Thai authorities raid illegal Bitcoin mine behind local power outages

This makes The Bahamas one of the first countries in the world to officially launch a CBDC beyond a pilot program. 846 Total views 14 Total shares The Central Bank of the Bahamas has announced the country’s “Sand Dollar” — a state-backed virtual currency — is now available nationwide.According to an Oct. 20 Facebook post…

The amount of positive Bitcoin commentary on social media is just a third of what it was four months ago, according to Santiment.

The fintech firm hopes to expand financial products for the unbanked. 2284 Total views 12 Total shares Africa-focused but U.S. based unified financial data platform Pngme this week announced its successful seed funding round raised $3 million.The investment was led by Radical Ventures, Raptor Group, Lateral Capital, and EchoVC. It was actually closed in the…

Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the United States’ long-term credit rating from AAA to AA+ on Aug. 1 and this move dented the risk on sentiment. The U.S. equities markets witnessed profit-booking on Aug. 2 and the cryptocurrency market’s recovery stalled in its tracks.However, after the knee-jerk reaction, the markets may settle down. The cryptocurrency markets…

While it may be a long-standing joke in the developer community that any bug can be turned into a feature simply by documenting it, the fact is that blockchain deployment is often mission-critical. Whether it’s at the protocol level within a permissioned enterprise solution, on a public chain, or within an app that processes financial…

Google Cloud recently launched a Web3 portal with testnet tools, blockchain datasets, and learning resources for developers, receiving mixed reactions from the crypto industry.

Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it will open registration and deposits on its platform for United States-based clients next week, Wednesday Sept. 18.Seven days to launchOn Sept. 11, Binance announced in a blog post that Binance.US will open registration and begin accepting deposits of Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Litecoin (LTC)…

The appetite for blockchain-based fan tokens appears to be limitless amongst big-league soccer clubs across the globe. 1087 Total views 11 Total shares İstanbul Başakşehir, last season's winner of the Turkish Süper Lig, has joined the Socios platform and will launch its own fan token ($IBFK) by the end of 2020.$IBFK, like other fan tokens…

Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $10,000 on Feb. 10 as sudden volatility saw markets abandon five figures just a day after reaching them.Data from Coin360 and Cointelegraph Markets showed BTC/USD dipping to lows of $9,850 at press time, followed by a bounce-back up to $10,000 and subsequent fluctuation in the upper $9,900 range.Bitcoin 1-day price chart.…