Category: Blockchain

Central American Countries Eager to See if El Salvador’s Bitcoin Cut Remittance Costs

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) believes that other central American countries could adopt Bitcoin as legal tender to follow El Salvador. The executives of CABEI recently talked to Reuters. They revealed that Central American countries are eagerly awaiting to see if El Salvador’s bitcoin adoption as a parallel legal tender could cut

Facebook Looking to Integrate NFTs in Novi Digital Wallet

American social media giant Facebook Inc is working on integrating Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in its soon to be launched Novi Digital Wallet.  Speaking to Bloomberg TV, David Marcus, the Facebook executive in charge of the firm’s crypto development, revealed that the firm is working to integrate NFTs to support the consumers using the innovative wallet. “We’re

How Will Litecoin Perform in 2021?

Will Litecoin Double Again by the End of 2021? Litecoin was developed and released in 2011 by Charlie Lee and has been one of the top ten cryptocurrencies in terms of market cap for the major part of the last decade. However, Litecoin’s market cap has recently witnessed a downturn and it currently ranks at

Swiss-based Crypto Firms Selects Tezos for Tokenizing Finance Products

The major Swiss-based fintech firms, Crypto Finance Group, InCore Bank, and Inacta have tapped the Tezos blockchain as the choice network to host innovative, compliant on-chain digital financial products. As contained in a joint press release, the smart contracts are designed based on a new tokenisation standard, DAR-1, which draws on the scalability, negligible cost and

MicroStrategy Adds Up 3,907 BTC Units to Bring Total Assets to 108,992 Units

American business intelligence and software firm MicroStrategy has again inspired the cryptocurrency ecosystem with its Bitcoin (BTC) accumulation. Taking to Twitter, the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Michael Saylor, announced a new acquisition of 3907 units of the premier digital currency at an approximate price of $45,294 per coin. “MicroStrategy has purchased an additional 3,907 bitcoins

Citigroup Sets to Begin Trading Bitcoin Futures for Institutional Clients

Citigroup, the third-largest banking giant in the US, is planning to offer Bitcoin futures trading for some institutional clients. A source within the bank revealed the matter but requested to remain anonymous. The person familiar with the situation disclosed that Citi is awaiting regulatory approvals to start trading Bitcoin futures on CME (the Chicago Mercantile

Australians Lost Over $70M to Scam Crypto Investments in H1 2021

Australians have continued to count their losses as many have reportedly fallen victim to various investment scams. According to a press release issued by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Investment scams reported to Scamwatch have cost Australians over $70 million in the first half of this year. This figure surpassed the total reported losses for

No-Kill Animal Organization PAWS Chicago Launches “Dogenations”, Accepting Crypto Donations

PAWS Chicago, a large-scale No-Kill animal rescue organization in the Midwestern United States, and Leo Burnett, a creative solutions company, launched a cryptocurrency donation event called “Dogenations”. According to the official announcement, PAWS Chicago will accept donations of mainstream tokens such as Dogecoin (DOGE), including Bitcoin and Ethereum, to establish the PAWS Chicago Medical Center