In a landmark decision reported by Cubadebate on April 10, 2025, the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) has for the first time authorized 10 specific companies to use cryptocurrency for settling international payments. This pivotal move signals a strategic shift in Cuba’s approach to global finance and domestic economic challenges. Consequently, it marks a significant
The geopolitical tensions are pressuring economies worldwide. The Philippine peso sank to 60.8 per dollar on Monday. The currency extended a March slide that has erased over 5% of its value. Bloomberg reported that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said its currency market intervention remains limited “to tempering large swings that could affect inflation
Bitcoin mining pioneer Wang Chun said he sold a condominium in Pattaya, Thailand, for 7 Bitcoin, a fraction of the 2,900 $BTC he paid for the property in 2015, highlighting the steep opportunity cost of early crypto spending. The F2Pool co-founder disclosed the transaction in a Tuesday X post. Chun bought the apartment in North
Ella Hough, a Cornell University senior and Bitcoin advocate, published an interactive calculator modeling Strategy’s STRC preferred stock as a retirement alternative to Social Security. Among Ivy League and top-tier schools, Cornell stands out as one of the largest in terms of scale and student body size while maintaining elite academic prestige. This is why
MicroStrategy holds 762,099 Bitcoin ($BTC) valued at roughly $51.5 billion, but a heated debate questions whether the firm could recover even half that amount in a liquidation. The company recently paused $BTC purchases for the first time in 13 weeks, with a shift toward STRC preferred shares highlighting focus on yield-driven funding over rapid accumulation.
For over a year, trading Hashdex’s diversified crypto ETF was like riding an amusement park without seatbelts. Investors could speculate, but if the market fell, there was little protection. That’s now changed. Options on the Hashdex Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF (NCIQ) went live on Nasdaq on Monday, providing investors a way to hedge, generate
Washington is building a cleaner lane for digital dollars, and the consequence for Bitcoin is becoming easier to map. Over the past year, U.S. lawmakers, regulators, and the White House have moved in the same direction. The GENIUS Act framework advanced in the Senate with language built around payment stablecoins, reserve backing, consumer protection, and
Keyrock, a Brussels-based digital asset services firm, has raised a Series C round led by SC Ventures, the venture arm of Standard Chartered, at a valuation of $1.1 billion, the company said in a press release Tuesday. Ripple, which provides blockchain-based enterprise infrastructure, also participated in the fundraising as an existing backer. The funding round
With global uncertainty reaching historic highs and tensions escalating in the Middle East, leading figures in the financial world discussed the major disruptions in Bitcoin, gold, and oil markets. Strategists who came together on the channel “The Wolf Of All Streets” examined the new economic era awaiting investors. Highlighting the extreme uncertainty in the markets,
Bitcoin has jumped 2% this week, but shaky demand-supply dynamics and rising “real” interest rates could limit the rally. Last week, CoinDesk noted that inflows into spot ETFs have cooled, pointing to renewed institutional apathy. Further, stablecoin growth has stalled, signaling a lack of fresh fiat inflows. The figures look alarming compared to the supply