IMF issues warning on El Salvador’s Bitcoin experiment amid calls for greater transparency
El Salvador’s embrace of Bitcoin has yet to realize any initially predicted risks. However, greater transparency and attention are still...
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Central African Republic eyes legal framework for crypto adoption
A 15-member committee is tasked with working on a legal framework that will allow cryptocurrencies to operate in Central African...
Fiji’s New Pro-Bitcoin Prime Minister Ponders Legal Tender Bill: Report
Newly elected Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is pro-Bitcoin and is reportedly considering pushing a bill to adopt BTC as...
Japanese Regulators May Reverse Ban on Foreign Stablecoins: Report
Japan became one of the first big countries to establish a legal framework for stablecoins in June. Six months later,...
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Is Enabling Instant Fiat Transfers Between Europe and Africa
People in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana can now receive instant, low-cost remittances in local currency from the EU and the...
Maturation Of The Lightning Network: Growing Up By Going Vertical
Like our hunter-gatherer ancestors, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is maturing toward mass adoption through specialization and sophistication.This is an opinion editorial...
We Must Shift Outdated Mental Models In Order To Understand Bitcoin
Ibex is building Lightning Network payments infrastructure and wants to onboard financial institutions and super apps in order to reach...
Bitcoin in El Salvador – One Year Later
It has been one year since Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador. Crypto adoption has not been without issues...
Crypto’s utility driving adoption in Sub-saharan Africa – Chainalysis
Sub-saharan Africa recorded $100.6 billion worth of crypto transactions on-chain between July 2021 and June 2022, according to a Chainalysis...
Is The President Of El Salvador Acting Like An Authoritarian?
Alex Gladstein and Jaime Garcia debate the ethics of how President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador is leading the country...
