2TM, a Brazilian fintech unicorn that is the holding company of Mercado Bitcoin, one of the leading crypto exchanges on the continent, has closed its Series B funding round again, raising an additional $50 million
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BTC has gone past the $60,000 mark yet again after nearly six months since hitting its all-time high in May.
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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the country’s central bank, published a Q&A to its website which said that Chinese citizens participating in virtual currency exchange offshore is “considered illegal financial activity.”
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Cryptocurrency prices tumbled on September 25 after China’s central bank declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal.
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All of the ‘Big Three’ credit agencies have said that El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin could affect the country’s credit rating in a negative manner. After both Moody’s and Fitch Ratings published reports on the matter in El Salvador, S&P Global said that the bitcoin adoption has had “immediate negative implications for its credit rating.”
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Following El Salvador making bitcoin legal tender, privacy activist and whistleblower Edward Snowden says
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A new series of email fraud campaigns have been circulating online that try to tempt potential victims with the promise of a considerable amount of cryptocurrency.
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In what can only be described as a controversial move, El Salvador became the first country in the world elevating Bitcoin to the status of legal tender today, meaning businesses have to accept the cryptocurrency in day-to-day transactions from this day forward.
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A preview of Twitter's latest beta for iOS devices indicates that users would soon be able to give Bitcoin tips within the Twitter app.
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