Block Unveils Bitcoin Conversion Feature for Square Merchants
On Wednesday, Block, the financial services firm, disclosed that merchants using Square can convert their daily sales into bitcoin through...
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Iconic ‘Buy Bitcoin’ Sign From Janet Yellen’s Testimony Sells for $1 Million in Crypto Auction
Christian Langalis, famously known as “Bitcoin Sign Guy,” has auctioned the “Buy Bitcoin” sign he displayed during Janet Yellen’s 2017...
Stacks Launches Nakamoto Upgrade to Enhance Bitcoin L2 Functionality
Stacks has initiated the rollout of its Nakamoto upgrade introducing improvements to its Bitcoin layer two (L2) solution. The upgrade...
US Authorities Charge Founders of Bitcoin Mixer Samourai Wallet for Laundering Over $100 Million
The U.S. Department of Justice has indicted the founders of Samourai Wallet, Keonne Rodriguez, and William Lonergan Hill, on charges...
Nigerian Central Bank Disavows Letter Directing Banks to Sever Ties With Crypto Exchanges
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has disavowed a letter that allegedly instructed financial institutions to sever ties with four...
Bitcoin’s First Post-Halving Adjustment Raises Mining Difficulty to Record High
Bitcoin recently completed its first difficulty adjustment following the fourth halving, recording a 1.99% increase and pushing the mining difficulty...
Former Binance Boss CZ Apologizes, Accepts Responsibility Ahead of Sentencing
Changpeng Zhao, the former CEO of Binance, has publicly apologized for his past decisions and accepted full responsibility for his...
Trading of Hong Kong Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs Starts April 30
Per the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong, the region’s newly authorized spot bitcoin and ethereum exchange-traded funds...
US Prosecutors Seek 36-Month Sentence for Binance’s Changpeng Zhao Over Legal Violations
Federal prosecutors have recommended a 36-month prison sentence for Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s former CEO, for U.S....
Thai SEC Instructed to Share Information on Unauthorized Digital Asset Platforms With Government
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission has been instructed to share information on unauthorized digital asset service providers with the...
South African Regulator Licenses 75 Institutions as Crypto Asset Service Providers
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority said on April 22 that it has approved 75 institutions to be licensed as...
HBAR Token Price Soars 96% After Misinterpreted Blackrock Announcement
A misinterpreted announcement by the HBAR Foundation suggested that Blackrock’s ICS US Treasury Fund was tokenized on the Hedera blockchain...
Noones CEO Ray Youssef Blasts Bitcoin Fees: ‘We Have Failed the Global South’
Ray Youssef, the former Paxful CEO, has commented on the negative impact of high transaction fees on bitcoin adoption in...
Philippines Securities Regulator Requests Apple and Google to Remove Binance Apps
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has requested that tech giants Apple and Google remove Binance apps...
Cosmos Developers Patch Critical Flaw in IBC Protocol, Safeguarding $126 Million in Assets
Cosmos developers have successfully rectified a critical security vulnerability in its Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol, which had placed assets worth...
