The United States Virginia Senate recently approved a bill amendment that will allow certain banks to offer custody services for bitcoin and other digital assets. However, in order to offer digital services, banks must meet a total of 26 predetermined protocols.  Bill 263 and Bank Protocols    The amendment came from

As fiat sanctions against Russia have frozen most financial options for Russian citizens and oligarchs alike, many people were turning to Bitcoin and crypto to protect their financial assets. However, many governments, including Ukraine's have called for the freezing of crypto accounts on exchanges. The initial response from

Between the Ukrainian government and Ukrainian NGO's (non-government organizations) the latest crowdfunding efforts estimate to be over $59.7 million worth of cryptocurrency, all of which has been raised to support the Ukrainian war efforts as they fight off invading Russians. The numbers are from Elliptic, a live

The city of Lugano, Switzerland held the first Lugano’s Plan B conference where they announced the city plans on making Bitcoin, Tether, and a LVGA stablecoin (pronounced “luga” and worth about 1/100 of a Swiss franc) legal tender. To further bolster this historical decision, Tether and other established

While the country of Ukraine has been fighting off a war against invading Russians, Bitcoin and crypto users all around the world have donated their assets to help Ukraine fund their military. To respond and give thanks to the community, Ukraine announced an airdrop which would give back some crypto

Tether Operations Limited (Tether) and the city of Lugano, Switzerland announced their collaboration today to establish the city as a hub and a new center of excellence for blockchain adoption in Europe. While focusing on local communities in Lugano, the collaboration aims to provide real-world applications with blockchain technologies to

Airdropping crypto, a relatively new method of reverse-crowdfunding, could have huge impact in the geopolitical environment. Airdrops typically involve businesses or crypto projects creating tokens or NFTs to give to their communities as a way to monetarily incentivize adoption of a project. Since the Ukraine has been fighting off a

Former Chief Strategy Officer at Blockstream, Samson Mow, appeared on CNBC on Tuesday alongside Gabor Gurbacs of VanEck and Deirdre Bosa to discuss “The Role of Crypto During Geopolitical Unrest.” The trio discussed Bitcoin’s apolitical and censorship resistant nature and how it’s value proposition has become clear over