[ad_1] US sanctions against Iran have had a paralyzing effect on the country. Now, Iranian bitcoin users feel the effects of such sanctions after the US government has announced actions against two bitcoin addresses used in ransomware attacks. Last Wednesday, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) …
Read More »The new cryptic encryption study shows the use of Bitcoin to facilitate severely reduced payments in 2018
[ad_2][ad_1] As a study published by Chainalysis at the beginning of this week, the use of Bitcoin (BTC) in connection with the facilitation of commercial payments is "significantly reduced this year". To prepare the aforementioned study, the Chainalysis research team examined 17 Bitcoin payment processors and the amount of BTC-related …
Read More »The looming increase in Fed interest rates could severely affect cryptocurrencies
[ad_2][ad_1] An increase in the interest rate offered by the Federal Reserve could hit hard deflationary cryptocurrencies, according to Robert Leshner, who spoke with Fortuna why he founded a company called Compound. Fed expected Hike interest rate In the interview, Leshner points out that cryptocurrency has so far only existed …
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