer blockchains is betting that its green footprint is an advantage that it can use to woo developers and investors away from the original smart-contract cryptocurrency. On April 21, Algorand celebrated Earth Day by announcing that it had introduced a smart contract...
The thing about middlemen is that they can correct mistakes. Virtually all of blockchain and crypto, from Bitcoin on, is cutting them out for reasons that range from cost and speed to privacy. However, as a poorly worded smart contract in a high-profile non-fungible token...
B2B online marketplace ShelfNow on Monday (April 25) launched blockchain integration across its intelligent platform, in partnership with New Zealand software company Trackgood, to create what the company says is the world’s first blockchain-enabled marketplace. According to a Business Leader report, the integration of blockchain...
When fear is the main factor driving investors, they pile back into dollars, driving everything else from the S&P 500 to gold — and especially bitcoin — down. So much for the argument that bitcoin is seen as a safe-haven investment by institutional or retail...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received hundreds of letters in support of the conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into the first spot Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). The latest ones received just last week, April 21, and they may continue coming in until...
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance — the world’s largest by trading volume — is leaving the industry’s main lobbying association and setting up its own Washington shop, CoinDesk reported. The reason was a difference in “values, goals and standards,” a person close to the Binance decision...
With crypto tokens, Global Cannabis Capital (GCC) is looking to raise more capital, Bloomberg wrote Monday (April 18). The report said the company is about to start selling tokens on the Ethereum blockchain platform which show its equity instead of a traditional IPO. While GCC...
