Bitcoin As A Reserve: Samson Mow Urges Taiwan To Buy 83,000 BTC
In a striking proposal at the 2024 Asia Blockchain Summit, Samson Mow, CEO of Bitcoin technology company JAN3, recommended that Taiwan should adopt BTC as part of its national reserve strategy by purchasing 83,000 units of the cryptocurrency. This figure is directly tied to Taiwan’s gold reserves, which are significantly higher relative to those of […]
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Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has told credit card issuers and banks to effectively prevent their customers from using credit cards as a payment instrument in transactions linked to cryptocurrencies, according to a....
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