Striga is the first VASP to be approved since Estonia enacted a new legal framework restricting service providers in the bitcoin and crypto ecosystem.
Author: Shawn Amick
Bahrain Approves Bitcoin, Crypto Payments For Over 5,000 Merchants
Bahrain’s central bank approved a partnership between EazyPay and Binance enabling 5,000 POS and online payment gateways to accept bitcoin and crypto.
Riot, Blockware Solutions Explain How Bitcoin Becomes Medium-of-Exchange: Report
The report explores what Bitcoin needs to achieve in order to scale Bitcoin transactions to 7 billion people and what the process looks like over the next 20 years.
THNDR Launches Play-to-Earn Bitcoin Solitaire Game
THNDR’s new solitaire-style mobile game is the latest addition to its suite of familiar games that make onboarding to bitcoin easier in emerging markets.
White House Releases Bitcoin, Crypto Regulatory Framework
Following U.S. President Biden’s executive order, the White House published a framework for CBDC development and strict regulation of the ecosystem.
BigCommerce Launches Bitcoin Payments For 60,000 Merchants
The company partnered with BitPay and CoinPayments creating one-click integrations for merchants to accept bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments.
Greenpeace Intensifies Campaign Against Bitcoin Following Ethereum’s Merge
In addition to a $1 million ad budget, climate groups want to influence institutions such as Fidelity and BlackRock to push Bitcoin to switch from PoW to PoS.
Bitcoin Miner Hosting Provider River Purchases 3,000 More Miners
The miners will be mostly positioned at a wind farm in West Texas and thousands more miners are scheduled to deploy throughout 2022.
China Back Among Top 10 Countries In Bitcoin Usage Despite Ban
A new Chainalysis report shows last year’s ban hasn’t prevented the Chinese from using bitcoin as the country returns to the global adoption rank’s top 10.
ZEBEDEE, Slice Launch Browser Extension To Pay Users In Bitcoin For Web Surfing
The browser extension, once linked to a ZEBEDEE account, pays users for watching advertisements in redeemable points which can be exchanged for bitcoin.