Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Nigeria Moves to Ban P2P Naira Crypto Trading
Nigeria Moves to Ban P2P Naira Crypto Trading
May 07, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Nigeria is reportedly stepping up its cryptocurrency crackdown with a proposed ban on peer-to-peer trading. The ban would affect P2P trading in the country’s naira, Bloomberg reported...

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Swiss National Bank Says Wholesale CBDC Eliminates Barriers in Financial Markets
Swiss National Bank Says Wholesale CBDC Eliminates Barriers in Financial Markets
May 06, 2024  |  CBDC

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is conducting a pilot project that has used wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) and successfully settled four tokenized bond issuances and...

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Crypto Firms Engage in Aggressive Fundraising to Boost Valuations
Crypto Firms Engage in Aggressive Fundraising to Boost Valuations
May 05, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency startups are reportedly engaging in aggressive fundraising as the digital asset space recovers. As Bloomberg News reported Saturday (May 4), this approach entails an...

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Coinbase Wants to Prove Crypto’s Utility With Cheaper Payments
Coinbase Wants to Prove Crypto’s Utility With Cheaper Payments
May 03, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase, the largest U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, is ultimately a crypto story. And like all crypto stories, it has its downs — and its wild ups. Coinbase reported earnings per share...

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Block Sees Both Banking and Bitcoin Driving Future Growth 
Block Sees Both Banking and Bitcoin Driving Future Growth 
May 02, 2024  |  Earnings

Block, owner of Cash App and Square, is also a huge owner of bitcoin.  This, as the company’s latest first quarter 2024 earnings results revealed that the company’s $200 million investment...

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Stripe Is Bringing Back Crypto Payments, Citing ‘Real Utility’
Stripe Is Bringing Back Crypto Payments, Citing ‘Real Utility’
April 29, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto payments have traditionally suffered from a pervasive “cold start” problem. Among other issues hamstringing the integration of blockchain-based digital assets as a payments mechanism,...

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Square and Cash App Collaborate on Bitcoin Conversions for Sellers
Square and Cash App Collaborate on Bitcoin Conversions for Sellers
April 24, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Block ecosystems Square and Cash App have begun rolling out a feature that will allow eligible Square sellers to automatically convert a portion of their daily sales to bitcoin with...

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Bitcoin Halving Concludes as Investors Uncertain on Gains
Bitcoin Halving Concludes as Investors Uncertain on Gains
April 21, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Like the Summer Olympics and the presidential election, bitcoin’s “halving” comes every four years. The latest halving — a preprogrammed event that cuts the amount...

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This Week in Web3: Bitcoin Halving, Stablecoins, Bankman-Fried
This Week in Web3: Bitcoin Halving, Stablecoins, Bankman-Fried
April 17, 2024  |  Blockchain

The bitcoin halving is imminent, and crypto is on everyone’s mind this week. That’s because the technical event, which happens every four years and serves...

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