BITCOIN Archives - The Glitters Online https://theglittersonline.com.ng/tag/bitcoin/ A voice for the people Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:26:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 119911796 Man Who Lost $800m Bitcoin In Landfill Gets Funding To Buy The Garbage Dump https://theglittersonline.com.ng/garbage-dump/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:26:57 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=321717 Man Who Lost $800m Bitcoin In Landfill Gets Funding To Buy The Garbage Dump   Buried deep in a Welsh landfill, beneath layers of years-old garbage, there is a hard drive that holds the key to almost $800 million in bitcoin – or so James Howells believes, after accidentally throwing the drive away in 2013. […]

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]]> 321717 Central African Republic Passes Law To Implement Use Of Digital Currency https://theglittersonline.com.ng/digital-currency-2/ Tue, 30 May 2023 12:18:45 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=265597 Central African Republic Passes Law To Implement Use Of Digital Currency By AFP   The Central African Republic (CAR) has passed a law that allows foreign investment in cryptocurrencies, after last year adopting Bitcoin and its own digital currency, the Sango as legal tender. A bill was passed by acclamation, National Assembly president Simplice Mathieu Sarandji […]

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]]> 265597 Bitcoin Platform With Over One Million Nigerian Users Shuts Down https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin-6/ Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:02:00 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=261162 Bitcoin Platform With Over One Million Nigerian Users Shuts Down   Peer-to-peer Bitcoin platform, Paxful, with 1.5m users in Nigeria, has announced that it is shutting down its operations. This was disclosed by the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ray Youssef, in a blog post. He said, “Today, Paxful will be suspending its marketplace. We […]

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]]> 261162 Bitcoin, Ethereum, Others Push Up Crypto Market Value By $200bn https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin-5/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 20:57:55 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=215448 Bitcoin, Ethereum, Others Push Up Crypto Market Value By $200bn Bitcoin and the crypto market received a boost following revelations from Twitter TWTR +3% and Amazon AMZN +0.5% on plans to take cryptocurrency seriously, Forbes reports. Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey had on Thursday stated that his company has a future with Bitcoin. While speaking on Twitter’s second-quarter […]

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]]> 215448 Nigerians Will ‘Lead Bitcoin,’ Says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin-4/ Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:11:34 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=212487 Nigerians Will ‘Lead Bitcoin,’ Says Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey Sunday said “the people of Nigeria will lead bitcoin” despite the Nigerian authorities clamp down on the trading of cryptocurrencies. Dorsey’s take was a direct reaction to an oped written by NFL star Russell Okung in Bitcon Magazine Okung, a […]

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]]> 212487 El Salvador First Country To Approve Bitcoin As Legal Tender https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin-3/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 19:11:55 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=212263 El Salvador First Country To Approve Bitcoin As Legal Tender By AFP Bitcoin is to become legal tender in El Salvador, the country’s president said, making it the first nation to adopt a cryptocurrency for everyday use. Lawmakers in the Central American nation’s Congress passed a bill late Tuesday that will eventually allow the famously […]

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]]> 212263 Bitcoin Value Tumble After China’s Crackdown https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin-2/ Thu, 20 May 2021 06:04:15 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=210943 Bitcoin Value Tumble After China’s Crackdown Bitcoin’s value plunged on Wednesday after China signaled a new crackdown on the cryptocurrency, but its losses were cushioned after Tesla head Elon Musk spoke up on Twitter. The virtual currency fell to almost $30,000 — less than half the record value it reached last month — before climbing […]

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]]> 210943 Nigerians’ Appetite For Bitcoins Grows Despite Ban https://theglittersonline.com.ng/bitcoin/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 20:05:10 +0000 https://theglittersonline.com.ng/?p=207655 Nigerians’ Appetite For Bitcoins Grows Despite Ban When Nigerian office worker Chigoziri Okeke bought cryptocurrency for the first time in 2016, he was only looking to make an online payment. But the 10 percent gain on his wallet’s balance after a few days fired up the 27-year-old’s interest. Now, the Lagos resident has more than […]

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