2020-7-21 13:00 |
South Africa's economic activity has slowed amid shutdowns due to the pandemic, but the country is relying on low rates and stimulus to regain its footing. origin »
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Africans rank atop global cryptocurrency ownership rates, according to a new report by Arcade Research. South Africa ranks third globally with 13% of its internet users owning or using cryptocurrencies, while 11% of connected Nigerians own cryptocurrencies in the fifth-placed populous West African country.
2020-5-24 16:35 | |
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South Africa’s First National Bank (FNB) bank has announced that it will be shutting down accounts linked to cryptocurrency exchanges. In the process of cracking down on cryptocurrencies, banks themselves are experiencing the heat of negative interest rates and billions in fraud.
2019-11-20 14:16 | |
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The NAHB Housing Market Index (HMI) dropped to 70 in November, the first decline since June. The traffic of prospective buyers has declined despite low mortgage rates. The U. S. housing market could get into more trouble this week as more data releases emerge.
2019-11-19 22:55 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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Mobile technology will arguably go down in history as the most successful innovation of our lifetime. Mobile devices, especially phones, are ubiquitous in large parts of the world. On the African continent, the rates of mobile phone ownership and access are rising exponentially.
2019-5-17 15:35 | |
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Cryptojacking — the process of infecting computers with malware to mine cryptocurrency — has declined alongside prices during cryptowinter. But like any dextrous organism facing extinction, the virus and its propagators are adapting.
2019-4-27 22:07 | |
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The Center Source SAS has partnered with BitPay to make international payments and settlements faster with lower transaction fees. Business to Business money transfers are usually plagued by high transaction fees while international B2B transfers, further have to deal with the foreign exchange rates. This are some of the problems that a new client to […]
2019-3-14 20:57 | |
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As many of our readers are probably well aware of, the South American nation of Venezuela is currently in the midst of its worst ever financial crisis— with inflation rates currently at an all-time high due to a host of international economic sanctions that have been levied against the nation. As a result of all […]
2019-3-11 19:42 | |
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Blockchain firm Bitfury will develop a bitcoin mining center in Paraguay. The new mining operation is in partnership with Seoul-based research and development firm Commons Foundation.
2019-2-8 23:32 | |
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A report from Bank of Korea (BOK) published this Thursday suggested that the use of central bank issued digital currencies could cause problems in the South Korean financial system. The report claims that the launch of such a currency could push interest rates up and cause a liquidity shortage.
2019-2-7 18:59 | |
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South Korea’s central bank has warned that adopting a state-backed cryptocurrency as an official form of legal tender would threaten the country’s financial stability. In a report, the Bank of Korea (BoK) said such a currency, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC), could result in a spike in interest rates and a […] The post South Korea’s Central Bank Says CBDCs Will Disrupt Financial Stability appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-2-7 16:40 | |
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South Korea’s central bank has warned that adopting a state-backed cryptocurrency as an official form of legal tender would threaten the country’s financial integrity. In a report, the Bank of Korea (BoK) said such a currency, also known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC), could result in a spike in interest rates and a […] The post South Korea Central Bank Says CBDCs Will Disrupt Financial Integrity appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-2-7 16:40 | |
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“Everybody’s poor” in oil-rich Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser claims he knows the answer: excessive taxes on the South American nation’s wealthiest citizens.
2019-2-2 22:33 | |
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South Korea’s second largest bank is in the middle of rolling out a blockchain-based system designed to reduce human error. Shinhan Bank is using the blockchain for Interest Rate Swap (IRS) transactions.
2018-12-10 14:38 | |
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Two major South Korean cryptocurrency exchanges have been forced offline, after critical Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers suffered nationwide failure Thursday morning. AWS, one of the world’s widely used cloud services, was hit with major internal server failures that brought popular digital asset exchanges, Upbit and Coinone, to a screeching halt.
2018-11-22 14:31 | |
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Chen Min, the former chief chip maker at Bitcoin mining chip developer Canaan Creative, is turning her attention to Ethereum. Announcing her venture at the Ethereum Classic Summit in Seoul, South Korea, Chen’s new company, Linzhi, will focus on building cryptocurrency mining devices, and its first official products are a series of application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners designed specifically for Ethereum and Ethereum Classic.
2018-9-15 01:22 | |
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BitGo has received the green light from the South Dakota Division of Banking to act as a qualified custodian for digital assets, according to a Business Wire press release.
2018-9-14 20:01 | |
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The cryptocurrency Dash is becoming more widely used and accepted in Venezuela. The nation’s economy has long suffered under socialist guidance, and hyperinflation is forcing citizens to look for alternatives.
2018-8-23 21:45 | |
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Throughout this week, many tokens including 0x (ZRX), Ethos (BQX), ICON (ICX), and Aeternity (AE) have been traded in South Korea with 300 to 600 percent premium rates. As of August 1, 2018, Ethos on Bithumb, a major crypto exchange in the local market of South Korea, is being traded at $5.
2018-8-2 11:00 | |
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Volatility in the bond and equity markets could be elevated as Congress deals with the debt ceiling, which was suspended until July 31, 2021.
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