Add Charlie Munger, the longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, to the growing list of people who aren’t fans of bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
It will now be easier for retailers to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment, Bloomberg reported. Through a Coinbase service called Coinbase Commerce, retailers will be able to accept digital coins, such as bitcoin and bitcoin cash. To set up an account, retailers just...
While investors are worried that the price of bitcoin might be artificially held high, a head of a cryptocurrency firm is not concerned, CNBC reported. Until the market matures, cryptocurrency price manipulation is “unavoidable,” according to NEM President Lon Wong. “Price manipulation is not something...
The CEO of WePay says that the demand for cryptocurrency isn’t high enough for payment companies to start offering it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Some of America’s leading universities are adding a new course to their roster – call it Bitcoin 101. Graduate classes at schools such as Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will address bitcoin and the blockchain, The New York Times reported. Get the Full...
Russian scientists working at a secret Russian nuclear warhead plant have been placed under arrest for purported crypto mining. 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...
While larger banks across Europe and the world are cracking down on bitcoin investments, a subset of European small banks is bucking that notion and is actually moving to increase investor access to bitcoin. These banks are also, according to Financial Times reports, advising firms...
For a brief time this weekend, the U.S. government was mining bitcoin — though it wasn’t aware it was doing so. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Two years after legislators in New Hampshire decided that they would not allow their citizens pay their taxes with bitcoin, the Arizona state legislature is mulling a bill that would pave the way for people to pay their Arizona taxes with cryptocurrencies, Coindesk reported. Get...
