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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Says Citizens Paying for Gas With the Chivo Wallet Will Get a Discount
3.10.2021
The Salvadoran president, Nayib Bukele revealed on Friday that Chivo wallet users will be able to get a discount on petroleum fill-ups at the largest gas stations in the country. Chivo wallet users paying for fuel will save $0.20 per gallon using the government’s crypto wallet. Salvadoran...
‘Faster and Cheaper Cross-Border Transfers’ — Banking Report Led by BIS Highlights the Benefits of Cryptocurrency
30.9.2021
According to a report published by the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) and a group of central banks, digital currencies can lead to faster settlement and cheaper transfers. Moreover, the banking group leveraged a prototype that shows how money transfers can be done in seconds with very...
Fintech Firm Centbee Graduates From South African Regulatory Sandbox
24.9.2021
Fintech firm Centbee recently announced it has successfully completed the testing of its cross-border remittance application, Minit Money. The testing of the application was carried out within the framework of the South African Intergovernmental Fintech Working Group (IFWG)’s regulatory...
Ethereum Transfer Fees Drop From Recent Highs, L2 ETH Solutions Between 46-97% Cheaper
13.9.2021
At the end of August, Ethereum network gas costs skyrocketed and tapped a high of $59 per transaction on September 7, according to the average transaction fee spent on that day. The median fee for an ether transaction on September 7 was around $20 per transaction. Days later, ether transaction fees...
Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa to Trial Cross-Border Digital Currency Payments
3.9.2021
The central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Republic of South Africa have set out to test the use of state-issued digital currencies in cross-border payments. The trial, led by the Bank for International Settlements, aims to establish whether they can simplify transactions and make...
Gluwa Joins with Consensys’ ITX for 15% Cheaper Transactions
2.9.2021
Technological advancement, be it a finance sector or any other, has impacted various platforms. While some platforms constantly try to upgrade their current functionalities, some innovative contributors strive to take their activities to an altogether new level. Such companies are known to leave...
Travala: Cheaper Booking with Crypto
12.8.2021
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South African Start-Up Aims To Shield Merchants From Crypto Price Swings
5.8.2021
While opponents of cryptocurrencies continue to peddle the environmental damage or the terrorism funding narrative, users from countries where the majority is financially excluded see these as a breakthrough innovation. Crypto Utility Inspires Volatility Solutions For instance, to undocumented...
Better, faster, cheaper: How DeFi will kill the retail bank
25.6.2021
The battle for global consumer deposits is going to be the fight of the century. But to vanquish old-fashioned banks, the DeFi sector needs to up its game
Valve Really Doesn't Want You Using VPNs To Get Cheaper Games
24.6.2021
Ever since Valve began selling Steam games with different prices for different markets, people who live in the more expensive regions have been trying to find ways to get cheaper video games. Ways that Valve knows about, and is continuing to quietly crack down on.Read more
Bitcoin Crackdown Leads To Cheaper Graphics Cards In China
22.6.2021
With graphics cards seeming harder to get than ever, China’s stricter measures against Bitcoin mining have led to lower prices online in the country. Read more
Are Wall Street Giants Playing the 'Make-Bitcoin-Cheaper' Game Again?
30.4.2021
Goldman Sachs Tower, is a 238 m, 42-story building in Jersey City, New Jersey. Source: Adobe/rabbit75_fot
It seems that the Wall Street actors may be playing the same game seen in January - bashing bitcoin (BTC) when it looks relatively weak, while and/or before doing their own BTC-related move....
Sale of MTI Bitcoins in South Africa Briefly Wipes out Premium Buyers
22.4.2021
The premium or arbitrage gap on bitcoin in South Africa recently turned negative following the offloading of coins worth over $75 million by liquidators of MTI. As a result of the temporary supply glut, buying bitcoins on local South African exchanges briefly became cheaper than buying on overseas...
'Not a cheaper Bitcoin' — Bitcoin Gold soars 173% as traders may be buying the wrong BTG
9.4.2021
Investors could be mistakenly linking the bank with the 2017 Bitcoin hard fork, causing a spike in price and trading action
Apple's AirPods Pro Are Just $160 Refurbished at Best Buy
24.3.2021
Apple AirPods Pro (Refurbished) | $160 | Best BuyApple AirPods Pro | $200 | AmazonRead more
New version of 1inch’s DEX aggregator makes it cheaper than Uniswap
16.3.2021
Using 1inch’s new aggregator saves gas over using Uniswap or other DEXs directly
OKEx Exchange to Integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network for Faster, Cheaper Transactions
2.2.2021
High on-chain fees and transaction times for bitcoin can be off-putting to users, the exchange said
DMEX Integrates xDAI for Cheap Decentralized Perpetual Contracts With up to 100x Leverage and No KYC
22.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. In response to rising gas prices during the last weeks, DMEX has moved its trade processing to xDAI sidechain that allows for much cheaper transaction recording. Customer funds are still stored on an Ethereum smart contract, the trade recording, however, is now performed on xDAI....
Bitcoin Transaction Fees Soar 550% in a Month, BCH, Dash Transactions Much Cheaper
11.8.2020
The cost of sending a transaction over the Bitcoin network rose sharply over the past month, as the price of the top cryptocurrency climbed higher. According to latest data from Bitinfocharts, the average bitcoin (BTC) transaction fee soared by as much as 547% in the month to August 6, rising from...
Data Shows the ‘Cheaper Altcoins Make Higher Returns’ Myth Is Flawed
13.7.2020
Many investors believe that buying the cheapest altcoins produces greater returns during rallies but is this true?