Venezuelan Government Launches State Backed Crypto Remittance Platform
After imposing new tax regulations on incoming remittances, the Venezuelan government launched its own remittance platform. However, the only supported currencies, besides the Venezuelan Bolivar (VES), are Bitcoin and Litecoin. Migrant workers abroad can send...
Bitcoin Transactions Reaching All Time Highs
The amount of confirmed Bitcoin transactions have been steadily rising, reaching levels that were only seen during the cryptocurrency craze of late 2017, the data is available on blockchain.com. This is a clear sign that Bitcoin and blockchain technology adoption is...
Bitcoin First Transaction 10th Anniversary
Ten years ago today, on January 12th, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto sent Hal Finney 10 bitcoins as a test. It was the first Bitcoin transaction ever made. Today, more than 280,000 transactions per day are processed on the Bitcoin blockchain. Hal Finney was a respected...
First Bitcoin Tweet
Hal Finney was an Engineer who worked in the computer gaming and cyber security industry. He was a Cryptographic Activist and created the first reusable proof of work system before Bitcoin. On January 10, 2009 he posted the very first tweet about Bitcoin. Hal Finney...