![Belarus wants to ban P2P cryptocurrency transactions Belarus wants to ban P2P cryptocurrency transactions](https://images.cointelegraph.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=840/https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2023-07/b6366f74-21b2-412d-a8c1-4e2cb0b0e833.jpg)
The Belarusian foreign ministry is working on legal amendments to prohibit peer-to-peer, or P2P, transactions in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Republic of Belarus on July…
Transactions on the Optimism network surged 67% following its June 7 “Bedrock” upgrade, according to a June 26 Twitter thread from blockchain analytics firm Nansen. The network had been seeing less than 300,000…
![Zion Social Network Embraces Bitcoin Payments Via Lightning Network For Instant Transactions Through Secure Messaging Zion Social Network Embraces Bitcoin Payments Via Lightning Network For Instant Transactions Through Secure Messaging](http://bitcoinmagazine.com/.image/c_limit,cs_srgb,h_1200,q_auto:good,w_1200/MTkzODM5Njc4ODI5MzcyOTEy/network-nodes.png)
Disclaimer: Zion is a portfolio company of UTXO, a fund controlled by BTC Inc., the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine. Zion, the Web5-based social network, has unveiled an update that enables users to…
![Ethereum Wallets Explained Simply (Smart Contracts, Gas, Transactions) Ethereum Wallets Explained Simply (Smart Contracts, Gas, Transactions)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qLZ1IoezucE/maxresdefault.jpg)
Start trading Ethereum here: Ethereum wallets allow you to hold Ether as well as to write smart contracts. Beginners will be better off using wallets that do not allow smart wallet functionality as…
![Unofficial World Record Set For Highest Amount of P2P Bitcoin Lightning Transactions Paid In 3 Minutes Unofficial World Record Set For Highest Amount of P2P Bitcoin Lightning Transactions Paid In 3 Minutes](http://bitcoinmagazine.com/.image/c_limit,cs_srgb,h_1200,q_auto:good,w_1200/MTkzMjU1NjA1NDIxNDgzNTg3/bitcoin-to-the-moon.png)
The Praia Bitcoin experiment set a record with P2P transactions occurring every three seconds. On February 18, 2023, a new world record for peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin transactions was established using the Lightning Network….
![South Korea Records B Illegal Crypto Transactions in 2022 South Korea Records B Illegal Crypto Transactions in 2022](https://assets.bitdegree.org/crypto/storage/optimized/in-2022-south-koreans-made-more-than-4b-illegal-cryptocurrency-transactions-featured.jpg)
South Korean authorities claim more than 15 crypto exchanges allowed customers to make illegal crypto transactions. South Korea has become one of the most important cryptocurrency trading centers around the world. In 2022…
![Kraken Reduces Reliance on Signature Bank for Certain Transactions Kraken Reduces Reliance on Signature Bank for Certain Transactions](https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/kraken-min.jpg)
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken is stepping away from Signature Bank for processing certain transaction types due to decisions made by the New York-based banking firm. From now on, non-corporate clients cannot deposit or withdraw…