El Salvador buys another 12 Bitcoin for country’s reserve despite IMF deal

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls finally mustered enough strength to push the top-ranked cryptocurrency through the $60,000 level and citing key on-chain metrics, analysts believe the bull run has a ways to go before reaching any considerable resistance.Since pushing back above $50,000 on March 9, every dip in Bitcoin price has been quickly purchased by institutional investors…

The European stock markets fell on March 24 on renewed fears that the banking crisis could rear its ugly head once again. The latest selling was triggered after Deutsche Bank’s credit default swaps, which offer protection to the buyer against specific risks, soared on March 23 without any known catalyst. That pulled down the shares…

Blockchain-based solution may help to contain the growing cases of COVID-19 across the UAE. 1732 Total views 36 Total shares UAE-based startup incubator, in5, is helping to design blockchain-based methods to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and thus flatten the curve.According to a report published on May 20, Liber Health, supported by in5,…

Fiat payment rails and neobanking services are becoming a vital cog in driving mainstream adoption and acceptance of the wider cryptocurrency space, according to key industry figures at the intersection of traditional finance and Web3.Executives from OpenPayd, Ramp Network and Damex unpacked the increasing importance of third-party payment rails and banking platforms in conversation with

Either the treasury made a typo, or Russian hackers are so good, their wallets don't even have to exist. Earlier today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury updated its Specially Designated Nationals List, adding several individuals and a number of cryptocurrency addresses. One of the individuals added was Artem Mikhaylovich Lifshits — a Russian national, accused…

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group recently tweeted that, despite the Bitcoin (BTC) price pullback, customer interest in CME Bitcoin futures remained strong during Q3 2019.CME Bitcoin futures are up 61% vs Q3 2018On Oct. 9, the CME Group took to Twitter to state that customer interest in CME Bitcoin futures remained strong during Q3…

Paying with crypto has long been at the center of the discussions of why cryptocurrencies exist and why they are useful.But despite promising growth and excitement during crypto’s bullish phases, payments with crypto still remain a fringe niche at best. Cointelegraph interviewed both merchants and industry leaders to find out why.Who uses crypto today?As a…

Sunday, August 26: after a short recovery yesterday, crypto markets have again declined somewhat, with only three out of the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap seeing green today. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is one of the fortunate ones, up less than one percent on the day, trading at $6,740 as of press…

Drawing lessons from past incidents such as the Mt. Gox and Bitfinex hacks, WazirX aims to apply the best practices from these cases to ensure a fair and efficient resolution.