Africa
Friday May 22, 2020 - A new documentary by South African film maker Tamarin Gerriety titled "Banking on Africa: The Bitcoin Revolution", was streamed on Amazon Prime. The film focuses on how Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are transforming lives on the African continent, including the spread of cryptocurrency adoption
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According to Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, Nigeria is heading towards a recession. A combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and falling oil prices is to blame for the incoming recession. Predictions of Recession for Nigeria The comments were made by the Finance Minister after the National Economic Summit meeting in Abuja.
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The Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) - Brazil's antitrust regulator has voted to reopen its probe against banks who reportedly refuse to work with cryptocurrency firms. The investigation initially kicked off in 2018, as a result of a lawsuit filed by Associação Brasileira de Criptoativos e Blockchain
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Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify has partnered with cryptocurrency payments processor - CoinPayments, to offer its users the option to pay with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC). According to a press release, the globally recognized e-commerce platform will now integrate support for digital currency payments; meaning merchants on Shopify can now
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It's a whale? It’s a plane? No, it’s $486,160.5 worth of Bitcoin being transferred. Eyebrows are raised as 50 original bitcoins from Feb 9, 2009, are moved, sparking suspicion that the mysterious Bitcoin founder, Satoshi Nakamoto may be back on the scene. 50 Bitcoins
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Bitcoin (BTC) price chart just formed a technical pattern known as golden cross; similar to the formation before BTC reached its all-time high of $20,000 in 2017. A “golden cross” occurs when BTC/USD sees its 50-day moving average rise to cross over its 200-day moving average. This current
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Leading blockchain platform Chainlink partners with Kakao to connect smart contracts to real-world data. The partnership with South Korean internet giant, Kakao could set the stage for a new paradigm in the blockchain space. Chainlink Partners Give Green Light Klaytn is the public blockchain project of the South Korean organization.
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The Italian government is set to commit €15 million (about $16.2 million) to develop blockchain and other tech-based solutions in its fight against counterfeit goods. At this time, the proliferation of fake "Made in Italy" products has led the government to seek ways to fight back and
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Samsung in partnership with SK Telecom - a South Korean mobile carrier, has unveiled the world's first 5G smartphone equipped with blockchain-powered ID authentication service. The phone named "Galaxy A Quantum", comes with a quantum random number generation chipset developed by Samsung Electronics, which helps smartphone
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Card payments company - Visa has submitted a patent application to create a "digital fiat currency" on a centralized computer using blockchain technology. According to the filing published on May 14 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the inventors seek to patent a blockchain digital
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Payments firm Visa files a patent for a new centralized technology that creates and manages digital currency. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published the filing on Thursday. Visa’s Patent Filing for Digital Currency System Visa made the filing in November 2019. In the filing, details can be
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Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov decides to close down the Telegram Open Network (TON) and cryptocurrency project due to a long-winded regulatory battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Telegram Discontinues Blockchain Project Telegram was forced to discontinue its blockchain project due to the strong arm