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El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
News  •  Economy  •  Sep 19, 2021 by Thomas M

The first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador has also become the first nation state to routinely buy the Bitcoin dips. When on "Bitcoin Day," the day the Central American nation's Bitcoin Law went into effect, Bitcoin dropped from $52,000 to to the

German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering
German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering
News  •  Economy  •  Sep 16, 2021 by Thomas M

Germany's finance regulator BaFin has approved the first security token offering (STO) issued on a Bitcoin sidechain for the German market. The approval was obtained by alternative asset marketplace STOKR to host the security token offering for sci-fi MMO Infinite Fleet, according to a press release shared with

Bitcoin.org Displays Giveaway Scam
Bitcoin.org Displays Giveaway Scam

Bitcoin.org appears to have been taken over to promote a giveaway scam. The website, which has been a popular destination for those seeking information on Bitcoin — not least thanks to its domain name — now displays a pop-up asking visitors to send money to a Bitcoin address, which it says

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 22, 2021
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Bitcoin.org Displays Giveaway Scam
Bitcoin.org Displays Giveaway Scam

Bitcoin.org appears to have been taken over to promote a giveaway scam. The website, which has been a popular destination for those seeking information on Bitcoin — not least thanks to its domain name — now displays a pop-up asking visitors to send money to a Bitcoin address, which it says

News  •  Bitcoin  •  Sep 22, 2021
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again
El Salvador Buys the Dip Again

The first country to make Bitcoin legal tender, El Salvador has also become the first nation state to routinely buy the Bitcoin dips. When on "Bitcoin Day," the day the Central American nation's Bitcoin Law went into effect, Bitcoin dropped from $52,000 to to the

News  •  Economy  •  Sep 19, 2021
German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering
German Regulator BaFin Approves First Bitcoin-Based Security Token Offering

Germany's finance regulator BaFin has approved the first security token offering (STO) issued on a Bitcoin sidechain for the German market. The approval was obtained by alternative asset marketplace STOKR to host the security token offering for sci-fi MMO Infinite Fleet, according to a press release shared with

News  •  Economy  •  Sep 16, 2021
New Documentary Tackles Bitcoin Energy FUD
New Documentary Tackles Bitcoin Energy FUD

A new Bitcoin movie has hit the screens. This Machine Greens, a documentary by award-winning filmmaker Jamie King (“Steal This Film”), premiered this week on YouTube. The crowd-funded documentary, produced by Enrique Posner, explores the relationship of Bitcoin to energy and examines critics’ claims that bitcoin mining is “dirty.” The

News  •  Politics  •  Sep 14, 2021
Foreign Bitcoin Investors to Be Tax-Exempt in El Salvador
Foreign Bitcoin Investors to Be Tax-Exempt in El Salvador

El Salvador made history on Tuesday, September 7th as the first country to make Bitcoin legal tender. 72 hours later, a government advisor for the Central American country revealed it will exempt foreign investors from paying taxes on Bitcoin profits, both on capital gains and income in bitcoin. With this

News  •  Politics  •  Sep 12, 2021
Twitter in Outrage as CNBC, Reuters Run Fake Litecoin Story
Twitter in Outrage as CNBC, Reuters Run Fake Litecoin Story

Hasty reporting and subpar fact-checking caught a number of the world's leading media outlets in an awkward situation on Monday as a fake press release made it into their headlines. "Walmart to accept payments with cryptocurrencies using Litecoin," a CNBC article headline originally read, in the

News  •  Business  •  Sep 12, 2021
Blockstream and Investment Bank Macquarie Launch Bitcoin Mining Pilot
Blockstream and Investment Bank Macquarie Launch Bitcoin Mining Pilot

Bitcoin infrastructure firm Blockstream has partnered with Macquarie Group to build a new bitcoin mining facility with a focus on carbon-neutral energy sources. Macquarie is an Australian investment bank with more than $400 billion in assets under management. The group has been heavily involved in supporting renewable energy developments and

News  •  Business  •  Sep 08, 2021
Starbucks, McDonald's, Pizza Hut: El Salvador Merchants Now Accept Bitcoin
Starbucks, McDonald's, Pizza Hut: El Salvador Merchants Now Accept Bitcoin

As El Salvador became the first country to accept bitcoin as a legal currency, many merchants in the country of 6.5 million began accepting bitcoin. From McDonald's to Pizza Hut, Salvadorans can now make their purchases with bitcoin. Since September 7th, dubbed "Bitcoin Day" by

News  •  Politics  •  Sep 06, 2021
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