Business Valdy has acquired all outstanding shares in INX, concluding the C$39.6 million ($32.2 million) private placement that INX previously raised. By Jamie Crawley Jan 11, 2022 at 12:28 p.m. UTC Updated Jan 11, 2022 at 12:28 p.m. UTC Canadian Dollar (Shutterstock) Source
One of the world’s largest investment banks has its Bitcoin (BTC) price predictions ready for 2022. In a recent poll, JPMorgan Chase asked its clients, “Where do you see Bitcoin trading at 2022 year-end?” Just 5% said they saw the digital coin reaching $100,000, and 9% saw it breaking previous all-time highs, reaching over $80,000. The bank is known for its wealthy client portfolio. While some BTC bulls may welcome the news that 14% of JPMorgan’s clients expect at least a twofold increase, it’s not the fireworks the crypto market…
Estimates from Triple A, a Singaporean cryptocurrency provider and aggregator, state that 0.9 million people, or roughly 2.4% of Morocco’s total population, currently own cryptocurrency. That puts the kingdom as the top country in North Africa and in the top 50 holders of cryptocurrency population percentage, just ahead of Portugal. Data from Useful Tulips — a platform that tracks peer-to-peer BTC trading across the globe — confirms the trend. The Kingdom of the West, as it’s known locally, has been the runaway North African leader for BTC trades in the…
In two recent job postings on LinkedIn, Jack Dorsey’s Block (formerly Square) revealed the group’s plans to develop “the next generation of mining ASIC,” and make a hardware wallet for the next 100 million Bitcoin (BTC) users. The two roles are based in the Block’s headquarters in San Francisco and were added to the job posting platform in the past 24 hours. For the role of the custom digital design lead, the candidate will help “silicon validation of the ASIC and its prototype.” An ASIC is a small machine dedicated…
Argo Blockchain (ARBK), the only crypto miner listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), has declined by 45%, while Canadian crypto miners Hive Blockchain (HIVE) and Hut 8 Mining Corp (HUT) have slipped 52% and 59%, respectively. Toronto-listed crypto exchange Voyager Digital (VYGVF) is down 50% alongside a 45% slide in shares in MicroStrategy (MSTR), a business-intelligence software company that holds 122,478 BTC, worth nearly $6 billion, on its balance sheet. Source
The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that the country is making investments to secure a geothermal power source for the construction and operation of the upcoming Bitcoin City, which will be financed with the earnings of the so-called “volcano bonds.” Bukele stated there are high chances of finding a well in the area of the Conchagua volcano that will be able to power the whole city by itself. El Salvador Investing in New Geothermal Energy Sources The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has confirmed that the…
Sanja Kon, CEO of Utrust, which is regulated in Estonia and currently processes payments in BTC, ETH, DASH and USDT, as well as its own UTK token and now Elrond eGold (EGLD), says merchants are much more amenable to settling in cryptocurrency these days. As far as earning yield on their crypto, Kon believes merchants want to invest in the blockchain universe. Source
sponsored Binance is thrilled to announce that it is an official sponsor of the 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament, taking place from January 9 till February 6, 2022 in Cameroon. What To Expect This sponsorship deal will make Binance the exclusive cryptocurrency and blockchain platform for the AFCON 2021 tournament as we take our global brand and technology to African football. Binance will also be the official partner of the Assist of the Day / Binance Assist of the Week / Binance Assist of the Tournament, which…
Bitcoin (BTC) broke through $42,000 on Jan. 11 as expectations of a fresh “short squeeze” mounted. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Short-term squeeze “reasonably likely” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it recovered from Monday’s dip to $39,600 — its first breach of the $40,000 mark since September. While short-term bullish prognoses were conspicuously absent on the day, attention focused on the potential for derivatives markets to spark another “short squeeze.” With open interest near all-time highs despite the downturn and sentiment clearly favoring further…
Payments startup Bottlepay said it has been approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to carry out crypto-asset activities in the U.K., making it the first Lightning network-based firm to win permission from the country’s financial regulator . Bottleplay, which is owned by bitcoin investment company NYDIG, allows users to make micropayments using messages on Twitter, Reddit and Discord on the Lightning network, a layer on top of the Bitcoin blockchain that enables transactions to be carried out more quickly. FCA registration demonstrates that a firm has met the watchdog’s…