This week on @btcpeople

šŸ“ˆ https://t.co/JfF5h3b5TF — BITCOINPEOPLE.ORG (@btcpeople) October 1, 2021 šŸ‘€ https://t.co/dBxdkz1BGW — BITCOINPEOPLE.ORG (@btcpeople) October 1, 2021 šŸ”® @theRealKiyosaki: "So when it comes down, and itā€™s going to bring everything down with it, thatā€™s when Iā€™m going to be buying more gold, silver, and #bitcoin.ā€https://t.co/HAgNaR2WWu — BITCOINPEOPLE.ORG (@btcpeople) October 2, 2021 šŸ‡ØšŸ‡³ Digital Yuan.https://t.co/Oi2cu7VuqJ — BITCOINPEOPLE.ORG […]

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Blockchain in Asia

Since Xi Jinping called it a core technology in 2019, blockchain has been driving change across China’s ports, cities, and grasslands. Forkast.News with support from the Judith Neilson Instituteā€™s Asian Stories project explores how blockchain and Chinaā€™s Blockchain-based Service Network is defining today how it could be used tomorrow.

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People in S. Korea can now use Bitcoin in more than 70,000 shops, including CVS, cafes

For the first time, Bitcoin can now be used in everyday life in South Korea. According to Danal Fintech Monday,ā€¦ customers can now pay with Bitcoin by converting it into South Korea’s digital currency Paycoin, using its app. It’s accepted in more than 70-thousand stores,… including CU, 7-Eleven, Holly’s Coffee and Kyobo Book Store. Danal […]

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The world’s largest everĀ bitcoinĀ transaction has just taken place

The world’s largest ever bitcoin transaction has just taken place, with just over $1 billion (Ā£802 million) worth of cryptocurrency transferred between accounts. The single transaction of 94,504 bitcoins represents around 0.5 per cent of all bitcoins currently in existence, and it has left analysts confused by who made it and for what purpose.

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A Bitcoin ATM Could Be Coming To A Gas Station Or Vape Store Near You

When bitcoin’s price skyrocketed last year, suddenly a bunch of people wanted to get in on the action but didn’t know how. But the currency’s shady origins and digital only echo-system isolated it from a whole swath of interested investors. Soon start-ups set about trying to bridge the gap between the digital and physical world, […]

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Venezuela begins selling oil-backed cryptocurrency

Venezuela formally launches its new oil-backed cryptocurrency in an unconventional bid to haul itself out of a deepening economic crisis. The leftist Caracas government puts 38.4 million units of the world’s first state-backed digital currency, the Petro, on private pre-sale from the early hours.

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Inside cryptocurrency in South Korea

It’s the premium that comes and goes — what is the (in)famous Kimchi Premium? Our brand-new kĆ© radar videos kick off with staff writer Raphael Rashid explaining the ins and outs of South Korea’s volatile cryptocurrency market (and regulations).

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Cryptocurrencies under the spotlight in Davos

It’s been described as a bubble about to burst, a way of laundering money and also as the future of finance. At the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Switzerland this week, the spotlight fell on digital currencies like Bitcoin, and the technology on which they are built. Al Jazeera’s Jonah Hull reports from Davos.

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97% of bitcoin holders are male

By Dunca Stewart, Director of Research at Deloitte Canada “Where The Boys Are” isn’t just a great Connie Francis song. It’s also a breathtakingly accurate description of who invests in cryptocurrencies. The chart above shows that as of this week, more than 24 out every 25 people engaging in Bitcoin is male. That 3.4% is […]

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