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Uğur İbrahim Altay, the Mayor of Turkey’s pioneering blockchain city Konya, will speak at the upcoming IstanBlock 2020. Held on April 9-10 in Istanbul as the crowning event of Istanbul Blockchain Week, Mayor Altay will provide deeper insights into project ‘City Coin’ which aims to drive improvements in local government services and infrastructure. Turkey’s pioneering […]

Ugur Ibrahim Altay, the Mayor of Konya, Turkey’s seventh-most-populous city, recently confirmed that the initial steps required to launch a cryptocurrency project called “city coin” had been completed. Details regarding the city coin initiative will be announced during the Smart Cities and Municipalities Congress and Exhibition, which will take place in October 2020 in Konya. […]

Turkey’s financial regulator is ramping up efforts to develop a new framework that allows the federal government to oversee the use of cryptocurrencies throughout the nation. Turkey prepares to regulate cryptos The Capital Markets Board (CMB), Turkey’s financial regulatory and supervisory agency, is planning to develop guidelines to foster the adoption of blockchain technology. The […]

Bitcoin’s $132 billion market cap might be a far cry from its 2017 all-time high, but it doesn’t mean it’s not playing in the big leagues. According to data from the CIA, Bitcoin’s current market cap makes it the 34th largest economy in terms of M1 money supply, just below the United Arab Emirates (UAE) […]

Turkey’s most exclusive blockchain event — IstanBlock 2020 — launches its early bird ticket sale today, amid huge excitement across the region for the first speaker announcement, expected in the coming weeks. IstanBlock 2020 takes place April 9-10 and will be the flagship event of Istanbul Blockchain Week, running April 6-10. Excitement for the exclusive […]

Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, is taking steps to expand into Turkey, an up-and-coming cryptocurrency market. Speaking to Cointelegraph, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the company is establishing a team of a dozen full-time employees in the country. Zhao said: “Other than that we really want to invest in Turkey heavily. We also want […]

Istanbul will host its first-ever Turkey blockchain week from April 6-10, with the main event IstanBlock 2020 being held on April 9-10. Throughout the week the focus will be on Turkey’s rapid and growing adoption of the technology, and the opportunities it presents. The event has already attracted big names, including government speakers and Turkish […]

Huobi has pledged its commitment to the Turkish crypto community in a big way, announcing a slew of initiatives at last week’s Eurasia Blockchain Summit. The introduction of Turkish Lira (TRY) deposits for users of its global exchange was the main talking point, but a number of ancillary announcements further demonstrated Huobi’s support for bolstering […]

Turkey’s cryptocurrency exchanges have seen an influx in trading volume after the nation’s currency, lira, nosedived to an all-time low against the dollar. In the past week, all of the country’s top exchanges have reported sudden user hikes, with Koinim, Btcturk and Paribu reporting gains of more than 100 percent on Aug. 13, the day of lira’s record […]