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Central Bank of Brazil to Test Security and Transaction Privacy Levels of the Digital Real – Blockchain Bitcoin News
The Central Bank of Brazil will focus its first digital real tests on determining the levels of privacy and security that can be achieved with the proposed central bank digital currency (CBDC) infrast...
South Korean Officials Confirm They Sent Team to Serbia to Find Do Kwon
Do Kwon, the controversial inventor of the now-defunct Terra ecosystem, is the subject of an escalated manhunt, with reports indicating that South Korean authorities have confirmed they have dispatche...
Gold Coins Help Zimbabwe Achieve ‘Price and Exchange Rate Stability’ — Central Bank – Africa Bitcoin News
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe recently revealed that some 25,188 of its value-preserving gold coins were sold between July 2022 and Jan. 13. According to the central bank governor, John Mangudya, the g...
Digital Currency Group Sells Shares in Subsidiary’s Crypto Funds
The cryptocurrency conglomerate known as Digital Currency Group (DCG) is apparently getting ready to generate cash and maintain its liquidity by selling its assets in cryptocurrency funds that are man...
Moonpay and Looksrare Partner to Bring Convenient NFT Purchasing to the Masses – Bitcoin News
On Thursday, the fiat-to-crypto onramp business Moonpay announced a multi-year partnership with the non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace Looksrare. According to the deal, Looksrare will allow marketpl...
Voyager Digital Subpoenas FTX Executives
Subpoenas demanding information have been issued on former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX and Alameda Research officials by attorneys representing insolvent crypto broker Voyager Digital. Acc...
French Luxury Brand Hermes Wins NFT Trademark Infringement Lawsuit – Featured Bitcoin News
French luxury brand Hermes has won a lawsuit against an artist who depicted its famous Birkin bags in a non-fungible token (NFT) collection. The artist argued that NFTs should be covered under the U.S...
The UK is a step closer to launching a central bank digital currency
After the publication of a consultation document that explains the planned digital pound, which the general public has dubbed “Britcoin,” the United Kingdom is one step closer to creating ...
Coinkite Launches ‘Higher-End’ Coldcard Bitcoin Wallet With QR Code Scanner – Bitcoin News
The bitcoin hardware wallet manufacturer Coinkite has announced the launch of a new product, the Coldcard Q1, which features a QWERTY keyboard and QR code scanner. Coinkite details that the battery-po...
Guarantors of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Bail Bond signed off
For the time being, neither of the two guarantors who endorsed a portion of Sam Bankman-250 Fried’s million dollar bail bond will have their identities revealed to the public. A court has also d...
Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO on Ethereum Goerli Testnet with Open Source Codebase and Audits – Altcoins Bitcoin News
Aave Companies, the firm behind the decentralized finance (defi) project Aave, has announced the launch of a stablecoin called GHO on the Ethereum testnet network Goerli. The codebase is available on ...
Ishan Wahi pleads guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud
Ishan Wahi, a former product manager at Coinbase Global Inc., has entered a guilty plea to two charges of conspiracy to conduct wire fraud in a case that has been dubbed the first insider trading case...
Kraken Winds Down Staking Program, Pays $30 Million to Settle Unregistered Offering of Staking Services Case With SEC – Regulation Bitcoin News
Kraken, a U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, has agreed to wind down its cryptocurrency staking program as part of an arrangement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle for ...
Lido Announces Upcoming Upgrade, Introduces New Staking Router
Procedure for staking liquid assets With the introduction of the impending Lido v2 update, Lido is planning to provide staking reward withdrawals in addition to improving the architecture of the staki...
Hut 8 Mining Company to Merge with US Bitcoin
Hut 8 Mining, a Canadian company that mines cryptocurrencies, has announced publicly their desire to merge with US Bitcoin to become Hut 8 Corp., often referred to as “New Hut.” Hut 8 Mini...
3 Agriculture Dividend Stocks With Long-Term Growth Potential
The agricultural sector is a compelling place to invest right now for several reasons. First, it is a very defensive sector given that our need to eat does not change with macroeconomic or geopolitica...
Major Crypto ATM Operator Coin Cloud Files for Bankruptcy – Featured Bitcoin News
One of the largest cryptocurrency ATM operators, Coin Cloud, which claims to operate more than 5,000 crypto ATMs, has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. The company’s largest creditor is Genesis Global ...
Crypto and NFT Communities Respond to Turkish Earthquake Relief Efforts
On February 6, a devastating earthquake struck the southeastern part of Turkey at the border with Syria. As of right now, over 5,000 people have lost their lives as a result of the quake. The earthqua...
LBank Secures Virtual Asset Provider Registration to Operate in Italy – Press release Bitcoin News
press release PRESS RELEASE. Global crypto exchange LBank has registered as a Virtual Asset Provider with Italian regulator Organismo degli Agenti e dei Mediatori (OAM). The regulatory approval allows...
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Expresses Concern Over Rumors of SEC Ban on Crypto Staking for Retail Customers – Regulation Bitcoin News
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, expressed concern about rumors that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may eliminate cryptocurrency staking for retail customers in the United States. ...
LINK Moves to 3-Month Peak, as DOGE Drops to 10-Day Low – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Chainlink rallied to a three-month high during Thursday’s session, despite a red wave sweeping through cryptocurrency markets. Today’s surge came as the token broke out of a key resistance level. Doge...
Localbitcoins, the Pioneer P2P Bitcoin Exchange, Shuts Down After a Decade of Service Due to Crypto Winter – Bitcoin News
Localbitcoins, the Helsinki, Finland-based bitcoin exchange founded in 2012, is closing operations after over a decade of service. The company’s operators attribute the shutdown to the “ongoing crypto...
BTC Moves Below $23,000 as Market Volatility Heightens – Market Updates Bitcoin News
Bitcoin dropped to a two-week low on Feb. 9, with prices falling below the $23,000 mark after a brief rally on Wednesday. Cryptocurrencies moved lower across the board, as uncertainty surrounding the ...
Digital Gold Traded for Digital Rubles by Russia’s Rosbank – Finance Bitcoin News
Rosbank has brokered Russia’s first deal involving the exchange of tokenized gold with the digital version of the Russian national fiat currency, the ruble. The successful transaction demonstrates the...
Yield farming is live on Bitcoin․com’s Verse DEX with ~80% APY – Press release Bitcoin News
press release Bitcoin.com is excited to announce that Verse Farms are live on the Verse DEX. Anyone can now deposit select Liquidity Pool (LP) tokens into Verse Farms to earn additional rewards on top...
Bitzlato Co-Founder Anton Shkurenko Arrested in Russia, Report – Exchanges Bitcoin News
Russian authorities have reportedly arrested the second co-founder of seized cryptocurrency exchange Bitzlato. The man, who recently promised to restore the platform’s operations from Russia, was deta...
US Federal Reserve on Bitcoin’s Response To Monetary News
US Federal Reserve reports a disconnect between Bitcoin and macroeconomic fundamentals. Sensitivity of Bitcoin, the US Dollar, metals, and other stock prices to macroeconomy news is studied. On Wedne...
VARA Issues New Guidelines for Virtual Asset Service Providers in Dubai
Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA), the body in charge of supervising cryptocurrency regulations inside Dubai, has announced new rules for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) operating with...