Caliza Raises $8.5 Million to Ease Cross Border Payments Using USDC in Latam
Caliza, a fintech company headquartered in the U.S. but focused on Latam, has raised $8.5 million in a funding round led by Initialized,...
Nigeria Police Arrest Self-Proclaimed Crypto Billionaire on Charges of Cryptocurrency Fraud and Terrorism Funding
On July 16, the Nigeria Police Force confirmed the arrest of Linus Williams, a self-proclaimed crypto billionaire also known as Blord. Williams faces...
Crypto Market Cap Drops 14.4% in Q2 2024, Report Shows
The total crypto market cap decreased by 14.4% in the second quarter this year, ending at $2.43 trillion, while the S&P 500 increased...
Ripple Donates $1 Million to New Super PAC Seeking to Unseat Senator Elizabeth Warren
Ripple Labs has donated $1 million to the Commonwealth Unity Fund, a new super PAC established by pro-crypto attorney James Murphy, aiming to...
Erik Voorhees Warns of Financial Apocalypse — Advises Best Thing Trump Can Do
Erik Voorhees, founder of Shapeshift, has warned about the U.S. national debt’s catastrophic trajectory. He foresees a bond market collapse and ruination, calling...
Tanzania Seeks to Shore up Local Currency With Directive Mandating Tourists to Use Shillings
Tanzania’s Ministry of Tourism and Natural Resources has mandated that all fees in the tourism sector must be paid in local currency, aligning...
Argentina Defines Rules for Normalization of Previously Undeclared Assets, Including Cryptocurrency
Argentina has recently released the rules that will govern the previously approved legislative package affecting the inclusion of cryptocurrency and other undeclared assets...
Hermetica Introduces Bitcoin-Backed Synthetic Dollar on Bitcoin L1
Bitcoin-based decentralized finance (defi) protocol Hermetica has launched its BTC-backed synthetic dollar, USDH, on Bitcoin’s layer one (L1) through the Runes protocol. The...
Craig Wright’s Web Portal Removes False Claims, Site States He is Not Bitcoin’s Founder
As news emerged about British High Court Judge James Mellor’s referral to prosecute Craig Wright for perjury, Wright’s website, craigwright.net, now displays a...
Google Trends Shows Ethereum Interest Rising Rapidly as ETF Launch Approaches
According to recent statistics from July 16, 2024, Google Trends data reveals a significant increase in interest for the term “ethereum,” climbing from...