Blackrock Launches Blockchain ETF Offering Investors Exposure to Crypto Sector
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Blackrock Launches Blockchain ETF Offering Investors Exposure to Crypto Sector – Finance Bitcoin News

The world’s largest asset manager, Blackrock, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies.” Blackrock Debuts Blockchain ETF Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager with $10 trillion in assets under management, announced the launch of…

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Bitcoin rejects $40K as US dollar strength hits 20-year high
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Bitcoin rejects $40K as US dollar strength hits 20-year high

Bitcoin (BTC) made a fresh bid to crack $40,000 on April 28 as Wall Street trading opened to twenty-year highs for U.S. dollar strength. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView DXY now in “parabolic rally” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD hitting highs of $39,883 on Bitstamp before momentum waned, sending the pair $800 lower hours later.…

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Bitrefill to Launch Service Letting US Users Pay Bills With Crypto
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Bitrefill to Launch Service Letting US Users Pay Bills With Crypto

Swedish startup Bitrefill, best known for its marketplace letting users spend their crypto on gift cards and mobile top-ups, today announced that its Pay Bill service is now available to users in the U.S. Pay Bill lets people pay their bills and other payments with a selection of the world’s most popular cryptocurrencies. Aside from Bitcoin, those include Ethereum, Litecoin,…

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Bitrefill Now Allows El Salvadorans To Pay All Their Bills In Bitcoin
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Bitrefill Now Lets You Pay Your Bills, Taxes With Bitcoin

U.S. citizens can now pay their bills with bitcoin, including taxes. Starting Thursday, Bitrefill users in the U.S. can use the company’s new Bill Payments service to pay their credit card bills, utilities, healthcare, mortgage payments and 20,000 other types of bills with bitcoin. “Just like the streaming video services allowed people to ‘cut the cord’ from their cable provider,…

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BTC Rebounds, Moves Away From 1-Month Low – Market Updates Bitcoin News
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BTC Rebounds, Moves Away From 1-Month Low – Market Updates Bitcoin News

Market uncertainty in crypto was once again higher on Thursday, as traders continue to anticipate next week’s Fed decision. Following a drop to a one-month low during Wednesday’s session, BTC rebounded, with prices now hovering below $40,000. ETH also rallied, attempting to break out of the $2,950 resistance level. Bitcoin BTC was back in the green on Thursday, as bulls…

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Ralf Glabischnig on Crypto Valley and the Crypto Oasis – Cointelegraph Magazine

Having supported Zug’s Crypto Valley in the early days and founded Crypto Oasis in Dubai to serve as blockchain innovations hubs with regulatory certainty, Ralf Glabischnig is practically a node of the blockchain industry. When Bitcoin companies began pouring into his small town in Switzerland in 2013, Ralf Glabischnig was an IT consultant turned entrepreneur running a coworking space. It…

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Lightning Community Diamond Hands Partnership Seeks To Further Bitcoin Adoption In Asia

A Japanese Lightning Network community known as Diamond Hands has partnered with ZEBEDEE and Mimesis Capital to further Lightning adoption in Asia. The bitcoin-only gaming company ZEBEDEE will use the partnership to build Lightning gaming infrastructure in the region. Bitcoin-centric family office Mimesis Capital will work with Diamond Hands to consult and advise companies in the region hoping to adopt…

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'Hyper-deflationary' network launches mainnet amid rising inflation
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‘Hyper-deflationary’ network launches mainnet amid rising inflation

AXIA, the team behind the novel message-to-earn approach of AXChat, announced the mainnet launch of its blockchain and native currency on Thursday. The new network is designed to provide a “hyper-deflationary” economic model in which the cryptocurrency becomes more and more scarce as its adoption grows.  According to its website, the AXIA blockchain is a third-generation blockchain that attempts to…

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