Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Promises Bitcoin Law Won’t Be Forced on Citizens

On August 23, the president of El Salvador spoke about the upcoming bitcoin tender law set to take effect on September 7. Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele said that bitcoin will not be mandated by force and “if they want” they can accept bitcoin and they can say “no” if they are not interested in using … Read more

Players Have Earned $1 Million Dollars Playing Upland

PRESS RELEASE. In mid-June of this year, Upland reached a major milestone, where 1 million Property NFTs were minted on their platform. Another gigantic leap has recently been made in the metaverse: players have earned $1,000,000 by participating in the Upland Metaverse Economy. Upland.me is an NFT metaverse mapped to the real world, where players … Read more

Publishing Platform Substack to Accept Onchain, Lightning Network Bitcoin Payments via Opennode

On Monday, the publishing platform Substack revealed the company is now accepting bitcoin payments. Substack will be working with the payment processor Opennode and the publishing platform will leverage the Lightning Network and onchain payments. Substack Partners With Payment Processor Opennode to Support Bitcoin Payments The online platform Substack is a publishing, analytics, and design … Read more

US Mayor Says Bitcoin Will Keep Rising as the Fed Continues Printing More Dollars

The mayor of the U.S. city of Jackson, Tennessee, explains that the price of bitcoin will keep rising as the Fed continues to print money. He believes that bitcoin is “definitely the future monetary system.” Mayor Explains Bitcoin’s Price Will Keep Rising as the Fed Continues to Print Money Mayor Scott Conger of the U.S. … Read more

Chinese Court Rules Cryptocurrency Is Not Protected by Law Citing Lack of Legal Status

A Chinese high court has issued a public statement affirming that trading or investing in cryptocurrency is not protected by law, citing crypto assets’ lack of legal status in China. Chinese Court States Crypto Not Protected by Law The high court in China’s northern Shandong province issued a public statement Sunday clarifying that cryptocurrency is … Read more

4 Privacy Coins See Double-Digit Gains, Stats Show Monero Jumped 58% Higher Over 30 Days

While bitcoin and a slew of other crypto assets have seen significant gains during the last month, a number of privacy-centric crypto assets have jumped in value as well. Monero has gained 19.4% over the last week, the token horizen jumped 6.8%, and zcash has spiked over 7% during the last seven days. Privacy-Centric Coins … Read more