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FTT Breaks $1 Support for the First Time Since FTX Collapsed, Token Struggles With Dwindling Trade Volume

Despite FTX’s collapse last month, the trading platform’s crypto token FTT had managed to not plummet all the way down to zero, and surprisingly it hovered below the $2 per unit region after Nov. 12, 2022. For 38 days FTT remained above the $1 per…

Bank of Japan’s Kuroda Shocks Markets by Raising the Benchmark Rate to 0.5% From 0.25%

The Japanese yen is up 3.42% against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday as the Bank of Japan surprised the world by deciding to allow the benchmark interest rate to rise to 0.5% from 0.25%. The Japanese central bank was one of the only banks worldwide to…

Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Reaches Debt Restructuring Deal With NYDIG

The deal will involve NYDIG taking ownership of miners, with the aim to lessen chances of a bankruptcy.Greenidge Generation, a bitcoin miner operating in New York, has reached a restructuring agreement for the $74.4 million debt with its lender…

The Africa Bitcoin Conference Showed That Africa Needs Bitcoin, Just As Bitcoin Needs Africa

This month’s Africa Bitcoin Conference underscored the need for Bitcoin on the continent and the progress of grassroots projects there.This is an opinion editorial by Josef Tětek, the Trezor brand ambassador for SatoshiLabs.The inaugural Africa…

Report: Nigerian Lawmakers Set to Pass Law That Diminishes Central Bank Influence on Crypto

Nigeria is expected to designate cryptocurrency as capital for investment if the country’s House of Representatives votes to approve a bill that seeks to amend the Investments and Securities Act of 2007, a report has said. A Nigerian…

Layer 2 Labs Raises $3M At Launch To Supercharge Bitcoin's Ecosystem

The firm, led by BIP 300 and BIP 301 author Paul Sztorc, is on a mission to bring privacy, scalability and better UX solutions to Bitcoin.Layer 2 Labs is launching with the goal of scaling and building out drivechains for the Bitcoin Network. The…