U.S. company Athena intends to supply El Salvador’s new crypto-based economy with 1500 Bitcoin ATMs, a company representative has confirmed. The rollout will start small, trialing a few dozen machines …
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Ethereum testnet burns 88K ETH in preparation for EIP-1559
Ethereum’s London hard fork launched on the Ropsten testnet on June 24 in preparation for the mainnet rollout in July. The upgrade will usher in the implementation of the highly …
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El Salvador to reveal official Bitcoin digital wallet ‘Chivo’
El Salvador has announced that it will release an official digital wallet for BTC and other currencies, according to a local media report published on June 24. The effort follows the approval …
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Billionaire Mark Cuban now holds 115 altcoins
Billionaire investor and business tycoon Mark Cuban’s Ethereum wallet is becoming increasingly inundated with altcoin allocations. According to on-chain data, the Shark Tank star’s Ethereum wallet currently holds 115 altcoins, …
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Palestine is looking to launch central bank digital currency
Following Israel’s recent tests of a digital shekel, the Palestinian Monetary Authority is looking to launch its own central bank digital currency, according to a Bloomberg report. Bound by 1990s accords with Israel, Palestine …
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Millions of people in El Salvador could soon receive free Bitcoin
According to a report by Reuters, El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announced during a national address on Thursday (June 24) that the bill to make Bitcoin legal tender will become effective on September 7. …
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Shiba Inu to spike 11% after this Elon Musk’s tweet that compares him to “genius ship builder”
Elon Musk has made SHIBA INU meme-token (which is being promoted as a rival of Dogecoin) surge 11 percent by his recent tweet about a Shiba dog and Floki ship builder from …
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Elon Musk agrees to have the Bitcoin talk with Jack Dorsey
After laughing at Jack Dorsey’s proposition for a Bitcoin conference earlier, Elon Musk has actually agreed to a BTC conversation with the CEO of Twitter at the event. As reported earlier, Elon …
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Cardano (ADA) to add more than 50,000 new staking addresses in three weeks
Cardano (ADA) has added over 50,000 new staking addresses, boosting its overall number of staking addresses by slightly more than 8% in less than a month, according to data provided …
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Mike Novogratz: ‘Bitcoin is the “future” for Africa’
Galaxy Investment CEO Mike Novogratz published a tweet calling Bitcoin “the future” for Africa. The post was published in response to a tweet about an essay by HRW chief strategy officer Alex …
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