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Nigeria’s Central Bank Doubles Down on Plans to Introduce Newly Designed Naira Banknotes
The Nigerian central bank was, on Oct. 29, forced to defend its controversial currency redesign plans, just a few days after they were publicly questioned by Nigerian Finance Minister Zainab Ahmad. The central bank insists the move is long…
Report: Deleted Files Indicate Crypto Lender Hodlnaut’s Execs Gave Little Weight to Terra Luna…
According to a report, the embattled crypto lender Hodlnaut saw a significant loss from the Terra blockchain collapse last May. The report notes that Hodlnaut downplayed the company’s exposure to the Terra ecosystem and allegedly…
Satoshi Nakamoto’s Seminal Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today
Approximately 14 years ago today, on Halloween, Satoshi Nakamoto introduced Bitcoin to the world by sharing the renowned white paper. Satoshi’s invention, shared on metzdowd.com’s Cryptography Mailing List, not only solved a…
Bitget Launches ‘Bitget Insights’ to Enhance Social Trading Initiatives
PRESS RELEASE. October 31, 2022 – Leading global cryptocurrency exchange Bitget announces the launch of its new feature “Bitget Insights’‘. The feature serves to integrate social media with social trading via the Bitget…
3 Bitcoin Mining Records Set in October — BTC Hash Price Taps Lifetime Low, While Hashrate and…
This month bitcoin’s hash price tapped an all-time low of $66,500 per exahash on Oct. 25, according to statistics from the onchain market intelligence firm Glassnode. Alongside this, the network’s mining difficulty reached a…
French Lawyer Asks Russian Patriarch to Help Save Alexander Vinnik From ‘Political Trial’ in US
A member of the defense team of the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik has called on the head of the Russian Orthodox Church to intervene in support of his client. The Russian national may be sentenced to over 50 years in prison for…
Economists Discuss Russia, China Potentially Developing Gold-Backed Currency That Could Undermine US…
Economists have weighed in on reports that China and Russia may be developing a new gold-backed currency that could undermine the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s primary reserve currency.
Russia and China May Be Developing…
Veteran Trader Peter Brandt Says Dogecoin Bear Market Has Ended
Veteran trader Peter Brandt says the dogecoin bear market that began in May last year has ended. His comment came after the price of dogecoin soared following Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform Twitter.…
Professor Steve Hanke Says US Economy Was Flat Over the Last Year, but Stresses ‘It’s Going to Hit…
Amid the chaotic economy, plagued with central bank tinkering, supply chain issues, and red-hot inflation, the professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, Steve Hanke believes a “pretty big recession” will take…
After Years of Uncertainty, Cryptocurrency Exchanges Can Open Bank Accounts in Chile
After years of court battles in Chile, a cryptocurrency exchange has managed to open a bank account in Bci, a financial institution that established a protocol to serve these businesses. The first exchange that opened a bank account with…