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Tourism Booms in El Salvador as Bitcoin is Adopted
Tourism Booms in El Salvador as Bitcoin is Adopted
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 24, 2022 by The BTC Times

El 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)

How Recent Russia Developments Are Affecting Financial Markets
How Recent Russia Developments Are Affecting Financial Markets
News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 24, 2022 by Deniz Saat

Equity 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.

Ukraine National Bank Places New Restrictions and Resolutions on Thursday
Ukraine National Bank Places New Restrictions and Resolutions on Thursday

The 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, 2022
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Ukraine National Bank Places New Restrictions and Resolutions on Thursday
Ukraine National Bank Places New Restrictions and Resolutions on Thursday

The 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, 2022
Tourism Booms in El Salvador as Bitcoin is Adopted
Tourism Booms in El Salvador as Bitcoin is Adopted

El 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, 2022
How Recent Russia Developments Are Affecting Financial Markets
How Recent Russia Developments Are Affecting Financial Markets

Equity 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, 2022
China Aims to Imprison Those Who Use Crypto to Raise Funds
China Aims to Imprison Those Who Use Crypto to Raise Funds

China 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
European Union on Track to Ban Proof-of-Work Consensus
European Union on Track to Ban Proof-of-Work Consensus

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 24, 2022
Bitcoin Legal Tender Law to Be Introduced in Mexican Senate
Bitcoin Legal Tender Law to Be Introduced in Mexican Senate

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 23, 2022
Brazil to Regulate Crypto and Bitcoin
Brazil to Regulate Crypto and Bitcoin

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 23, 2022
Bitfury Launches New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Ontario
Bitfury Launches New Bitcoin Mining Facility in Ontario

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

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Feb 23, 2022
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