The Celo Foundation on Wednesday (March 11) rolled out its Alliance For Prosperity with 50 members, according to reports. The alliance, a Libra competitor, provides an avenue for developers to create decentralized apps based on Celo blockchain technology as well as U.S. stablecoin. Members include...
A new cryptocurrency called the CoronaCoin has been called amoral for its idea of letting users “bet” on how many people the coronavirus is going to kill, according to reports. The developers of the coin arranged it so that the value of the coin would diminish...
The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus is reportedly intending to support a legal initiative that would allow them to seize digital currency from criminals, Cointelegraph reported. The leader of the committee, Ivan Noskevich, reportedly discussed the initiative in an interview with a television...
Cryptocurrency markets plummeted after oil prices crashed and the stock market spiraled into another sell-off frenzy, according to reports on Monday (March 10). Oil markets tumbled at least 30 percent after the breakup of the OPEC+ alliance prompted a price war between Saudi Arabia and...
Nigerians will be able to buy bitcoins with cash, providing a pathway into cryptocurrency for those who were previously financially excluded. The country has seen more interest than usual in cryptocurrency, with the tech-savvy newer generations of Nigeria oft-asking Google about how to get into...
A French court has decided that bitcoin is money, the first time a court in France has issued such a ruling, according to a report from Les Echos Sunday (March 8). The decision came about following a clash between the Bitcoin marketplace Paymium and the...
In a new digital real estate game called Upland, players can buy virtual versions of properties in San Francisco, Cointelegraph reported. Players can then earn rental income on those properties, much like in the game Monopoly, and they can buy and sell the properties. The...
The financial watchdog of Germany has put a stop to the operations of a firm that lets consumers use ATMs to purchase as well as sell digital currencies, Bloomberg reported. Adam Gramowski, KKT UG managing director, was reportedly told by BaFin to stop business in...
The blockchain for the Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will be developed with Algorand technology, according to an announcement. The supply of SOV will be set to increase at 4 percent yearly to stop inflation from occurring. It will be debuted via a token pre-sale,...
