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Tawanda Karombo April 29, 2022 The Central African Republic has overtaken regional cryptocurrency front-runners such as Kenya and Nigeria to become the continent’s first nation to officially adopt bitcoin as legal tender. El Salvador is the only other country that officially uses bitcoin as legal tender in the world. Uptake of the currency since its introduction …

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TOM MITCHELHILL APR 29, 2022 Goldman Sachs has offered its first Bitcoin-backed loan, showing further signs of increased interest in cryptocurrency from Wall Street institutions. Goldman Sachs has offered its first Bitcoin- (BTC)-backed loan, in a major step forward for institutional cryptocurrency adoption on Wall Street.  A spokeswoman from Goldman told Bloomberg that the multinational …

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TURNER WRIGHT APR 27, 2022 The African nation will reportedly join a short list of countries to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender. The roughly five million residents of the Central African Republic, or CAR, will now reportedly be able to use Bitcoin in addition to the country’s franc as legal tender.  According to a Wednesday …

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ARNOLD KIRIMI APR 28, 2022 Freedom Day means you are free to use your own money to live your best life,” said BitcoinZAR, a Bitcoin advocate in South Africa. On Wednesday, South Africa celebrated Freedom Day, which honors the country’s first post-apartheid democratic election in 1994. Cointelegraph reached out to different notable individuals in the …

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Eliza Gkritsi Apr 28, 2022 Several of the world’s biggest crypto exchanges have flocked to the emirates in the last few months. Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based luxury real estate developer Damac will soon accept payments in crypto, joining the chorus of firms betting that the UAE will become a global crypto hub. Damac will accept …

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ORNELLA HERNÁNDEZ APR 28, 2022 Ukraine continues to use crypto and NFTs to fund the two-month long ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Mykhailo Fedorov, Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, tweeted that the Ukrainian government will accept war effort contributions in the form of nonfungible token (NFT) donations and purchases. Via the official “Aid …

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DAVID ATTLEE APR 28, 2022 Blockchain and virtual currencies are set to become vital part of the Argentine capital’s 12-step digital transformation effort. The capital of Argentina and an agglomeration with more than 12 million citizens, Buenos Aires will make blockchain a vital part of its digitalization drive. Specifically, the city will accept public financial …

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ZHIYUAN SUN APR 22, 2022 In addition to payments to bank accounts and debit cards, select content creators can now elect to have USDC earnings sent to their wallets. On Friday, Twitter and Stripe announced the rollout of crypto payouts for Stripe Connect. As told by the two companies, a select group of creators on Twitter will …

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