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Colorado to become the first state to accept crypto as payment for taxes

Editorial Bureau February 24, 2022

Colorado will become the first state to accept cryptocurrency as payment for state taxes and fees, Governor Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Polis said the state, which was also the earliest to use blockchain technology for government infrastructure, will take the digital coin payments and

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El Salvador angrily rejects IMF call to drop Bitcoin use

Editorial Bureau February 1, 2022

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — The government of El Salvador on Monday rejected a recommendation by the International Monetary Fund to drop Bitcoin as legal tender in the Central American country. Treasury Minister Alejandro Zelaya angrily said that “no international organization is going to make us do anything, anything at all.” Zelaya told a local […]

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NFT Charity Auction Launched to Help Vulnerable Displaced Afghans

Editorial Bureau January 31, 2022

SINGAPORE — Mars Panda, an all-in-one aggregation blockchain platform, has launched a charity NFT (Non-fungible tokens) auction in support of UNHCR’s humanitarian efforts for vulnerable displaced Afghans. The Mars Panda NFT charity auction in support of UNHCR (https://unhcr.marspanda.world) will take place from January 31,

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El Conector DeFi Cactus Custody™ de Matrixport Admite Capacidades Multicadena con MetaMask Institucional

Editorial Bureau January 31, 2022

SINGAPUR — Cactus Custody™, una solución de custodia institucional calificada impulsada por Matrixport, anunció hoy que es el primer custodio integrado de MetaMask Institucional (MMI) del mundo capaz de admitir las capacidades de múltiples cadenas de MMI y todas las cadenas compatibles con Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Esta característica llamada “Conector

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Kaiko and OANDA Partner to Build Auditable Crypto Asset Pricing

Editorial Bureau January 30, 2022

PARIS — Kaiko, an industry leader in digital assets data for enterprises, is joining forces with OANDA, a global leader in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics, to build auditable pricing for digital assets that meet financial compliance requirements. The partnership combines Kaiko’s extensive crypto market data comprising

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Bitget Announces Sponsorship Deal with Team Spirit as Official Crypto Partner

Editorial Bureau January 30, 2022

SINGAPORE — Leading global cryptocurrency exchange, Bitget, announces its sponsorship with Team Spirit, Russia’s leading esports organisation and winners of The Dota 2 International 2021. The agreement includes multiple brand presences for Bitget including logo placement on jerseys, in-game visibility and exposure on social media platforms. The

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SocialFi Investment Platform Bit.Store Token Surges 15x IEO, Lists on Three Leading Exchanges in One Day

Editorial Bureau January 30, 2022

SINGAPORE — On Wednesday, January 26, 2022, Bit.Store launched its STORE token IEO and was simultaneously listed for trading on MEXC, Gate.io, and Huobi Global, three of the world’s most popular exchanges. The token launch witnessed huge demand from the investment community, driving up the opening price to 15 times of its IEO

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Fireblocks Raises $550M in Series E Funding to Become Leading Digital Asset Infrastructure Provider

Editorial Bureau January 30, 2022

NEW YORK  — Fireblocks ( www.fireblocks.com ), the direct custody platform that backs over 800 leading institutions and powers digital asset and crypto products for top custodians, fintech , crypto exchanges, lending bureaus, super apps and asset management firms today, raised $550 million in Series E funding. This round, co-led by D1

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XRdoge – From crypto meme to green crypto

Editorial Bureau January 30, 2022

GLASGOW , Scotland — XRdoge  has announced a brand new utility project. It goes from crypto-meme to crypto-ecological. Since making its appearance last year, XRdoge has already created a utility function for its meme templates: a web payment portal and DEX interface. XRdoge is now getting involved in one of the fastest growing

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IMF urges El Salvador to scale back its Bitcoin push

Editorial Bureau January 29, 2022

NEW YORK — The International Monetary Fund said Friday that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury. The recommendation was part of the international lender’s report on El Salvador’s economy and went beyond […]