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Bitcoin halving, BTC ETF hype driving price up into 2024 — NBX Berlin

DIGIT — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 13:25:28 +0000

Several macro events are contributing to increased interest in Bitcoin and its price and a knock-on effect on the wider markets.

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Bitcoin B logo lights up Germany’s tallest building in Berlin

DIGIT — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 18:54:55 +0000

Berliners could see the Bitcoin B projected onto the Berliner Fernsehturm tower on January 21.

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Subway accepts Bitcoin, so users can get a sandwich on the Lightning Network

DIGIT — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 19:00:00 +0000

The largest franchise in the world, Subway, is testing out the Lightning Network layer-2 Bitcoin payments solution and receiving encouraging results in Berlin, Germany.

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Three Ethereum Testnets Are Transitioning to the Highly Anticipated London Upgrade

DIGIT — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:00:30 +0000

According to a blog post on the Ethereum Foundation’s website, three Ethereum testnets leveraging the London hard fork will go live during the next few weeks. Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko explained last Friday that the “upgrade will first go live on Ropsten, at block 10499401, which is expected to happen around June 24, 2021.” […]

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Ethereum price all-time high follows reduced gas costs and DeFi revival

DIGIT — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 19:46:06 +0000

Analysts expect Ethereum price to rally to new all-time highs after the Berlin upgrade results in a drip in gas fees and a surge in DeFi activity.

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Bitcoin Bar ‘Room 77’ Shuts Down

DIGIT — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 17:00:45 +0000

Room 77, the German bar and restaurant that claims to be the first retail outfit in the world to accept bitcoin payments, has shut down. Cypherpunk Holdings chief economist Jon Matonis broke the news on Twitter. Bar owner Jorg Platzer later confirmed it on Reddit. “Room 77 is closing for good,” Platzer revealed in a […]

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Tim Draper’s Venture Studio to Triple-Down on Blockchain Projects With a $25M Fund

DIGIT — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 17:00:23 +0000

At the LA Blockchain Summit, the blockchain and fintech venture studio Draper Goren Holm announced the launch of a $25 million blockchain fund called “Fund 1.” According to the announcement the money will be used for promising blockchain and fintech startups in Series A and seed investments. On October 6, 2020, the Los Angeles-based venture […]

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Germany’s Financial Crisis Invokes 5-Year Rent Freeze

DIGIT — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:00:50 +0000

All eyes are on the German economy which was once perceived as stable and strong. However, the financial state of affairs has been tumultuous and Berlin’s state cabinet recently agreed to a five-year rent freeze to help curb the rising housing costs in the country. Moreover, Bundesbank just published a monthly report that explains how […]

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Joseph Lubin Names Berlin as The Most Important City in The ‘Blockchain Cosmos’

DIGIT — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 04:10:00 +0000

Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin has described Berlin as the capital of the “blockchain cosmos”

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German Bank Offers Special Accounts to Cryptocurrency Firms

DIGIT — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 03:15:25 +0000

The Berlin-based Banking-as-a-Platform (BaaP) institution Solarisbank has recently announced the launch of their new banking service plan that’s focused on clients from the blockchain and digital currency industry. The newly featured resource called the ‘Blockchain Factory,’ will offer financial management services to companies whose business operations deal directly and indirectly with cryptocurrency solutions and blockchain technology. […]

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