FILE – This satellite image made by the Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 shows the eruption of … [+] the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai undersea volcano at the Pacific nation of Tonga on S...
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This Week on Crypto Twitter: Gary Gensler May Want Ethereum Under SEC Control, Tonga to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender
Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for Decrypt Broadly speaking, markets recovered this week despite extremely volatile midweek price movements from the leading cryptocurrencies. Over on Twitter, pundit...
Tonga planning to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender in Q2 2023
A former member of parliament in Tonga, Lord Fusitu’a, has given the timeline for when the country will adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. Fusitu’a, a renowned supporter of the cryptocurrency sector, has ...
Tsunami-Hit Tonga Goes Into Lockdown After After Foreign Aid Brings Covid-19
Topline Tonga entered lockdown on Wednesday after recording its first locally spread cases of Covid-19 among port workers and their families involved in distributing humanitarian aid in the wake of t...
Pacific Islands’ zero-Covid strategies unsustainable, professor says
People wearing face masks at a supermarket in Suva, Fiji, April 23, 2021. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Countries all over the world have seen Covid-19 cases surge since the emergence of the highl...
Bitcoin donations in Tonga- The Cryptonomist
After the devastation caused by the tsunami, humanitarian aid is starting to arrive in Tonga. One of the various initiatives underway is allowing Bitcoin donations to be made through Lightning Networ...
More Than $40,000 in Bitcoin Donations Towards Tonga, after Catastrophic Volcanic Eruption
The Bitcoin (BTC) community is taking part in a noble cause of helping Tonga recover from a disastrous volcanic eruption that hit the nation on January 15. Within just three days of going live, the ...
‘Alarming’ Damage Reported As International Aid Efforts Are Hampered By Volcanic Ash
Topline Reconnaissance images revealed extensive damages suffered by Tonga’s outer islands from Saturday’s massive undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami, raising fears of unreported deaths and injuri...
Bitcoin Aid Reaches Tsunami-hit Tonga When Communication Lines Are Down
As per ex-parliament member Lord Fusitu’a, the island nation is on course to adopt bitcoin as legal tender by November 2022. For now, though, the cryptocurrency is being used to transfer funds to Tong...
Tsunami Advisory Issued For West Coast, Hawaii And Alaska After Volcano Erupts Off Tonga
Topline A tsunami advisory is in effect for the West Coast of North America—from California through British Columbia to Alaska—and Hawaii, the National Weather Service said Saturday, resulting from th...
Kingdom of Tonga May Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Says Former Member of Parliament – Bitcoin News
The Kingdom of Tonga may adopt bitcoin as legal tender, according to a former member of Tonga’s parliament, Lord Fusitu’a, who tweeted about a possible timeline for this event to occur. Fusitu’a belie...
Tonga Could Adopt Bitcoin (BTC) as Legal Tender By November, Says Former MP
Former member of parliament of Tonga, Lord Fusitu’a, revealed that the country’s legal tender bill for Bitcoin is “modeled on” and is “almost identical” to that of El Salvador. Bitcoin and Tonga Accor...