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Yves Bennaïm, founder and chair of 2B4CH, a Swiss pro-Bitcoin think tank, is launching a popular initiative to amend the country’s constitution to allow its central bank to purchase and hold bitcoin. The initiative is also supported by Bitcoin Suisse President Luzius Meisser, who believes the bank should add bitcoin to its reserves. A Reform … Read more
PDVSA, the state-owned Venezuelan oil company, would be preparing to migrate more of its payments portfolio to USDT, a dollar stablecoin, to avoid being affected by the restitution of U.S. sanctions. Reuters reported that the company started receiving payments in USDT last year and will accelerate its adoption. Tether, nonetheless, stated it will uphold OFAC … Read more
On Monday evening, Taproot Wizards co-founder Udi Wertheimer unveiled a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that reintroduces the OP_CAT opcode to Bitcoin. This opcode could facilitate more streamlined and efficient decentralized file hosting systems, payment channels, and sophisticated Bitcoin smart contracts by minimizing reliance on intricate cryptographic techniques. However, Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has labeled the … Read more
Coinex has launched the auction for the ‘epic satoshi’ from the fourth halving, originally mined by the mining pool Viabtc. This event, marking Sat # 1,968,750,000,000,000, commenced with a starting bid of 1 bitcoin. Following ten subsequent bids, the highest offer has reached 2 bitcoins ($132,298). This heightened interest in the rare satoshi is tied … Read more
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov revealed that the BRICS bloc has been considering the use of stablecoins for its common rail payment systems. In an interview with TV BRICS, Ryabkov stated that the use of stablecoins and a connection linking the CBDCs of the participants were studied as part of the integration processes of … Read more
MakerDAO’s native token $MKR has experienced a 4% decline in the past 24 hours and a 6% drop over the course of the last 7 days, signaling a challenging period for the cryptocurrency. Recent on-chain reports reveal that MakerDAO Multisign 0xbba has deposited 421.985 MKR, equivalent to $1.29 million, to Wintermute Trading OTC at a … Read more
At 8:09 p.m. ET on April 19, 2024, the mining pool Viabtc successfully excavated block 840,000. This block notably encompassed 37.625 bitcoins from transaction fees, alongside a 3.125 bitcoin reward. This significant block also included a rare bitcoin element known as the “epic sat,” which some estimations value highly. On Monday, Viabtc Group’s exchange Coinex … Read more
Welcome to Latam Insights, a compendium of Latin America’s most relevant crypto and economic news during the last week. In this issue: Brazil bans the use of cryptocurrency for gambling-related payments, and Worldcoin faces fines for alleged abusive behavior in Buenos Aires. Brazil Passes Rules Banning Cryptocurrency Payments for Gambling Brazil has legalized the use … Read more
Following the Bitcoin halving event, onchain fees climbed to over $240 per transaction just an hour later, and as of now, a high-priority transfer costs between $52 and $78 per transaction at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. The increasing fees have prompted a flood of comments from individuals in the crypto space, as this … Read more
Since the halving, 63 blocks have been mined, and bitcoin miners have accumulated substantial fees following a dramatic increase in the fee rate. This surge took the cost per transaction from $18 to over $245, recorded at 9:00 p.m. EDT on Friday evening. Since then fees have dropped and by Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. … Read more