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List of Countries That Accept Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

In September 2021, El Salvador officially recognized Bitcoin as a legal tender and required all local businesses to accept Bitcoin payments. The government released a Bitcoin wallet to accelerate adoption and proposed a $30 bonus in BTC and a gas fee...

Tech Planet Author · 11 months ago · 826

Exploring the Consensus Mechanism of Blockchain Technology

In blockchain, all network users (nodes) are equal and can influence the system's work as it ensures decentralization. However, nodes should agree on how to control the network, what transactions are valid and perform their roles honestly. Consensus...

Tech Planet Author · 25 July 2023 · 377

Crypto News: Cardano, Polkadot, Chainlink & Algorand News

It’s been a big week for Cardano ADA as the network is inching closer to adding smart contracts, everyone's darling Polkadot is bringing parachain functionality online and Chainlink has come out with a new upgrade which they claim will increase...

Alex · 28 February 2021 · 213

Crypto News: Bitcoin FUD, Ethereum ATH, & Staking Crypto

For the first time in months the  crypto markets are noticeably down.   Bitcoin had a quick correction to just  below $30,000 and Ethereum, which was   hanging out around its previous all time high,  has given up a...

Alex · 24 January 2021 · 194 · 3

Crypto News: The Rise of the Blockchain Metaverse

The markets might be down but just in case you were worried; this is not the end of crypto. In fact Michael Saylor thinks that this dip is a great opportunity to stack some more sats. Again
 How much is he buying this time? We’ll tell you in a...

Alex · 19 June 2021 · 190

Bitcoin ETF 2021 (Bitcoin ETF explained)

Bitcoin hitting all time highs, multiple countries approving Bitcoin ETFs, a flurry of financial companies vying to offer crypto solutions to institutional investors. It seems only a matter of time before the first US-based Bitcoin ETF is given a gre...

Den W. · 2 years ago · 155

Bitcoin News: Elon Musk Bitcoin FUD & MoneyGram onboarding

It’s another one of those weeks where Tesla and Elon Musk are dominating the markets. A few months ago it was big news when Tesla announced they would start accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment, and it’s news all over again now that th...

Jacob Enderson · 2 years ago · 151

Crypto News: Bitcoin Flips Visa and Mastercard, Polkadot Flips Bitcoin Cash

The word “anti-fragile” gets thrown around a lot these days. You hear it in podcasts, on the news and in articles. It’s a popular word but if you pay attention you’ll notice that it often gets misused.  Used correctly, an...

Den W. · 02 January 2021 · 144

Bitcoin is Going CRAZY

A while ago, we did a article covering the major Bitcoin decline that happened in late 2018 and what led up to it. But while many pointed to the Bitcoin crash as proof that crypto is just a fad or a giant bubble, it's come back in a big way, with Bit...

Alex · 06 April 2021 · 137

Crypto News: NFT & Dogecoin news

Instead of checking out the hottest assets or the  latest Elon Musk price pump, the news this week is   about the latest trend in crypto. It’s cool to  talk about how well Bitcoin is doing and which   new company h...

Alex · 07 March 2021 · 120 · 2

Tesla Bitcoin News

The news today is big, it’s very big. In fact,   what we’ve got going on right  now could turn out to be   one of the biggest things to happen to Bitcoin  in all of 2021. And in my opinion maybe ever?👀 Elon...

Den W. · 09 February 2021 · 116

What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin vs Gold as a Store of Value

For 5,000 years gold has been the world’s most reliable store of value. From the time of Socrates all the way to Snapchat, the shiny yellow rock has done a great job of protecting investor’s money from being inflated away. Like any asset...

Jacob Enderson · 24 December 2020 · 113

Fed rate hikes, inflation & crypto: How will crypto markets do? | Crypto News Today

Inflation, the highest it’s been in decades, is at 8.5% right now and the Federal Reserve is going to do something about it. In this week’s article we’ll cover inflation, bonds, and how higher interest rates could affect the crypto...

Den W. · 23 April 2022 · 115

Wrapped Bitcoin WBTC explained (Bitcoin on Ethereum)

A common question for crypto newbies is - why  are there so many different types of Bitcoin? Scrolling down the crypto rankings will show you  a host of assets that have ‘BTC’ in their name,   like RenBTC, Bitcoin BEP2...

Den W. · 03 June 2021 · 102

Crypto News: Tesla, Mastercard, BNY Mellon and Miami goes in on crypto, BNB Smart Chain takes on ETH

If you had a crystal ball, what would it tell you about which big institution will follow Tesla’s example and put Bitcoin on their balance sheet?

 Apple? Samsung or Twitter?

 We may have our answer from an unlikely source, the bank of banks B...

Jacob Enderson · 13 February 2021 · 93

Crypto News: Bitcoin ETF 2021, Gold, or Tesla? NFT Tezos News

This week it’s all about the big players. We  don’t just mean the big players in crypto,   we mean the biggest financial  juggernaut this planet has ever seen Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve  has dropp...

Alex · 27 March 2021 · 88