Nuevo León Senator Indira Kempis visited El Salvador earlier this month to observe the developments the country has undergone. President Nayib Bukele stated that El Salvador grew its GDP by 10.3% in 2021 and had never reached double digits beforehand. Tourism in the country also grew by 30% after
The Brazilian Senate is set to vote on a bill that would allow the largest Latin American country to regulate cryptocurrency. The bill was unanimously approved by the CAE, which gives a positive outlook for the the Senate vote. After the bill is passed by the Senate and the lower
On Wednesday, German media outlet BTC-ECHO reported that the European Parliament (a legislative branch of the European Union) finalized a new draft of their Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) framework. According to the report, the new draft proposes a ban on “environmentally unsustainable consensus mechanisms” like the Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol used
On Wednesday, German media outlet BTC-ECHO reported that the European Parliament (a legislative branch of the European Union) finalized a new draft of their Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCA) framework. According to the report, the new draft proposes a ban on “environmentally unsustainable consensus mechanisms” like the Proof-of-Work (PoW) protocol used
Nuevo León Senator Indira Kempis visited El Salvador earlier this month to observe the developments the country has undergone. President Nayib Bukele stated that El Salvador grew its GDP by 10.3% in 2021 and had never reached double digits beforehand. Tourism in the country also grew by 30% after
The Brazilian Senate is set to vote on a bill that would allow the largest Latin American country to regulate cryptocurrency. The bill was unanimously approved by the CAE, which gives a positive outlook for the the Senate vote. After the bill is passed by the Senate and the lower
On Tuesday, the Bitfury Group - one of the world’s leading Bitcoin mining technology companies - announced that they were launching a new mining center in Sarnia, Ontario. The facility is already operational and is expected to reach a capacity of 16MW by the end of February and 28MW
The CEOs of two of the most prominent cryptocurrency-trading platforms, Coinbase and Kraken, sent tweets that appeared to offer advice on how crypto users could evade restrictions on funding by taking crypto off exchanges into self-custody. The OSC’s manager of public affairs Kristen Rose said that the regulators are
SET President Pakorn Peetathawatchai announced on February 20th that they are waiting on approval to begin operating a digital assets exchange toward the end of 2022. Peetathawatchai states that their main focus will be on investment and utility tokens based on local and international demand from investors. Investors will also
An ETN will allow investors in Bulgaria to start trading crypto instruments that track the price rates of bitcoin and ethereum. Several European exchanges, such as Deutsche Börse and Euronext which introduced these instruments two years ago, now offer crypto related products available for trade. An ETN pays investors at
In January, a title listed in the program for the 2022 International Solid State Circuit Conference caught a few eyes in the Bitcoin world. The title was “Bonanza Mine: An Ultra-Low-Voltage Energy-Efficient Bitcoin Mining ASIC,” and it caught a few eyes because it was being presented by technology giant, Intel.
