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More Industry Players Weigh in on Bitcoin’s Path Once Businesses Reopen
As the U.S. considers lifting coronavirus prevention measures, two more industry players weigh the event's impact on Bitcoin's price. Industry players said Bitcoin's (BTC) price could be impacted once U.S. governing bodies lift COVID-19 prevention measures, such as stay-at-home orders and business closures. "When the world economies begin to recover and come back online after…

Japanese Platform Pays for Watching Ads. The Coin Can Be Used in Local Stores
A Japanese video platform service, called c0ban.tv, has started its expansion to English-speaking markets, as the startup team has reported to Cointelegraph. The platform has its own cryptocurrency and is developed by the LastRoots corporation, famous for its popular cryptocurrency exchange.Buying lunch with cryptoThe c0ban.tv platform publish short video ads. It already has over 50,000…

Binance to launch Africa crypto awareness tour as adoption ramps up
BCAT Africa 2022 aims to increase crypto awareness on the continent at a time when more Africans are turning to digital assets. 179 Total views 4 Total shares With a 1,200% increase in received crypto volume between 2020 and 2021, the accelerated adoption of digital assets in Africa has captured the attention of multiple companies…

Coinbase CEO reportedly buys LA mansion for $133M
The estate was formerly owned by Ellen Bronfman Hauptman, the daughter of billionaire Seagram’s heir Charles Bronfman. 799 Total views 22 Total shares Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase — the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States — reportedly made a multi-million-dollar real estate purchase at the end of 2021.Armstrong bought a $133-million Los Angeles…

Secret contracts may soon bring privacy features to public Blockchains
Programmable privacy is about to become a reality. Open-source Blockchain protocol Secret Network announced its intention to add privacy-based secret contracts to its mainnet. The upgrade will take place on September 15 once the proposal is passed by the community.According to the foundation’s announcement, developers will have the opportunity to build and deploy so-called “secret”…

Civic Wallet Now Offers $1M ‘FDIC-Like Insurance’ for Crypto
Civic Wallet is a multi-signature non-custodial wallet that now comes with a $1,000,000 guarantee from Coincover.Civic Technologies (CVC) has been known in the crypto space as one of the leading providers of decentralized identity and is now purportedly the first company to offer a non-custodial wallet with $1,000,000 protection. The wallet is currently in private…

Mentorship, inclusivity and education will encourage more women to enter crypto
To celebrate International Women’s Day this year, Cointelegraph hosted a roundtable with eight leading women in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector to discuss ways to bring more women into the fintech space. While many thoughts were shared, common themes focused on education, mentorship and inclusivity. Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, Cointelegraph’s managing editor, kicked off the discussion by…

Microsoft risks shareholder lawsuit if it ignores Bitcoin and prices rise — NCPPR
Microsoft has a “fiduciary duty” to do what is in the financial interests of shareholders and knocking back Bitcoin could go against those interests, a policy research center executive explained.