Following El Salvador, Central African Republic adopts Bitcoin as legal tender

    Central African Republic has adopted Bitcoin as an official currency, President Touadera said on Wednesday, becoming the first country in Africa and only the second in the world to do so. He also said the African nation is moving forward with broad crypto adoption plans. The President of the Central African Republic (CAR), Faustin Archange…

    Fast, fluid, frictionless crypto payments are the future – expert says

    What does it take for a technology to really break through? – asks Dan Jeffries, an author, futurist, systems architect, and thinker, speaking on CoinDesk’s Payments Week. How does it go from something only a few people use to something everyone uses without even thinking about it? For over a decade people have wondered whether…

    Brazil’s Senate approves law to regulate cryptocurrencies

    Brazil, the largest South American country, is joining the first movers to regulate cryptocurrencies. The Brazillian senate has passed a bill to regulate cryptocurrencies in the country on April 27. The bill yet must first be passed by the Chamber of Deputies before President Jair Bolsonaro signs it into law. The bill aims at creating…

    ‘The bull thesis is the long-term crypto adoption,’ Coinbase analyst says

    Crypto trading platform Coinbase continues to have a “bull thesis” even amid a crypto market sell-off, Owen Lau, Oppenheimer executive director and senior analyst, says. He believes “this is a great entry point for investors.” “The bull thesis is the long-term crypto adoption,” Lau said on Yahoo Finance Live. “That’s number one thing the market…

    Crypto-assets will back onto investors’ radar amidst Russia-Ukraine crisis – 3iQ CEO

    Crypto assets are tracing a path back onto investors’ radar, notes Fred Pye, CEO and Chairman of Canadian investment fund 3iQ Corp. Anticipating the further pivot to crypto, he suggests that what’s happening at the present moment is only accelerating the crypto revolution. According to Frederick Pye’s opinion column on Gulf News, the conflict in…

    UAE’s grocery delivery service YallaMarket adopts crypto payments

    YallaMarket, a grocery delivery platform in the UAE, announced Wednesday that they now accept crypto payments for customer orders, while the UAE is crypto-friendly and considered to be the center of cryptocurrency in the Middle East. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been one of the most aggressive with its crypto adoption strategy. They have talked…