Here is why the archipelago of Madeira is “adopting” Bitcoin and how its president fell down the BTC rabbit hole.
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Madeira ‘embraces’ Bitcoin, and how its president met Michael Saylor - News
Bitcoin, Bukele and a bevy of central bankers meet in El Salvador El Salvador welcomed 44 central bankers from developing countries around the world to tackle financial inclusion and discuss Bitcoin at a three-day conference.
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80,000 Bitcoin gone: What’s left in Luna’s reserve wallet? The Luna Foundation Guard updated the world concerning its crypto-asset reserves and shared a promise to compensate the remaining users of failed stablecoin UST.
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Bitcoin mining in Norway gets the green light as the proposed ban rejected The proposal to ban Bitcoin mining in Norway was rejected in a vote by the Norwegian Parliament on Tuesday.
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Untethered: Here’s everything you need to know about TerraUSD, Tether and other stablecoins Established stablecoin trading pairs have struggled to keep stable on crypto exchanges around the world. Here are the updates as the situation evolves.
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Terra to burn $1.4B UST and stake 240M LUNA to ‘stop the bleeding’ The Terra Money Twitter account shared the finer points of Do Kwon’s initial rescue plan: expanding the base pool, burning UST and staking LUNA.
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LUNA meltdown sparks theories and told-you-sos from crypto community Some of you saw it coming, some of you still can’t believe it's real. Was the “most significant collapse in crypto history” an attack?
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Terra founder Do Kwon shares plan to save the UST stablecoin peg Do Kwon, co-founder of Terraform Labs, has shared a rescue plan for the depegged stablecoin UST.
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Making money, escaping poverty: Bitcoin and Lightning in Mozambique A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings.
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Quelle surprise: Central African banks scold the CAR for Bitcoin adoption The Central African Republic adopting crypto puts monetary stability in “peril,” according to a letter from the Governor of the Bank of Central African States.
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Bitcoin’s rocky road to becoming a risk-off asset: Analysts investigate Bitcoin has long been known as a “store of value,” but is the world’s largest cryptocurrency transitioning to becoming a risk-off asset in 2022?
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Number goes up: A third of Brits have bought crypto, says Coinbase report A Qualtrics report carried out by Coinbase shows that the number of Brits who have bought crypto is up 4% to 33% since October 2021.
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Bitcoin celebrates halfway to the halving with new hash rate record The Bitcoin hash rate hit another all-time high and the 105,000th block since the last halving was mined, marking the halfway to the next halving.
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Happy birthday, Hal Finney: Crypto community honors world's first known Bitcoiner Hal Finney, a computer scientist and the world’s first publicly known Bitcoiner, would have celebrated his 66th birthday Wednesday.
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‘They didn't see it coming’: Podcaster Joe Rogan sees Bitcoin as a viable form of currency Joe Rogan noted that Bitcoin is like the “early internet,” and the “government is freaking out” about BTC in conversation with the MMA fighter Khalil Rountree.
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Turkey's second wave of major crypto interest: Bitfinex, Coinbase and KuCoin ramp up Crypto thought leaders from major exchanges share insights and analysis on Turkey's burgeoning cryptocurrency landscape.
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Cashing out Bitcoin to save a dog’s life from cancer is 'the moon for us' A Redditor from the United States cashed in on all of their Bitcoin to pay for their dog, Derby’s cancer treatment.
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Home sweet hodl: How a Bitcoiner used BTC to buy his mom a house The story of the 28-year-old engineer who took a loan out against his Bitcoin to pay for his mom’s house.
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Wen Lambo fixed? Mechanic receives first payment in Bitcoin to mend Lamborghini When a Lamborghini owner didn’t have cash on them to pay for their repair job, they used Bitcoin to pay Kansas City welder JayFab.
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Climate, blockchain and CBDCs: An interview with Hyperledger’s Karen Ottoni Karen Ottoni explains that blockchains do more than create cryptocurrencies: They are effective tools against climate change and improve the supply chain.
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A dozen Bitcoin ATMs installed at the largest EU electronics retailer Following a successful Bitcoin ATM pilot by Europe’s largest electronics retailer, 12 new Bitcoin ATMs are coming to Austria’s MediaMarkt stores.
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From beer to Bitcoin as legal tender: A BTC education in Roatán How a small-scale Bitcoin education project involving a former brewery collided with plans for Bitcoin as de facto legal tender.
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The 1M euro Bitcoin retirement plan reaches 200K: ‘It’s not too late to invest’ How a blogger who has bought 500 euros of Bitcoin every month since 2017 plans to retire early, and the lessons he learned along the way.
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Seven times Bitcoin miners made the world a better place BTC mining and the miners, themselves, seem to be doing more than just securing the Bitcoin network.
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Kraken shuts down global headquarters because ‘San Francisco is not safe’ Kraken CEO Jesse Powell announced that he has made the decision to close Kraken’s global headquarters in San Francisco.
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Water great idea! Bitcoin mining heats this swimming pool A Bitcoin miner is heating his entire swimming pool so his kids can swim—all while securing the Bitcoin network and making money.
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Grayscale CEO pleads Bitcoin spot ETF as SEC backs third BTC Futures ETF U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved another Bitcoin futures ETF. Could this mean a spot ETF is on its way?
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Building businesses in the ‘spirit of Bitcoin’: The Bitcoin Hostel A Bitcoin hostel under construction in Portugal reflects a growing trend of business built with more than just a digital currency in mind.
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Bitcoin transaction fees hit decade lows—Here's why The cost of moving Bitcoin across the network has hit decade lows as Lightning Network, batching, miner behavior and protocol improvements have driven costs down.
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'Green oasis' for Bitcoin mining: Norway has almost 1% of global BTC hash rate Norway’s Bitcoin mining credentials are impressive: The small European country hosts 0.77% of Bitcoin’s hash rate using 100% green, renewable energy.