Tag: Bitcoin
3 Big Cryptocurrency Misconceptions that Need to be Busted
Over the past couple of months, a lot of people crawled out of the woodwork claiming to know everything there was to know about...
Cryptocurrencies rise back to life
Bitcoin has rallied amid a broad risk-on mood in global markets, trading above US$22 000 for the first time since 8 June and testing the upper...
Ghana listed among top 10 African countries with most Cryptocurrency holders
If you look at the markets currently, you would find that cryptocurrency is undergoing what some analysts are calling the “Crypto Winter” highlighted by...
Central African Republic: first adopter of Bitcoin in Africa to get...
The Central African Republic, which adopted bitcoin as legal tender in April, is poised to roll out its own digital currency as part of a...
Kenyan students arrested for laundering money via Bitcoin
A gang of Kenyan students who have been hacking foreigners’ email credit cards through email phishing, stealing money and laundering it through bitcoin, have been...
Bitcoin tumbles to 18-month low
Bitcoin plunged to the lowest in about 18 months in Asia trading on Monday as the impact of Friday’s shock US inflation data continued to...
Coinbase laying off 1100 employees
Coinbase is the latest crypto firm to take an axe to its workforce, outlining plans to lay off around 1100 people - 18% of...
Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey launch bitcoin academy
Jay-Z has teamed up with Jack Dorsey to launch a free bitcoin education academy in the Brooklyn public housing complex where the rapper grew...
New York Senate votes for suspension of bitcoin mining
The New York State Senate has passed a bill establishing a moratorium on cryptocurrency mining using carbon-based power sources.The bill, which was passed by...
Bitcoin may soon test year lows as selloff continues
Bitcoin fell to its lowest level since January on Monday as slumping equity markets continued to hurt cryptocurrencies, which are currently trading in line with...