Inflation Sets News 40-Year High of 9.1%, Bitcoin Fights To Hold $19,000
CPI inflation data reached a 40-year high of 9.1% in June with the largest price increases occurring in the energy sector, seeing fuel and oil rising almost 100%. CPI inflation…
Bitcoin, The Purchasing Power Preserver
When fiat money’s music finally stops, the inflationary pressure must go somewhere — and to bitcoin, the hardest asset, it will go. This is an opinion editorial by Dan, cohost…
Crypto Exchange Bitso Launches Remittance Service in Colombia
Bitso, a Mexican-based, Latam operating cryptocurrency exchange, announced it is launching a remittance service in Colombia. The company will now allow its customers in Colombia to send and receive remittances…
Hacker Selling 1 Billion Chinese Citizens’ Data for 10 BTC, Zuckerberg’s Meta Ends Novi Project, and More — Bitcoin.com News Week in Review
In this week’s bite-sized digest of the hottest stories from Bitcoin.com News, a hacker claims to have stolen a massive amount of Chinese citizens’ personal data from Shanghai police, and…
Kenya Has Highest Proportion of Crypto Owning Citizens in Africa UNCTAD Data Shows
The latest data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) suggest that Kenya has the highest proportion of crypto-owning inhabitants than any other African country. To counter…
Fixing Broken Fiat Plumbing — Sharing A House Separated By Cantillon Privilege
A firefighter’s take on today’s precarious economic mechanics and how bitcoin steps in as an empowerment tool for the middle class. This is an opinion editorial by Dan, cohost of the…
Proof Of Resilience — Zimbabwe Can Use Bitcoin To Change Its Future
Zimbabwe, currently faced with incredible inflation and tough sanctions, could massively benefit from increased adoption of the open network of Bitcoin. The Small Steps To Resilience “Scalability is the essential…
Lebanon Inflation Rate Surges to 211%, Economist Steve Hanke Recommends a Currency Board
As political leaders in crisis-hit Lebanon bicker over positions in the yet-to-be-formed government, the country’s runaway inflation rate surged to 211% in May 2022, new data has shown. Economist Steve…
Is Bitcoin Afraid Of Big Bad Jerome Powell?
The Federal Reserve is acting on behalf of commercial banking interests to crush asset prices. Can bitcoin compete in a world of coordinated inflation? This is an opinion editorial by…