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How are Afghans using crypto under the Taliban government?
After the Taliban took full control of Afghanistan in August last year, many international non-governmental organizations and services stopped operating in the country. Among them
Tourism in El Salvador up 30% since Bitcoin adoption, minister says
El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in September 2021 has triggered a notable surge not only for its gross domestic product (GDP)
Kazakh ministry halts illegal crypto mining operations
The Kazakh Ministry of Energy announced that it has discovered and terminated 13 cryptocurrency mining operations. The government executed the shutdown as part of its
Crypto Twitter is not happy with the name and logo of Jamaica’s CBDC
The Bank of Jamaica revealed the name of its upcoming central bank digital currency (CBDC) after a design competition, only to receive backlash from the
Here’s how the Thai Stock Exchange plans to connect crypto with its digital asset platform
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is looking at launching a new digital asset exchange integrated with the cryptocurrency market, according to president Pakorn Peetathawatchai.
Law Decoded: Bitcoin’s censorship resistance capacity enters the spotlight, Feb. 14–21
Amid the barrage of last week’s regulatory news, from rumors of Joe Biden’s upcoming executive order on digital assets to another round of the Russian
CA lawmaker introduces legislation to accept crypto as payment for govt services
California State Senator Sydney Kamlager, representing the 30th Senate District including parts of downtown Los Angeles, has introduced a bill which would amend the state’s
Russia’s Finance Ministry introduces digital currency bill, brushes off central bank’s objections
Russia’s Ministry of Finance has upped the stakes in its drawn-out showdown against the country’s Central Bank (CBR) by formally introducing a bill that proposes
$250K bounty ‘not too low to be insulting,’ says Coinbase white hat hacker
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Happy to be regulated? Fallout from BlockFi settlement is a matter of speculation
It might seem unlikely that BlockFi founder and CEO Zac Prince would describe a prosecution that resulted in a $100-million fine for his company as