Crypto for good: Why blockchain can bring financial inclusion worldwide

A Waves proposal that aims to solve the liquidity problem of Vires.Finance has passed after gaining the support of its community. 115 Total views 7 Total shares The Waves (WAVES) community has supported a governance proposal to revive the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Vires.Finance after its liquidity crisis. The vote aims to stabilize the…

When it comes to cryptocurrency transactions, the region of Central and Southern Asia and Oceania, or CSAO, is growing rapidly. 850 Total views 38 Total shares Emerging markets across Central and Southern Asia have registered a dramatic uptick in cryptocurrency transactions, highlighting a diverse range of motivations among locals for gaining exposure to digital assets…

The impoverished country has launched an ambitious crypto project that includes using Bitcoin as legal tender, attracting investment and creating its own metaverse. 98 Total views 3 Total shares The Central African Republic (CAR) has announced plans to proceed with its ambitious Sango Project by tokenizing access to the country’s abundant natural resources. President Faustin-Archange…

Despite hopes that a peak of the coronavirus cases is near, the pandemic continues to impact almost every aspect of daily life, becoming a rolling news ticker in itself. When such a disaster strikes, it can be easy to go through each day devouring the latest news as it occurs and digesting each piece as…

Trading of institutional Bitcoin (BTC) investment products have seen growth for the fourth month running, and are rising against United States-based crypto exchanges as a percentage of total trading volume. The news was revealed in a new report from weekly crypto outlet Diar on April 8.Diar’s data reveals that month-on-month, the percentage that institutional BTC…

The Chinese government has shown a keen interest in developing a metaverse economy, but its stance on NFTs hasn’t been very clear. 116 Total views 2 Total shares The Chinese city of Wuhan had reportedly shelved its aspirational nonfungible tokens (NFTs) plans amid growing regulatory uncertainty around the crypto and Web3 technologies in the country.Wuhan…

The filing specifies that Valkyrie’s ETF may invest up to 10% of its net assets in securities of Bitcoin mining firms, as well as up to 5% in the securities of pooled investment vehicles in the U.S. that hold BTC. 174 Total views 10 Total shares Crypto asset manager Valkyrie has launched an exchange-traded fund…

After hitting a $43,000 local low on Feb. 28, Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied 28% to retake the $57,000 level on Mar. 10. As the Feb. 21 to Feb. 23 massive $5.9 billion liquidations caused by excessive long leverage seem long gone, futures contracts reached a $20.3 billion all-time high.This time, as Bitcoin rallied to $57,000,…

One of the main competitors of P2P Bitcoin (BTC) exchange LocalBitcoins has taken even more of its market share as the Finnish company seeks regulatory compliance.In a blog post on Nov. 19, LocalCryptos, formerly LocalEthereum, said it had completed the pivotal step of adding support for Bitcoin as well as Ether (ETH).LocalEthereum becomes LocalCryptos“The platform…