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Legislators in Turkey have confiscate $40 million in digital currency and arrests 48 suspects, The Daily Sabah briefs in a Wednesday news. The confiscation and arrest is linked to the ongoing illegal gambling questioning in about eight regional locations of Turkey. Betting activities in the Turkish region has been under
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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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* ₿ Lebanon's banks, which have imposed increasingly restrictive informal restrictions on cash withdrawals and transfers abroad, have incurred the ire of anti-government protesters amid the country's worst economic crisis in decades. * ₿ Bitcoin price premium in Lebanon still on the rise, with sellers demanding as much as $15,
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Turkey makes history with the optimization of its gold-backed cryptocurrency, BIGA. The digital currency is now fully functional, with different financial institutions in the region already using it. Gold Cryptocurrency is Good to Go The nation’s top lender, Istanbul Clearing, Settlement and Custody Bank (Takasban) was able to complete
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has directed that the government should finish testing its national central bank digital currency (CBDC) by end of 2020. The digital currency dubbed ‘Digital Lira’ is the country's national blockchain-based digital currency, and is planned to be issued by its Central Bank
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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,