An Uganda Bitcoiner embarked on a community-funded trip from East Africa to Prague after winning tickets to BTC Prague for his adoption-driving efforts in the country. Brindon Mwiine, the founder of Ugandan-based Bitcoin (BTC) platform Gorilla Sats, set off on a whirlwind journey from Kampala to the heart of Europe on the back of a Twitter competition he never thought…
Month: June 2023
Developer Uncle Rockstar shares the key to Bitcoin adoption: BTC Prague 2023
Rockstar believes that as more quality Bitcoiners join, support, communicate and collaborate, Bitcoin will continue to rise. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/btc-prague-uncle-rockstar-bitcoin-interview
‘Tokenization Was Not Created to Evade Laws’: Ava Labs CEO
Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer will urge U.S. regulators and policymakers to provide “sensible laws and regulations” to lay the ground for the “responsible growth” of blockchain technologies. Sirer, who led the development of the Avalanche protocol, is set to deliver testimony before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday along with Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, Coy…
‘Competition Was Rather Low’ in Mobile Wallet Space, Says Zerion Head of Growth
‘Competition Was Rather Low’ in Mobile Wallet Space, Says Zerion Head of Growth Zerion’s move to launch a mobile-first crypto wallet not only helped NFT users swap jpegs on the go but was also a play to get away from crypto’s desktop-centric user experience. And with such little competition, Zerion’s head of growth Alexander Guy told Decrypt at NFC Lisbon…
SUI Leads Crypto Market Recovery With 8% Rise Overnight
Sui is soaring. The token behind Sui Network is up double digits on Tuesday as the wider crypto market looked to recover from the latest downturn. Last week, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took hefty action against the world’s largest exchanges, Binance and Coinbase. The move shook markets, specifically tokens the Commission termed securities. Sui (SUI) led…
Developer Uncle Rockstar shares the key to Bitcoin adoption: BTC Prague 2023
The BTC Prague event has recently highlighted that while there remain places in the world where Bitcoin (BTC) adoption is still in its early stages, many continue to be positive about how the community can onboard more BTC supporters despite the new challenges that come in. In an interview with Cointelegraph reporter Joseph Hall, pseudonymous Bitcoin developer Uncle Rockstar, the head…
BTC price focuses on $26K as Bitcoin traders brace for CPI volatility
Bitcoin (BTC) returned above $26,000 on June 13 as analysts eyed resistance overhead. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart on Bitstamp. Source: TradingView Bitcoin price inches between trend lines Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD attempting to reclaim $26,000 support after the daily close. The pair had seen a curiously uneventful start to the week, this despite ongoing fallout…
How Peter McCormack is turning an unknown town into a Bitcoin hub
Can a football team backed by Bitcoin (BTC) really raise up a town? In the latest Cointelegraph documentary, reporter Joe Hall investigates the impact of a Bitcoin football club, Real Bedford, on the small commuter town of Bedford in the United Kingdom. Peter McCormack, the renowned host of the What Bitcoin Did podcast, bought Real Bedford Football Club in 2021 during the…
‘There’s no more exciting time than now’ for Bitcoin: BTC Prague 2023
In recent weeks, the cryptocurrency market has faced bearish trends, driving crypto market capitalization down to its lowest level in over two months. However, according to some market analysts, Bitcoin (BTC) and other altcoins are still resilient despite the overall market climate. But, it’s not only the market analysts still holding onto the bullish sentiment. At the BTC Prague 2023 conference,…
Ripple CEO: Hinman docs are ‘well worth the wait’
Brad Garlinghouse hinted that the eagerly awaited Hinman documents, which detail internal deliberations by Securities and Exchange Commission staff, could tip t… Source: https://cointelegraph.com/public/index.php/news/ripple-ceo-garlinghouse-hinman-docs-worth-the-wait