by Peter Koenig for the Saker blog The other day I was in a shopping mall looking for an ATM to get some cash. There was no ATM. A week ago, there was still a branch office of a local bank ...

Bitcoin dipped as little as ₦4,692,075 ($12,855) Friday morning as traders watch a steep new correction unfold across cryptocurrency markets. From highs of ₦7.28 Mln over ($20,000) on some exchanges last weekend, Bitcoin tumbled by as much as 30 percent, ...

China and Nigeria lead the world’s peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin transactions in the year 2017 outpacing major European countries, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, according to data from LocalBitcoins.com. Despite the clampdown on bitcoin exchanges and orders ...

BTC holders will get B2X in ‎the ratio of 1 to 1, and numerous Satoshi ‎Nakamoto`s bitcoins. ‎   Supporters of Bitcoin’s controversial SegWit2X hard fork have just announced that the split will soon be revived, based on a record ...

Bitcoin has cemented its glory year by hitting ₦7.28 Mln ($20,000) barely a month after achieving five figures for the  time in history. After many weeks of considerable volatility, mixing rapid growth with sudden declines, momentum finally boosted Bitcoin to its ...

Today Bitcoin surged past ₦5.096 mln ($14,000) level, topping out at ₦5.241 mln ($14,400) for a ₦910k ($2,500) gain within a day. This makes today the biggest one-day gain in the annals of the currency. To place it in perspective, ...

Bitcoin temporarily hit ₦4,356,000 ($12,000) and a ₦72,600 bln ($200 bln) market cap Tuesday before correcting as prices continue their remarkable week-long surge. As major exchanges such as for instance Coinbase, Bitstamp, Kraken and others trade around ₦4,368,000 ($12,000) at ...

by Ramin Mazaheri for the Saker blog Some are talking of “fear and euphoria” in the crypto-currency world, but what’s to fear? Last month Bitcoin’s multi-year existential crisis was surprisingly resolved with only a couple days of panicking. In short, those who wanted ...

Bitcoin has finally surmounted the maximum psychological barrier of, passing  ₦3,640,000  ($10,000) and showing no signs of stopping. Carrying out a week of consolidating at all-time high levels around ₦2,912,000 ($8,000), Bitcoin found the strength to go up powerfully during ...