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The US House of Representatives through its Financial Services Committee has asked the Federal Reserve of its plans regarding a U.S dollar digital currency. According to a letter sent to the Federal Reserve Board Chairman – Jerome Powell, the US Representatives expressed concerns that the dominance of the US dollar
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The Central Bank of Venezuela is reportedly exploring the option of holding Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in its international reserves. Following the country’s political and economic struggles, Venezuela has been hit by inflation and U.S trade sanctions; prompting the nation to seek alternative currencies to cushion the
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Popular global trading exchange – Binance announced the delisting 30 cryptocurrrency trading pairs from their platform. According to the announcement, the exchange says the delisting aims “to improve liquidity and user trading experience among our wide range of available assets.” The exchange states that a lack of liquidity amongst the to-be-delisted
Africa
Over the years, Google Search Trends for the term ‘Bitcoin’ have moved from the Western nations to Asia, and then Europe. However, at this time Africa and notably Nigeria seems to be leading new interests in this digital currency. According to a recent report by Binance Research, which visualized the
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Around the world and in Nigeria, good deeds related to finance are viewed as a rarity; and this explains the reactions to Twitter user @BitcoinKeith story after his refund of 7.8BTC ($80,000) sent to him from an unknown source at the time. Bitcoin.ng had an exclusive chat
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The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) – founding company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has finally kicked off its cryptocurrency marketplace called Bakkt, offering institutional investors Bitcoin futures contract. What are Bitcoin Futures? Futures contracts are legal agreements to buy or sell a given commodity at a specific price at a
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With the growing trend of blockchain-based and cryptocurrency holding smartphones, it is only a matter of time before other gadgets catch the crypto-vibe; from wrist watches to now laptops, blockchain technology is caving a big industry. In line with this, German-based firm Karatbars International GmbH has announced the details of
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University of St. Gallen, Switzerland has set sights on the use blockchain technology to fight fake diplomas, a type of educational fraud which has been on the rise in recent years. According to an interview with CNN Switzerland, the University of St. Gallen announced it is introducing a blockchain-based project
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The Malaysian Ministry of Education has officially introduced E-Skrol – an application to tackle the issue of fake educational certificates through the use of blockchain technology. According to local reports, the blockchain application is now ready to use after the Ministry had previously announced plans to develop the project; which now
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The United States Army Contracting Command (ACC) has released a notice soliciting the services of blockchain forensic experts. Blockchain forensics is a new field which involves creating tools for the tracking, tracing and scraping of data related to cryptocurreny transactions. As seen in the official publication, the ACC seeks a
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a dinner with a number of US lawmakers where he fielded questions regarding the proposed Facebook cryptocurrency project – Libra. Following months of mixed reactions to the announcement of the Facebook’s coin, the project has been somewhat suspended after US lawmakers widely rejected the proposal;
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The Turkish government has announced plans to introduce a national blockchain infrastructure to utilize distributed ledger technology (DLT) in public administration. This latest development was made public through the country’s Ministry of Industry and Technology as it unveiled its Strategy 2023 vision for the country. According to the announcement,