Gibraltar Financial News

03.10 / 16:29

Adoption Lightning Network lightning Bitcoin network bitcoin lightning Bitcoin Lightning Network capacity strikes 5,000 BTC

Bear markets are for building out capacity on the layer-2 Lightning Network. Despite macroeconomic headwinds and sluggish price action, the Lightning Network, the layer-2 payments solution fo Bitcoin (BTC), continues to flourish.

30.09 / 00:03

Adoption Lightning Network Bitcoin network bitcoin lightning Why this tiny country is adopting the Bitcoin Lightning Network

Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall visited the country of Gibraltar to explore Bitcoin adoption on The Rock, as the peninsula is known locally, and how the adoption of bitcoin for shopping in the territory is impacting business.

09.09 / 15:09

Platform Huobi Bitcoin Huobi wins license in the British Virgin Islands, no timeline for the UK yet

Major cryptocurrency exchange Huobi continues to expand its global footprint by entering the British Virgin Islands, a British Overseas Territory.

19.08 / 16:17

cryptocurrency Bitcoin end Valereum To End Bitcoin Mining To Focus On Gibraltar Exchange

The price of bitcoin, the biggest cryptoasset token, has crashed in recent months by some 70%.

02.08 / 17:29

Adoption Binance Bitcoin Rock on, Gibraltar: Pro-crypto regulation pulls Binance and big players

Gibraltar's 6.8km2 territory houses 35,000 people and several large international crypto companies. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, ruled by the United Kingdom and an important gateway to Europe, is an attractive jurisdiction for distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or simply crypto.

01.08 / 15:35

Adoption regulation Bitcoin Huobi gets green light as exchange provider in Australia

Crypto exchange Huobi can begin offering cryptocurrency exchange services in Australia after its registration as a digital currency exchange provider with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) on Aug. 1. This means Huobi can now offer fiat to cryptocurrency trading services in the country.

28.07 / 19:08

Adoption regulation Bitcoin ‘I have Bitcoin for the benefit of my kids,’ says Gibraltar MP

Located in Europe, on the southern tip of Spain, the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar is a bubbling hotbed of cryptocurrency adoption.

27.07 / 00:19

Adoption Lightning Network lightning Bitcoin boost The Costa’ Bitcoin on the rise: Major chains give Gibraltar a BTC boost

“But you can’t buy a coffee with Bitcoin,” the Bitcoin (BTC) critics chanted. Gibraltar, a tiny British Overseas Territory in Europe just blew a hole in that FUD as popular coffee chain Costa Coffee now accepts Bitcoin over Lightning.

06.07 / 13:31

BLOCK Platform coinbase ABRA Bullish.com to Layoff Staff amid Market Downturn

Cryptocurrency exchange Bullish.com has joined other crypto companies in making layoffs to tackle the massive market downturn.

06.07 / 03:27

cryptocurrency Crime privacy Smuggling Spanish Police Spends USD 115K on Crypto Monitoring Technology to Fight Drug Smuggling

The Spanish police force has announced that it will invest in tech platforms that will help officers catch drug traffickers who make use of cryptoassets.

17.05 / 18:05

LGBT gay rights European Union LGBT+ couple's stateless baby should be given birth certificate, rules court

The stateless baby of a married LGBT+ couple should be issued with a birth certificate, a court in Bulgaria has ruled.

30.04 / 03:21

FIVE Aware Southern BitStamp EU and UK represent a unique challenge for crypto adoption: Report

A new crypto study has found that major obstacles await crypto adoption across the world. Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency exchange, carried out the survey of over 23000 retail and 5000 institutional respondents. Major obstacles have been pointed out in the study for different regions across the world.

28.04 / 18:33

Technology Bitcoin Threat Spain seeks to calm Algeria after threat to cut natural gas supplies

Spain has assured Algeria that it will not send its imported supplies of natural gas to Morocco or "a third destination".

27.04 / 15:49

Blockchain UPS Digital Southern Bitcoin Gibraltar became a hub for crypto — now it wants to tackle attempts to manipulate the market

Gibraltar has unveiled new regulations for the cryptocurrency industry, taking aim at potential market manipulation and insider trading in the fast-evolving space.

27.04 / 15:11

Government Law regulation Gibraltar rolls out new virtual asset regulation to combat market abuse

The British overseas territory of Gibraltar introduced a new regulatory package for distributed ledger technology (DLT) service providers. The document elaborates on the responsibilities of crypto businesses in regards to threats of market manipulation and insider trading.

20.04 / 16:41

security Exchange services Crypto Exchange Currency.com Attacked After Halting Services in Russia

Currency.com, a Belarus-based online crypto trading platform, said it became a target of a failed cyber-attack on the day the exchange announced it was halting services for residents of Russia.

14.04 / 23:55

business Blockchain Adoption Binance Binance CEO explains what he's most excited about in 2022

During Paris Blockchain Week, Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, the largest centralized cryptocurrency exchange in the world, sat down with Cointelegraph reporter Joe Hall for an exclusive interview. When asked about what excites him the most in crypto in 2022, Zhao said "We're now seeing regulators who want to be a part of this industry. So I think that's one of the most fundamental things we've shifted."

13.04 / 14:57

Exchange Ukraine war Belarus-Based Crypto Exchange Bans Russian Clients Amid Ukraine Invasion

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to draw businesses away from the aggressor's economy, the Minsk-based crypto exchange Currency.com is joining the expanding list of companies that decided to withhold their services from Russia’s residents.

13.04 / 00:53

business Belarus-born crypto platform halts operations for Russians in response to invasion of Ukraine

Crypto trading company Currency.com has announced it halted operations for clients based in Russia following the country’s “violence and disorder” imposed on the people of Ukraine.

11.04 / 14:11

cryptocurrency Binance coinbase BitMEX How the Crypto Industry is Increasingly Paying Its Share of Tax

Crypto is now a billion-dollar industry. While reports covering the entire sector are patchy and overly conservative, filings from individual companies speak to the growing scale of crypto, with Coinbase and Blockchain.com alone generating USD 7.35bn and USD 1.5bn in revenue in 2021, respectively.

11.02 / 13:21

Technology aids Smuggling Spanish police bust drugs ring 'simulating orca attacks' to aid smuggling into ports

Spanish police say they have dismantled a drug trafficking ring who simulated boat damage, and even orca attacks, to get towed into ports and smuggle in hashish.

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