Spreading holiday joy through charitable giving with cryptocurrency
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Spreading holiday joy through charitable giving with cryptocurrency

The holidays are the perfect time of the year for giving back, and the rise of cryptocurrencies has created even more opportunities for charitable initiatives. This was highlighted during Giving Tuesday 2021, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving which saw over $2.4 million raised in cryptocurrency from the nonprofit fundraising platform The Giving Block. As crypto philanthropy becomes a new subsector of…

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Reflecting On Bitcoin In 2021

Society has been taking a lot of things for granted, and arguably this is why we’re here now. The globe is filled with overly-panicked populations, governments are conducting some of the most authoritarian overreach of our lives, inflation is rising, real interest rates are negative and supply chain problems are rampant. In all of this, too many have taken having…

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Stablecoin Growth Jumps 3.5% in 2 Weeks to $167 Billion, Fiat-Pegged Tokens Command Over 60% of Crypto Trades
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Stablecoin Economy Jumps 3.5% in 2 Weeks to $167 Billion, Fiat-Pegged Tokens Command Over 60% of Crypto Trades – Altcoins Bitcoin News

Since December 8, the stablecoin economy has grown 3.59% in 17 days as numerous stablecoin market valuations have issued more fiat-pegged tokens this month. On Saturday, December 25, the stablecoin economy’s $167 billion market valuation represents 6.68% of the entire $2.49 trillion crypto market economy. Stablecoin Issuance Jumps 3.5% There’s a great number of stablecoins in existence today that are…

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Can Bitcoin Survive An Apocalypse

We often use the term “anti-fragile” or “censorship-resistant” to describe Bitcoin. But do these terms still apply if the internet is intentionally cut off or if some horrible, catastrophic event ends up happening? The short answer? Yes, Bitcoin can survive an apocalypse. Not only this, but Bitcoin is actually the most robust network on the planet, as well as the…

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10 women who used crypto to make a difference in 2021
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10 women who used crypto to make a difference in 2021

This year, new research showed that there’s still a long way to go before there is gender parity in the crypto and blockchain space. WEF’s April Global Gender Gap Report 2021 found that it will take close to 135.6 years to close the gender gap due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that hasn’t stopped these women who used blockchain technology…

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Dogecoin Foundation Says It's Working With Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin on a Staking Concept – Bitcoin News
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Dogecoin Foundation Says It’s Working With Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin on a Staking Concept – Bitcoin News

According to the Dogecoin Foundation, the organization is working with Vitalik Buterin on constructing proof-of-stake (PoS) capabilities for the Dogecoin network. The “uniquely Doge proposal” is aimed at bolstering a “community staking” version of the protocol. Dogecoin Foundation Discusses the Project’s ‘Trailmap’ On December 23, the Dogecoin Foundation’s official Twitter account tweeted about the digital currency network’s “Trailmap,” a set…

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Child prodigy with 162 IQ wants cryptocurrency for Christmas and gets it
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Child prodigy with 162 IQ wants cryptocurrency for Christmas and gets it

The wish of owning cryptocurrencies this Christmas came true for a 12-year-old schoolkid with an intelligence quotient (IQ) higher than Albert Einstein.  Barnaby Swinburn, a resident of Bristol, England had asked for two Christmas presents, a Mensa test for testing his IQ and a cryptocurrency portfolio. According to BristolLive, Swinburn scored the highest possible score of 162 on the test,…

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More Needs to Be Done to Ensure Tanzanians Understand the Risks of Crypto Trading, Says Blockchain Educator – Interview Bitcoin News
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More Needs to Be Done to Ensure Tanzanians Understand the Risks of Crypto Trading, Says Blockchain Educator – Interview Bitcoin News

Tanzanians are embracing cryptocurrencies but more work still has to be undertaken in order to reduce the number of scams in the industry, a blockchain educator has said. In much of the year 2021, blockchain entities and proponents of the technology in Tanzania did much to bring this fintech to ordinary folks in that country. This has been either through…

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Bitcoin battles bears 'on offense' as Christmas delivers a $50K BTC gift
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Bitcoin battles bears ‘on offense’ as Christmas delivers a $50K BTC gift

Bitcoin (BTC) held $50,000 into Dec. 25 as BTC bulls avoided an unwelcome Christmas Day surprise. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “Bears become bulls” short term? Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD maintaining $50,000 support into the weekend, having ranged after local highs above $51,500. The pair was calm as the holiday season got underway, with…

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