Tag: Adoption

Fitch Ratings said in a note on Monday that El Salvador’s move to embrace Bitcoin as legal tender poses a serious risk to its local insurance companies. As Fitch said, Salvadoran insurers will be under pressure to quickly convert Bitcoin to dollars to avoid price risk; otherwise, they could face steep losses. In June, Salvadoran…

The next wave of crypto adoption in the Middle East is likely to come from citizens in unstable countries facing crucial inflation like Iran and Lebanon. While some countries continue to restrict crypto trading and mining, digital transformation in the Middle East has proceeded at a rapid pace. Nimrod Lehavi, the founder of Simplex and…

The financial package for Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi’s much-anticipated move to Paris Saint-Germain includes payment in crypto fan tokens, sources claim, providing another big-name endorsement for new digital assets. Lionel Messi’s transfer to PSG included a payment in cryptocurrency fan tokens, the club confirmed on Thursday. 34-year-old Messi left Spanish club Barcelona and signed…

Summary Bitcoin has come under regulatory scrutiny in the last few months. I see this as an incredibly bullish sign, showing that Bitcoin is becoming a legitimate financial asset. Regulation will ultimately help increase adoption, which is good news if you own Bitcoin. Since its inception, and especially in the last 6 months, Bitcoin (BTC-USD)…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hinted at integrating Bitcoin into Twitter services and new features, including Twitter Tip Jar and Super Follows. Jack Dorsey sees top cryptocurrency Bitcoin will be one of the key trends for the future of Twitter. During the second-quarter earnings call, the Twitter CEO suggested that Bitcoin will be a “big part”…

This week, several central banks at once released announcements regarding national digital money. Financial regulators of Canada, India, and Nigeria made moves toward launching their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has this week redoubled its investment and research into crypto’s underlying technology, blockchain, and has set a clear…