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Fidelity, one of the world’s largest investment management service providers, has officially launched Bitcoin (BTC) trading for retail accounts. The service will allow retail investors to buy and sell BTC. Earlier this month, Fidelity announced a waiting list for digital asset trading accounts. At around the same time, it was revealed the investment giant was preparing to launch a Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading product for retail investors. The product, labeled Fidelity Crypto, would be com

South African food retailer, Pick n Pay, has announced that it will start accepting Bitcoin payments in 39 stores across major cities before gradually rolling out the feature to all of its 2,000 branches in the coming months.  The new payment gateway will allow customers to pay for groceries and other daily goods with Bitcoin. In return, the retailer charges a small service fee, around 70c in the local currency or $0.04. “The transaction is as easy and secure as swiping a debit or credit card,

Bitcoin derivatives exchange, Kollider, has raised $2.4 million, which it intends to use for expanding and building its own Lightning-native financial tools. The money was raised in a seed funding round featuring Lemniscap, Polychain Capital, Okex, Pfeffer Capital, Alemada Ventures, and other investors.  Lighting-native Derivatives Exchange The company’s core product is an exchange on the Lightning Network. It refers to this as “the world’s first Lightning-native derivatives exchange.”  “We

Google has partnered with Coinbase to allow customers to pay for cloud infrastructure with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The deal, which was announced at Google’s recent Cloud Next conference, will also see Coinbase move their data-related applications from Amazon Web Services to Google’s cloud infrastructure.  Earlier this year, Google Cloud announced the formation of teams to develop blockchain solutions. In May of 2022, Google indicated that it was exploring the possibility of adding s

The popular Bitcoin service provider, Swan Bitcoin, has acquired Specter Solutions, an open source product suite for Bitcoiners and developers, per a press release. The company believes the acquisition will help it service its users throughout their Bitcoin journey. In line with the move, Swan Bitcoin is launching a new division that focuses on open source and privacy-oriented tools.  Swan founder and CEO Cory Klippsten stated: Today, alongside the Specter Solutions team, we are launching Spe

USD coin (USDC) has experienced a notable 4.9% decline in its market capitalization during the past month. The stablecoin, which is the second largest token in the stablecoin economy, also accounts for about 5% of the entire Bitcoin and cryptocurrency economy.  Data shows that other stablecoins have performed positively over the past 30 days. USDT, which is the largest stablecoin by market valuation and accounting for 6.761% of the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency economy, experienced a 0.7% increase

Max Keidun, the CEO of Hodl Hodl, has partnered with Blockstream, Bitfinex, and other institutions to launch a decentralized platform for fiat and stablecoin loans. Known as Debifi, the new platform will allow users to borrow long-term loans in fiat and stablecoins using Bitcoin as collateral.  Debifi was announced during the Baltic HoneyBadger conference on September 3rd.  Max Keidun says this project is part of his dream “to get the banks to live by the Bitcoin standard.”  According to Keidu

El Salvador’s El Zonte beach is set to receive more than $203 million in investment from the government. The beach is an iconic location, better known as ‘Bitcoin Beach,’ due to El Salvador’s successful adoption of Bitcoin to create a local circular economy.  This investment represents efforts to improve the beach’s infrastructure and give tourists a better experience. It will see the addition of new businesses, roads, and support facilities.   In a statement released on August 26th, President