May government mining, or just taxation structure, address this? There seems to be a constant talk, particularly among those connected in legacy financial institutions, about how cryptocurrencies can be – to some degree – “de-risked.” While many traditional financial players that are not crypto-first but crypto-adjacent (such as Visa) rely on stablecoins like USDC as…
In much of Africa, many people still lack access to basic financial services for many reasons. One of the reasons is that financial institutions have set standards or thresholds that make it impossible for low-income earners to even open a bank account. Access to soft loans or other forms of financing is even more cumbersome…
Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) scaling solution, announced it would launch its mainnet for users this August. The tool, which allows Ethereum users to transact with very low fees, had launched in beta version last June, with support from some key projects in the Ethereum sphere, like Uniswap, who received a community vote to integrate…
A Brazilian federal court ordered the sale of a bitcoin stash worth $1.1 million. The sale was conducted by the largest regulated exchange in the country, Mercado Bitcoin. The Federal Police seized the bitcoin sold from Tradergroup, a company that allegedly was operating as a Ponzi scheme, under the facade of being a cryptocurrency investment…
Top Crypto Trader Predicts End of Dogecoin’s Bear Trend, Says One Sleeping Giant Could Be Ready To Surge A high-profile trader says that Dogecoin (DOGE) and one other asset are preparing for liftoff as Bitcoin edges toward $45,000 and Ethereum reclaims $3,000. In a tweet to his 156,000 followers, Smart Contractor predicts that Dogecoin will…
Digital assets have seen great success as investment tools in recent years, but payment adoption is unfortunately still lagging behind. Alchemy Pay is well on its mission to change this by enabling millions of merchants to accept crypto payments and get paid in their local currency. At the same time, Alchemy Pay also opens up…
