Bitcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

A crypto company working with the central bank of Norway has published the source code for the sandbox created to trial the digital version of the Nordic nation’s fiat currency. The prototype digital krone is being built on the Ethereum network and the regulator wants to test various technologies and evaluate the potential impact on financial stability. Norges Bank, Nahmii Fintech Provide Access to Source Code for CBDC Sandbox Developed for Norway Norway’s monetary authority, Norges Bank, and the Norwegian company Nahmii AS have made public the source code for the sandbox for the Scandinavian country’s central bank digital currency ( CBDC ). The two are working together on the prototype of the state-issued coin. The code is now available on Github, offered under an open-source Apache 2.0 license, Nahmii recently announced in a blog post on its website. The fintech’s main task is to create a sandbox environment with open-sourced services for the digital krone. “This allows for the ...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has slammed Pierre Poilievre, the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, for telling people that they can “opt out of inflation” by investing in cryptocurrencies. Trudeau claims that his Conservative rival’s crypto advice is not “responsible leadership.” Justin Trudeau Calls Pierre Poilievre’s Crypto Advice Irresponsible Leadership Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about cryptocurrency in a speech Monday before the first full caucus meeting of the three-day Cabinet retreat in Vancouver for Liberal parliament members. After congratulating Conservative member of parliament Pierre Poilievre for winning his party’s leadership on Saturday, Trudeau criticized his new rival’s politics, calling it irresponsible. The Canadian prime minister also attacked Poilievre’s advice about cryptocurrency. Referring to Poilievre’s suggestion to Canadians that investing in bitcoin could allow them to “opt out” of inflation, Trudeau stressed: ...

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The head trader of a $100 million global cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme has pleaded guilty and is facing up to five years in prison, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). “The defendants allegedly misappropriated large sums of investors’ money to lease a Lamborghini, shop at Tiffany & Co., make a payment on a second home, and more.” Empiresx’s Head Trader Pleads Guilty The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that Joshua David Nicholas has pleaded guilty for his role as the “head trader” in a “global cryptocurrency investment fraud scheme that amassed approximately $100 million from investors.” The 28-year-old Florida man admitted that he and others made numerous misrepresentations about Empiresx, a purported cryptocurrency platform, to investors, including promising “guaranteed” returns and claiming that Empiresx operated a trading bot that used artificial and human intelligence to maximize profitability for investors. The DOJ detailed: Instead, Emp...

With a total search score of 377, Singapore is the top-ranked nation among countries most interested in the Ethereum blockchain’s upcoming The Merge, a new Coingecko study has found. The same study also found that among the top eight ranked countries, proof-of-work (PoW) related searches are 169% higher than PoS (proof-of-stake) searches. ETH Merge Searches According to a new Coingecko study seeking to determine the countries most interested in the Ethereum ( ETH ) Merge event , Singapore tops the list “with a total search score of 377.” The country was found to have the highest search levels for the phrases “Ethereum Merge,” “ ETH Classic,” and “Ethereum” worldwide. Canada and Switzerland are tied in second place with a score of 286. As per the study’s findings, while Switzerland mostly searched for “ ETH ” and “ ETH Merge,” Canada, on the other hand, scored the highest in terms of “ ETH POW,” the acronym for the ethereum proof-of-work consensus mechanism. The research study,...

According to the National Bank of Ethiopia’s directive, which became effective on September 5, persons entering and departing the country in possession of local currency are now subject to new restrictions. Individuals may not hold local currency whose value exceeds $57.00 or 3,000 birr. The directive also sets conditions and circumstances under which Ethiopian residents and non-residents may possess and use foreign currency. Converting All Foreign Currency at Authorized Forex Bureaus The Ethiopian central bank recently issued a directive which sets a limit on the amount of the birr that “a person entering into and departing from Ethiopia” may have in their possession. In addition, the directive, which became effective on September 5, sets conditions and circumstances under which Ethiopian residents and non-residents may possess and use foreign currency. In a statement, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) outlines the exact value of both the birr and foreign currency that residents...

Guests staying at Palazzo Versace Dubai have, since September 7, had an option to settle payment for services rendered via cryptocurrency. The hotel also plans to add the crypto payment option to its e-commerce platforms to enable guests to pay for gift vouchers using digital currencies. Cryptocurrency Infrastructure Provider A luxury hotel based in Dubai, Palazzo Versace, recently said it would allow guests to pay for services offered at its premises using cryptocurrency. As stated in a Business Traveller report, starting on September 7, guests staying at Palazzo Versace Dubai are able to settle their respective hotel bills using bitcoin, ethereum, and binance coin ( BNB ). According to the report , Binance, one of the world’s largest crypto exchange platforms, is the luxury hotel’s “cryptocurrency infrastructure provider.” Besides allowing guests to use crypto when paying for dining, stays and spa experiences, the hotel will also accept crypto payments from guests using its e-com...