CRYPTO

Authored by Nik Hoffman via BitcoinMagazine.com,

Nigeria has taken drastic measures in to attempt to stabilize its plummeting national currency, the naira, by blocking access to major cryptocurrency exchanges, reported the Financial Times.

This move comes as the Nigerian government attempts to crack down on currency speculation amid record lows for the naira.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) issued orders to telecoms companies late on Wednesday to (more…)

Authored by Daniel Lacalle,

The main central banks have been deliberating on the concept of introducing a digital currency. However, many citizens fail to grasp the rationale behind it when the majority of transactions in major global currencies are carried out electronically. Nevertheless, a central bank digital currency is much more than electronic money. I will explain why.

Central banks are raising interest rates and enacting restrictive monetary policies as quickly as (more…)

Authored by Pete Rizzo via BItcoin Magazine.com,

Satoshi Nakamoto's earliest collaborator Martii 'Sirius' Malmi has released his entire email correspondence with Bitcoin's creator.

Spurred by an ongoing lawsuit in the U.K., the new emails are the most significant addition to the canon of what we know about Bitcoin's still anonymous creator. 

Here are the most important new findings.

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