Bitcoin reaches one billion transactions

Opera users can now register and access emoji URLs and personal domains via emoji-centric integration with Yat. 226 Total views 22 Total shares Opera announced a partnership with Yat, a platform that allows the creation of emoji-based web addresses (URL), for integrating the emoji system in Opera’s browsers across all operating systems. Celebrating the announcement, the…

Istanbul Blockchain Week opened its doors on Nov. 14 to bring the crypto and blockchain ecosystem together in İstanbul, Turkey. Cointelegraph attended the event with a Cointelegraph Turkey booth and an İstanbul-based editor to experience the impact of the FTX collapse firsthand — the result was unexpected.As an international hub housing more than 15 million…

A new fund offers a way to gain citizenship in Portugal by indirectly investing over $500,000 into Bitcoin.

Ghana is striving to become the first African nation to float a central bank digital currency. 1007 Total views 5 Total shares The Bank of Ghana (BoG) is reportedly moving towards the introduction of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment.Speaking during a news conference in Ghana’s capital, Accra, on Monday, Ernest Addison, governor of…

Last week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) published a major new blockchain deployment toolkit designed to help governments, enterprises and organizations worldwide to develop more resilient value chains going forward after the COVID-19 crisis. The toolkit’s authors believe that the case for blockchain implementation is stronger than ever in the wake of the pandemic and has…

A new ransomware from North Korea targets major companies. 1428 Total views 17 Total shares A group of hackers associated with the North Korean regime have kept their crypto extortion efforts alive in 2020.A group of North Korean hackers operating under the name “Lazarus” targeted several crypto exchanges last year, according to a report published…

The suit is looking to hold Silvergate accountable for its alleged roles in transferring FTX user deposits to Alameda bank accounts. Own this piece of crypto history Collect this article as NFTA class-action lawsuit against Silvergate Bank, Silvergate Capital Corporation and Silvergate CEO Alan Lane was filed at the California Southern District Court concerning accounts…

Crypto trader Zoran Kole joined Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast for an interview for the show’s seventh episode. 1731 Total views 20 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFTEpisode 7 of Cointelegraph’s Crypto Trading Secrets podcast is now live. This week’s episode features an interview with crypto trader Zoran…

Bison Trails takes on general counsel to engage with global policymakers on compliance and legal regulation matters. Blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service company Bison Trails announced Aug. 4 that it has appointed a general counsel to focus on policy and regulatory issues specific to blockchain infrastructure.Elizabeth Ralston has previously served in a legal capacity at blockchain investment firm…