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Finland's Finance Minister, Annika Saarikko, described the decision as "right, important and good" — and explained that customs had been planning to offload the BTC anyway.

Also today, the Central African Republic becomes the second country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender — and the first in Africa.

Also today, a new report suggests Bitcoin isn't as popular in El Salvador as you might think.

El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as legal tender back in September 2021 — eight months on, it's claimed just 20% of businesses accept BTC as a payment method.

Three S9 Bitcoin mining machines are going to operate 24 hours a day in a climate-controlled data center within Fort Worth City Hall.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq plunged to its lowest level since December 2020 after suffering its biggest one-day drop in over 18 months — with Bitcoin dipping below $38,000.

The Central African Republic has elevated Bitcoin to the same status as the CFA franc.

Taproot went live in November last year, promising greater transaction privacy by redefining how the network handles complex transactions. But what does that mean for DeFi on Bitcoin?

Twitter has accepted the Tesla CEO and Dogecoin fan’s offer to purchase Twitter at $54.20 per share.

On Nayib Bukele's Twitter — followed by 3.8 million people — Bitcoin memes and laser eyes have been replaced by photographs of handcuffed gang members.

Those who want to buy crypto will need to use foreign currencies — and even then, purchases are going to be limited to $3,400 a month.

A panel of experts is expecting big things for the rest of this year — and even think BTC could hit $420,000 by 2030.

Also today, would you buy digital weed in the metaverse... and which country made the most money from crypto in 2021?

Dozens of experts believe Bitcoin will be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars by 2030 — but one warns the world's biggest cryptocurrency will shrink to just $100.

Also today, the International Monetary Fund concedes that cryptocurrencies aren't being used to evade sanctions on a massive scale in Russia.

Two Salvadoran economists believe Nayib Bukele's ambitious bonds are unlikely to launch — and say repeated delays prove the government has realized "there is not enough interest."

BTC's painful pullback coincides with tax day in the U.S. — and Americans have until the end of Monday to submit their income tax returns.

On this week's CoinMarketRecap podcast, Connor Sephton and Molly Jane Zuckerman bring you more interviews from the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami.