Turks turning to Bitcoin amid record inflation in 24 years

    As the Turkish lira has been losing its power, citizens have been turning to crypto. While Turkey’s annual inflation rate has reached 78.62%, the BTC volume of local P2P trading has increased significantly in Q1 and Q2 2022, compared to Q4 2021. According to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute, Turkey’s inflation rate has hit…

    Bankman-Fried says FTX has ‘a few billion’ to support the crypto industry

    Sam Bankman-Fried, head of FTX, one of the largest crypto exchanges, said he and his company still have a “few billion” on hand to shore up struggling firms that could further destabilize the digital asset industry, adding that the worst of the liquidity crunch has likely passed. Bankman-Fried, 30, who lives in the Bahamas where…

    The first metaverse hospital to launch in the UAE

    In the UAE, the first hospital in the metaverse under the management of Thumbay Group will go live this October. It will be a fully functional virtual hospital where patients around the world can use avatars to interact with doctors. Healthcare provider Thumbay Group announced it has already started work on the project. It will…

    DIFX Launches Futures Trading: Innovation Still Thrives Amidst Crypto Turmoil

    Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands – 6, July 2022 – Digital Financial Exchange (DIFX), a fully insured cross-asset exchange awarded “Most Trusted Cross-Asset Trading Platform in 2022” and “Best New Trading Platform in 2021”, has launched a unique updated version of its trading platform with a slew of impressive new features. The changes show significant progress…

    Binance zeros Bitcoin trading fees as it celebrates its 5th anniversary

    Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, said Wednesday it would remove Bitcoin trading fees for its 13 trading pairs: BTC/AUD, BTC/BIDR, BTC/BRL, BTC/BUSD, BTC/EUR, BTC/GBP, BTC/RUB, BTC/TRY, BTC/TUSD, BTC/UAH, BTC/USDC, BTC/USDP, and BTC/USDT. Binance Founder and CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said in a statement: “In line with our user-first philosophy, Binance has…

    Polygon partners with Nothing, making a bet on Web3 phones

    Ethereum scaling solution Polygon has partnered with phone maker Nothing to bring Web3 tech to mobile users. The upcoming Nothing Phone (1) will integrate Polygon’s tech for easier mobile access to dApps, games, payments, and more. While Solana recently announced its Solana Mobile Stack (SMS) software initiative and Saga phone, Polygon revealed Wednesday its own…