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Built On Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, BLIP Wants To Make Your Chats Unstoppable

The new BLIP app promises secure and private communication leveraging Bitcoin’s Lightning Network and a novel encryption method, Hexum.A new Bitcoin-based encrypted chat platform has been announced at the Adopting Bitcoin conference, BLIP.The new…

Michael Saylor Is The Bitcoin Twitter Personality Of The Year: Survey

Bitcoin Magazine’s first annual survey also found that Bitcoiners value BTC-related policy over party in politics.Bitcoin users place a higher importance on a politician’s BTC-related policies and agenda than their party, a survey by Bitcoin…

Bitcoin 7-Day Volatility Comes Alive As FTX Collapse Shakes Market

Data shows the Bitcoin 7-day volatility has come alive during the last week as the collapse of crypto exchange FTX has shaken up the market. Bitcoin 7-Day Volatility Has Spiked To Values Above 7% According to the latest weekly report from Arcane…

Report: Genesis Global Trading’s Lending Unit Suspends Withdrawals and New Loan Originations

Following Blockfi, Liquid Global, and Salt Lending halting withdrawals, reports indicate that Genesis Global Trading’s lending unit has halted customer withdrawals. Genesis’ interim chief executive officer Derar Islim said that the company’s…

Value Locked in Defi at Its Lowest Point Since March 2021, Smart Contract Tokens Shed $22 Billion in 36 Days

Smart contract platform tokens and decentralized finance (defi) protocols have taken a beating since the FTX collapse last week. The market capitalization of all the smart contract platform tokens in existence lost more than $22 billion during the…

Turkey’s Financial Intelligence Unit Launches Investigation Into FTX Collapse

The Turkish agency responsible for tackling money-related crime has initiated an investigation against troubled crypto exchange FTX. Days after the trading platform filed for bankruptcy in the United States, the department revealed it has been…

Relaunch of USAN — the Union of South American Nations — in Latam Profiles New Monetary Integration

A proposal for relaunching the currently defunct USAN, the Union of South American Nations, profiles a future monetary integration amongst the countries of the organization. The proposal, made by several former presidents of countries in Latam…