#Mainstream Adoption News

Turkey could be ready to Launch National Digital Currency in 2020

November 6, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins

Turkey’s central bank is reportedly looking to finalize testing protocols for its proposed national digital currency. With economic struggles worsening in the country, the move might signal an attempt by the government to gain a foothold in the emerging digital landscape. Meanwhile, bitcoin adoption continues to grow in the country...

Bitcoin ATMs Becoming Increasingly Commonplace in U.S. State of Michigan

Coinsquare to Upgrade Traditional ATMs for Bitcoin Purchase

July 4, 2019 by Anthonia Isichei at News

According to a press release from July 3, 2019, Coinsquare, in conjunction with Just Cash, will use a software that would update millions of traditional ATMs and enable them to purchase bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Through this upgrade, more users would have access to virtual currency via a well-known mechanism....

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Cryptocurrency and Cannabis: Risky Investments with a Twist

June 12, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Investment, News

While classifying investments based on growth potential and risks, investors tend to cluster cryptocurrency, cannabis, and biotech together. While cryptocurrency has several more dimensions of risk, Rob Wertheimer of Melius Research gave a strong point of difference between cannabis and cryptocurrency in an interview with Yahoo Finance, June 11, 2019. Consumer...

Cryptocurrency Business Use “Reverse Merger” to Enter Mainstream Markets

February 23, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Business, Finance, News

Staying true to their creative nature, several cryptocurrency businesses, especially the exchange platforms are following the “reverse merger” approach to move close to mainstream markets, reports South China Morning Post, February 22, 2019. Taking the Back-Door Entry Leave it to the brains in the crypto industry to circumvent any obstacle...

New Web Extension Allows Users to Tip on Twitter With Bitcoin

February 20, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Adoption, Bitcoin, Business, News

Tippin, a Lightning Network (LN) platform, launched a Chrome extension that enables Google browser users to send Bitcoin payments on Twitter, EJ Insight reported on February 19, 2019. Lightning Twitter Tips Despite the incredibly cold crypto winter that has only recently started to slow down, the push for mainstream crypto...

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Bitfury Unveil Tools to Promote Bitcoin Lightning Network Adoption

January 24, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Adoption, Blockchain, News, Tech

Bitfury’s Lightning Peach team has launched a series of products including an open-source Lightning Network-powered bitcoin wallet, a hardware terminal, a suite of developer tools and more, aimed at promoting the adoption of the Bitcoin Lightning network, according to a Medium Blog post on January 23, 2019. Package Production In...