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High Trading Volume Causes Coinbase Outage
June 13, 2017

Digital currencies like bitcoin and blockchain are slowly becoming a hot commodity. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Bitcoin Breaks $3K
June 12, 2017

Bitcoin’s big surge continued on Sunday when the price per unit of the digital currency briefly broke the $3K mark. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

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Ethereum Piques Vladimir Putin’s Interest
June 07, 2017

Moving at the speed of light was once reserved for the comic book hero Flash, but with nearly every industry going digital, technology may be giving him a run for his money. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Mark Cuban Tweets Down The Price Of Bitcoin
June 07, 2017

Mark Cuban is not feeling the bitcoin love — and he is not afraid to tell Twitter all about it. The opinionated billionaire had a bitcoin warning for his millions of followers this week: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

Brave Raises $35M In Newest Trend: Coin Offerings
June 05, 2017

Brave, a cryptocurrency startup, launched a so-called coin offering last week to bankroll a new web browser and was able to raise the equivalent of $35 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Coinbase Capital Raise Pegged to $1B Valuation
June 05, 2017

The bitcoin exchange Coinbase, according to The Wall Street Journal, is in the midst of talking to investors about a potential funding round that would value the exchange at around $1 billion. The WSJ stated that its sources remained unnamed people “familiar with the matter.” Get the...

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Bitcoin Payment Makes Way To Japanese Retailers
May 30, 2017

BITPoint Japan Co. is reportedly gearing up to enable hundreds of thousands of Japanese retail outlets to accept the digital currency bitcoin, reported Bloomberg News. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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Bitcoin Tracker: Before And After The Surge
May 26, 2017

On Monday, bitcoin prices hit a record high at $2,100 per coin. On Wednesday, the cryptocurrency hit another milestone at $2,416 a coin. On Thursday, it peaked at $2,690. But if you ask Wences Casares, CEO of bitcoin wallet Xapo and member of PayPal’s board...

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Players Unite To Speed Up Bitcoin
May 26, 2017

An agreement to upgrade the speed of processing transactions propelled bitcoin to new heights on Thursday (May 25). The value of the cryptocurrency soared another 10 percent to land at $2,690, bringing this year’s total gains to 182 percent. Get the Full Story Complete the...