2022 was marked by high-profile financial sovereignty issues and crypto implosions. The case for Bitcoin has never been more clear. This is an opinion editorial by Mickey Koss, a West Point graduate with a degree in economics. He spent four years in the infantry before transitioning to the Finance Corps. 2022 started with a bang, […]
Brazilian President Signs Bill Regulating Use Of Bitcoin As Payment
Brazil’s President has signed a complete regulatory framework for crypto, regulating the use of bitcoin as payment. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday morning signed a bill into law that establishes a complete regulatory framework for the trading and use of bitcoin in the country, according to the federal government’s official journal (DOU). President Bolsonaro […]
CoinCorner Partners With Pouch To Bring Instant Remittance Payments To The Philippines Utilizing Bitcoin’s Lightning Network
The Philippines’ remittance market now has a faster, cheaper option through the use of the Lightning Network. Customers in the U.K. and Europe can now use CoinCorner’s Send Globally feature to send fiat to the Philippines after partnering with Pouch, a Lightning service provider based in the Southeast Asian country. Send Globally utilizes the Lightning […]
Integrating Statechains With Lightning Channels Can Allow For Off-Chain Balancing And Improved Flexibility
A Commerceblock BLIP facilitates Lightning channels built on Bitcoin statechains, improving flexibility for the Layer 2 protocol. Last year, I wrote about Commerceblock’s Mercury Wallet, an implementation of both statechains and CoinSwaps. This simultaneously introduced a new mixing tool as well as the first wallet to implement a new second-layer scaling solution. The team built […]
Congress wants to change how you save for retirement — here’s how
The post Congress wants to change how you save for retirement — here’s how appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Americans could soon change the way they save for retirement, thanks to several reforms included in the mammoth $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that lawmakers are rushing to pass before…
Crypto trader regrets not catching the top of the last bull run
In the second episode of Hashing It Out, Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw (GhCryptoGuy) breaks down the state of the crypto market with Crypto Birb. Are crypto traders playing “god?” The world of cryptocurrency trading can be highly uncertain, yet many are actively looking for opportunities and have built fortunes around the crypto market. To be […]
FTX, Alameda execs plead guilty to fraud charges: Community responds
From wondering where the funds are to ridiculing Caroline Ellison’s trading skills, crypto community members reacted in various ways to news of exes pleading guilty. In the newest update to the FTX saga, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and former FTX co-founder Gary Wang plead guilty to fraud charges and are currently helping with […]
Bitcoin low volume sparks BTC price warning as metric hits ‘value zone’
Bitcoin NVT signal data presents conflicting views of what might happen to the current BTC price range. Bitcoin (BTC) price action may be “unsustainably high,” as one metric hits its highest levels in seven months. Data from on-chain analytics firm Glassnode confirms that on Dec. 21, Bitcoin’s network value to transaction (NVT) signal reached levels […]
Pokémon sues crypto NFT game of the same name
The post Pokémon sues crypto NFT game of the same name appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Pokémon Company is taking an Australian crypto game company to court for using characters from the Pokémon franchise without permission. The Pokémon Company International (TPCi) is suing Pokémon Pty…
Costco Stock Is on Sale. It’s a Good Time to Buy.
The post Costco Stock Is on Sale. It’s a Good Time to Buy. appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Selling cheap gas and groceries hasn’t been enough to keep Costco Wholesale stock in the black in 2022. But next year looks better for the warehouse-store giant, whose loyal customers…