Tag: Cryptocurrency
El Salvador’s bitcoin law will come into effect on September 7
The Central American country El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele in a national address stated that the recently passed law making bitcoin a legal tender...
China’s Bitmain suspends selling of mining machines amidst bitcoin ban
Bitmain, China's largest maker of cryptocurrency mining machines, announced that it has suspended the sales of its devices on the spot market to help...
Bitcoin steadies in Asia after a plunge caused by the Chinese...
Bitcoin rebounded in Asian trading a day after China's central bank issued a statement reaffirming the country's ongoing crackdown against cryptocurrencies sent the world's...
Sotheby’s to accept crypto as payment for rare diamond auction
One of the largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewelry, real estate, and collectibles in the world, Sotheby's will be accepting bitcoin and...
US-based MSCI considering launch of crypto indexes
Global securities index publisher MSCI is looking at launching indexes for cryptocurrency assets, according to Chief Executive Officer Mr. Henry Fernandez, in what would...
Thai SEC bans exchanges from handling tokens including NFTs
The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has prohibited digital asset exchanges from trading meme- or fan-based tokens, non-fungible tokens (NFT) and exchange-issued tokens.
The...
El Salvador’s bitcoin law will raise economic & legal issues; IMF...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its economic and legal concerns over El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin a parallel legal tender, further...
Global first! El Salvador accepts bitcoin as a legal tender
The Central American country El Salvador has become the first nation in the world to officially classify Bitcoin as a legal currency after Congress...
