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As developments within Ukraine continue to evolve, the Come Back Alive (CBA) foundation claims to be supporting the Ukrainian military by accepting donations on their behalf. Founded in 2014 and based in Kyiv, CBA linked a Patreon account to their contributions page but was recently removed from the platform. Facing
The debate over proof-of-work mining in the European Parliament has been delayed with energy FUD surrounding Bitcoin mining. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Directive, known as MiCA, was set for vote on February 28th. The agenda was to start negotiations between the body and the Council of the European Union and
Global self-mining Bitcoin company Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF) announced last week that they had entered into a $32M financing deal with crypto-financial services company BlockFi. Under the terms of the agreement, Bitfarms entered into a two-year, 14.5% interest rate, equipment loan for the purchase of 6,100 Bitmain S19j Pro
News - Bitcoin - Feb 28, 2022Global self-mining Bitcoin company Bitfarms (NASDAQ: BITF) announced last week that they had entered into a $32M financing deal with crypto-financial services company BlockFi. Under the terms of the agreement, Bitfarms entered into a two-year, 14.5% interest rate, equipment loan for the purchase of 6,100 Bitmain S19j Pro
News - Bitcoin - Feb 28, 2022As developments within Ukraine continue to evolve, the Come Back Alive (CBA) foundation claims to be supporting the Ukrainian military by accepting donations on their behalf. Founded in 2014 and based in Kyiv, CBA linked a Patreon account to their contributions page but was recently removed from the platform. Facing
News - Bitcoin - Feb 25, 2022The debate over proof-of-work mining in the European Parliament has been delayed with energy FUD surrounding Bitcoin mining. The Markets in Crypto-Assets Directive, known as MiCA, was set for vote on February 28th. The agenda was to start negotiations between the body and the Council of the European Union and
News - Bitcoin - Feb 25, 2022In a speech at the 2022 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this week, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz came out unequivocally in favor of Bitcoin. In his speech, he claimed he was bullish, at least in part, because “it is decentralized and uncontrollable.” He added that political parties taking anti-Bitcoin
News - Bitcoin - Feb 25, 2022The Ukrainian National Bank (UNB) recently adopted a resolution following Russian attacks and the declaration of martial law within the country. Adopted Resolutions The resolution asserts that bank branches should continue normal operations unless life-threatening situations arise, or the health of the general population is at risk. The resolution also
News - Politics - Feb 25, 2022El Salvador’s tourism sector represents one of the largest sectors of economic growth for the Latin American country. Since the adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador, one of the most positively impacted sectors of the country has been tourism. According to the Minister of Tourism (MITUR)
News - Bitcoin - Feb 24, 2022Equity markets were spooked by the announcement of a Russian invasion of Ukraine which led to lower prices on the morning of February 24th, 2022. Upon market open, the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded -1.3%, the Nasdaq traded -2.6%, Germany’s DAX traded -5%, and the U.K.
News - Bitcoin - Feb 24, 2022China announced an amendment that will allow the courts to jail those found guilty of raising funds via “virtual currency”. China has banned crypto-based fundraising since 2017 and has amended this Criminal Law to increase the punishment to jail sentences which will vary from three years to over ten years
News - Bitcoin - Feb 24, 2022