Panama City’s council is all set to accept cryptocurrency payments for taxes, fees, tickets, and permits. The decision, announced on April 16th, marks a significant step in Panama’s integration of digital currencies into everyday public services. The city will initially accept major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), as well as stablecoins like USD…

Russia should be eyeing its own fiat-backed stablecoins, a senior finance ministry official has said. According to a Reuters report on April 16, Russia should unveil its own stablecoins after recent events related to the popular U.S. dollar pegged stablecoin Tether (USDT). If launched, these stablecoins could be pegged on other currencies. The incident in…

Key Takeaways OpenAI’s o3 model can think with images and use tools like web browsing and Python to solve complex, multi-step problems. o4-mini is optimized for speed and cost-efficiency, outperforming previous models in math, coding, and non-STEM tasks. Share this article OpenAI released two new AI models today, o3 and o4-mini, expanding its capabilities in…

Talk about a rough wake-up call for crypto traders. In the early hours of April 15, Amazon Web Services (AWS) suffered a network hiccup at one of its Tokyo data centers, and the ripple effect was instant. The AWS crypto outage raised questions about the reliability centralized exchanges, but first let’s start with actually happened….

[PRESS RELEASE – Raleigh, United States, April 16th, 2025] Film Finance Group International (FFGI), a North Carolina-based film finance innovator, has officially unveiled its upcoming ERC-20 utility token: FFG Token ($FFG). Built to power a transparent, milestone-based film funding ecosystem, FFG Token is an asset-backed token that bridges real-world production workflows with secure, blockchain-based infrastructure….

Onyxcoin token has given back some of the gains made last week as investors book profits and wait for the next catalyst. Onyxcoin (XCN) price dropped to a low of $0.0170 on April 16, down by over 37% from its highest point this month. The ongoing decline is likely due to investors selling the news…

Share this article Geneva, Switzerland – April 16, 2025 – Messari, a leading provider of digital asset market intelligence products, released a research report highlighting the TRON network’s significant advancements in blockchain activity, ecosystem expansion, and innovation throughout Q1 2025. This report emphasizes TRON’s growing role in decentralized finance (DeFi) and stablecoin adoption, showcasing its…

What happened to the Fort Knox Gold Reserve audit? Remember when Elon Musk and Donald Trump were supposed to do an Adin Ross kick-type livestream showing us all the gold? 99Bitcoins remembers. Instead we only got pictures of gold bars and triumphant proclamation the the gold is secure. Really make you think. For decades, conspiracy theories…

TL;DR The Binance Smart Chain continues to operate as expected, and it just completed the 31st quarterly burn of BNB tokens. Although this one was the lowest in terms of BNB since October 2021, it still reaffirms the project’s goal to reduce the token’s supply to 100 million. The 31st quarterly $BNB token burn has…