The Russian central bank is planning to slow down payments to cryptocurrency exchanges and combat suspicious cryptocurrency activities.

Regulatory pressure on crypto-backed trading platforms is intensifying in the United States. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States wants cryptocurrency exchange platforms to register with them.

In ten days, the Japanese crypto exchange TAOTAO will start trading XRP; the exchange recently merged with SBI VC Trade, which is owned by a major Ripple partner.

The cryptocurrency token CRO (Crypto.com Coin), which is the exchange's native cryptocurrency token, will be used to pay a significant portion of the sponsorship fee for Paris-based football club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).

The "flash crash" that dragged bitcoin (BTC-USD) back below $50,000 this week — and sent other digital coins falling in its wake — spoiled what should have been a historic moment for the world's first sovereign entity to embrace cryptocurrency as legal tender.

Across the country, the government has built 200 "Bitcoin ATMs." It has purchased 400 Bitcoins valued roughly $20 million (Rs 147 crore) and is giving out $30 (Rs 2,207) in Bitcoin to El Salvadorans who sign up for the Chivo wallet.

Altcoins, or Bitcoin alternative cryptocurrencies, are showing a stellar performance on the charts,, with some long-time competitors like Ethereum still vying for a growing market cap.

Crypto games are video games that run on a cryptocurrency network and include a fully or partially distributed ledger architecture, providing players verifiable ownership of the virtual products contained in the games.

Food and drink franchises including Starbucks Corp. and Pizza Hut Inc. are receiving payments in Bitcoin after El Salvador adopted the cryptocurrency, according to President Nayib Bukele.

CrossTower said, it has established a business in India that permits everyone, from young adults to business tycoons, to invest in cryptocurrency in the simplest and safest way possible.

Despite significant domestic scepticism and international warnings concerning consumer concerns, El Salvador became the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as legal tender on Tuesday.

The government of President Nayib Bukele argues that the decision will provide many Salvadorans with access to financial services for the first time and save $400 million in fees on remittances sent home from abroad each year.