Hashbon Launches Its HASH Token and Gets Listed on Coinsbit
PRESS RELEASE. Established in 2016, Hashbon aims to provide payment services for both business and individual clients. One of the key differences between Hashbon and other crypto payment providers is that Hashbon charges 0% commission for crypto payments processing. Buyers pay and sellers receive exactly the same amount of cryptocurrencies that they are transacting to one another. The platform supports over 30 cryptocurrencies,...
Central Bank of Nigeria Governor Defends Decision to Exclude Crypto Players, Says the Order Is ‘in the Best Interests of Nigerians’
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has defended the apex bank’s decision to exclude cryptocurrency transactions from the banking ecosystem. In his testimony before the Nigerian Senate, Emefiele claimed that the February 5 directive is “in the best interests of Nigerians.” Crypto Not Money Immediately following the announcement of the CBN prohibition, Nigeria’s regulated financial institutions began to...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger Advises Investors to Never Buy Bitcoin or Gold
Berkshire Hathaway’s vice chairman and Warren Buffett’s long-time business partner, Charlie Munger, has advised investors not to buy bitcoin or gold. He believes the cryptocurrency is too volatile to serve well as a medium of exchange. Munger also says he doesn’t know which is worse between Elon Musk’s Tesla reaching $1 trillion in market cap or bitcoin hitting $50,000. Billionaire Investor Charlie Munger Thinks Bitcoin Is Too...
High Court Orders UK ISPs to Block Stream-Ripping & Cyberlocker Sites
As reported earlier this month, a group of record labels under the umbrella of the British Recorded Music Industry Ltd (BPI) and Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL), appeared at the High Court with a request for the country’s major ISPs to block several stream-ripping sites. In comments to TorrentFreak, BPI General Counsel Kiaron Whitehead confirmed that a process had taken place via an online hearing on February 3, 2021, with the aim...
Italian Police Obtain Preventative Seizure Order Targeting 10 ‘Pirate Sites’
Over the past several years Italian authorities have been applying increasing pressure to multiple aspects of the piracy ecosystem. Those involved in the illegal distribution of movies, TV shows and live sports are the most common targets but in response to a push from local publishing companies, suppliers of pirated newspapers and periodicals are also prone to enforcement measures. New Operation Targeting Distributors of Editorial...
