The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently issued a series of warnings against El Salvador, regarding the adoption of bitcoin as a national currency.
The financial adviser and director of the agency's marketing department, Tobias Adrian, together with the adviser of the legal department, Rhoda…
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Swiss company wants to create bitcoins in the form of banknotes
The Swiss company SMD Security Printing Sàrl with its Icynote brand is trying to create a bitcoin in paper money, similar to traditional banknotes, for cold wallet, in the middle of the digital age and in the midst of the rise of…
Bitcoin falls below $ 31,000
The most popular cryptocurrency in the world, bitcoin, presented a drop in its price on Monday morning that placed it at $ 30,630.
This marker shows the sensitivity of the market at the moment, which shows a general trend of digital assets…
Paraguay will regulate the digital assets industry
Deputy Carlos Rejala and Senator Fernando Silva Facetti presented a legislative proposal called "Law that regulates the industry and commercialization of virtual assets and crypto assets". The law will regulate all activities related to…
Venezuela to open museum on bitcoin mining
Cryptocurrencies arrived on the Venezuelan financial scene almost a decade ago. Activities such as the purchase and sale of bitcoin, marketing and payments in said asset – the main cryptocurrency in the market – as well as the sending and…
Italy releases warnings on Binance
The Italian Companies and Stock Market Commission (Consob) released a statement to inform that Binance Group and affiliated companies do not have any authorization to operate within Italy.
"In any case, it is important for investors to be…
Electricity consumption of bitcoin begins to fall
According to data from the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (cbeci), the electricity consumption of the cryptocurrency plummeted 60 % from the all-time high reached above 143 terawatt-hours (twh).
No such low numbers were…
Mexico evaluates the implementation of bitcoin payments
Mexican deputy Indira Kempis Martínez urged the legislative and executive branches of her country to hold a high-level discussion on Bitcoin and blockchain, where important figures and authorities participate, including the president of…
Bank of France will soon regulate cryptocurrencies
The director of the Bank of France, François Villeroy de Galhau, recently highlighted that in a period of no more than two years, Europe must already have a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies.
"I must emphasize here the urgency: we…
Gemini buys $ 4 million in carbon offsets
Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss acquired about $ 4 million in carbon offsets in order to correct the CO2 emissions of the bitcoins in their custody. The amount was donated to its partner Climate Vault, in order to prevent the entry of 350,000…
Bitcoin from the government of El Salvador cannot be converted into dollars
The Minister of Finance of El Salvador, Alejandro Zelaya, reported that the 30 dollars in bitcoin that the government is going to grant to its citizens cannot be converted into fiat currency.
The government's intention is to encourage its…
Nayib Bukele will give away $ 30 in Bitcoin for using the Chivo App
Nayib Bukete, President of the Republic of El Salvador, announced that his government created its own wallet, called Chivo, to make transactions with Bitcoin. It will be "like carrying a wallet, but on the phone", as a result of the law…