Bitcoin News and Finance: What You Need to Know

A recent Central Bank of Nigeria survey reveals that Nigerian businesses expect the naira to weaken further before strengthening in late 2024 or early 2025. This pessimism comes despite the CBN injecting millions into the forex market. The naira’s depreciation has fueled inflation, sparking protests. While most businesses are pessimistic about the naira’s immediate future, […]

The Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) has partnered with Zone, a decentralized payment infrastructure company, to improve its payment services. NIBSS will use Zone’s blockchain technology to streamline its Payment Terminal Service Aggregation (PTSA) operations. Both NIBSS and Zone believe that blockchain technology can revolutionize the financial sector and enhance regulatory oversight. NIBSS Enhances Payment […]

Bitcoin reached an impressive peak of $64,853 per unit on Friday, spurred by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at Jackson Hole, where he hinted at the possibility of rate cuts in September. The cryptocurrency showed a 5.3% increase in the past day, contributing to a 5.01% rise in the overall crypto market, which […]

The National Power Administration of Paraguay (ANDE) has recently detected and seized an illegal bitcoin mining operation hosting 693 miners. ANDE inspectors detected a tampered meter that failed to register all the energy consumed by the equipment connected to the power grid. The detection was carried out using SCADA systems. Paraguay Keeps Chasing Illegal Bitcoin […]