Africa
Taking a look at the map of public nodes on the Bitcoin lightning network, you'd notice a concentration of most nodes across Europe and the U.S, with Africa having just about eight (8) nodes in total. This current status is what Chimezie Chuta, a Nigerian IT guru
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According to John Bolton’s book about his time in the Trump administration, the president of the United States of America told the Treasury Secretary to clamp down on trading and selling of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Conversation Between Trump and Treasury Secretary Trump allegedly made a comment to Treasury Secretary Steven
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Musician Akon has announced a $6 billion contract to build his cryptocurrency city in Senegal. The Senegalese-American Rapper and entrepreneur secured a deal with United States-based engineering and consulting firm KE International; with the firm said to have raised about $4 billion from investors, and will now use the funds
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Turkish real estate firm - Antalya Homes has announced that its customers can now pay for properties using Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies. According to an official announcement, Antalya Homes says it holds the record for the highest-valued real estate sale paid with Bitcoin in Turkey. The company notes that
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Nigeria's premier cryptocurrency exchange - NairaEx now makes it easier for Nigerians to buy and sell as low as 500 Naira worth of Bitcoin (BTC). The new feature was announced on the official NairaEx Facebook page to the delight of its over 200k customers. It reads: "We
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Steve Forbes says Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies protect against unstable financial policies; urges further development. The world’s billionaires and influential businessmen are increasingly speaking on Bitcoin as a hedge and investment while calling out the excessive money printing in the U.S. and uncertainty in financial markets. The latest to
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After increasing by about 2000% between April and May 2020 in response to the third BTC halving, Bitcoin transaction fees have now dropped to between $0.56 to 0.71 cents. According to data from BitInfoCharts, from May 20 till June 14, 2020, Bitcoin (BTC) transaction fees have decreased by
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Bitcoin.NG brings you a short list of upcoming altcoin events, announcements, and fundamental news for the months of June-July 2020. JUNE 2020 Altcoin / TokenDateEventGateChain Token (GT)JuneMainnet LaunchMATIC JuneMainnet Staking LaunchNKNJuneMainnet 2.0POLYJune 23Testnet LaunchARKJuneArk Core v3 ReleaseOGNJuneStaking IntroductionEDOJuneToken Swap and Governance LaunchKNCJuneKatalyst UpgradeZILJuneLaunch of StakingLTOJuneDeflationary Model TokenQNTJuneOverledger Network
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Tron (TRX) - the 16th largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has announced a July 7, 2020 roll out for its TRON 4.0 network. According to an official post, the TRON team says the network upgrade dubbed the Great Voyage, will feature a number of improvements to the TRON blockchain;
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Tech giant Microsoft has launched the beta version of ION - a decentralized identity tool built on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to an official announcement, the Microsoft decentralized identity network (ION) is now live on the bitcoin mainnet. The project aims to provide users with a decentralized identifier (DID) that
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The Bank of Ghana (BOG) has confirmed it remains committed to piloting a central bank digital currency (CBDC). Speaking at a recent virtual stakeholders workshop on payment systems and services, BOG first deputy governor Dr Maxwell Opoku-Afari said the bank is still considering development of a virtual currency. Dr Afari
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Germany's Stock exchange Borse Xetra will list its first crypto exchange traded product (ETP) this month. The Bitcoin ETP is courtesy of a partnership between London-based ETC group and Germany's Xetra digital stock exchange. According to reports, the Bitcoin ETP or BTCE will go live following