Bitcoin Gets Praised For Its Technical Features By The Chief Of Brazil’s Cent...
Bitcoin and its underlying technology has earned the trust and praise of some of the most notable figures in banking and finance. For instance, the director of Brazil’s central bank only has good things to say about the technical features of the crypto. According to Central Bank of Brazil chief Fabio Araujo, Bitcoin is a […]
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Brazil’s central bank, the Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), is pushing for more time to roll out its central bank digital currency (CBDC). Earlier in May, BCB released a document covering the general guidelines and characteristics of Brazil’s future CBDC. Roberto Campos Neto, BCB’s chief central banker, also stated earlier last year that the country […]
UK punters are using more electronic money, but cash is still king on the High Street. In 2012 use of cash for shopping fell 10 per cent - and the rate of decline is accelerating. The big winners are debit cards and newer methods such as PayPal, for online purchases. The numbers come from the British Retail Consortium and show that just over half of all transactions are still carried out in cash - 54.4 per cent. But this is down 6.7 per cent in terms of numbers of transactions and a fall of 9.7 per cent in terms of value - the first time both figures went down in 13 years of collecting....
50 Cent announced today that he will sell his new album Animal Ambition for bitcoin through BitPay. As 50 Cent will not be the only artist interested in providing bitcoin as a payment option, BitPay makes it easy for artists to accept bitcoin. 50 Cent is using a Shopify store to sell his latest album and can, through BitPay's partnership with Shopify, accept payment in bitcoin. There could not be a better combination of innovation in music and payment. We look forward to seeing which other musicians follow suite. With 50 Cent as the first large independent artist to accept bitcoin as a....
XinFin Network (XDC) is the most prominent, and fast-growing ecosystem. XinFin Network’s XRC20 based token standard now has the support of the biometrics hardware wallet, D’CENT. In a recent tweet, D’CENT wallet confirmed its support for the XRC20 token, StorX Network (SRX). We are excited to announce a new partnership with @StorXNetwork and to support […]
The relationship between bitcoin and commercial music doesn't go back too far. Last year, Snoop Dogg (who I will refused to call Snoop Lion) expressed interest in accepting bitcoin for his latest album, and former Spice Girl Mel B actually went through with it by offering her single up in exchange for the digital currency. Now there's a new player in the game: 50 Cent. The rap artist, real name Curtis Jackson, has released his latest album "Animal Ambition" today, and he's accepting bitcoin for it via a connection with BitPay on his Shopify store. Shopify, as you may be aware, integrated....