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...
After a spectacular closeout to 2017 – with new price records being broken nearly as soon as they could be set – the early days of 2018 have proven to be much more difficult. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
One of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) top policymakers is the latest in a host of leaders calling for regulation of digital currencies, Reuters reported. Cryptocurrencies — and the financial institutions that trade them — need to be more closely watched by regulators, ECB Executive Board...
Fit Pay, a unit of NXT-ID, announced news on Thursday (Feb. 8) of the launch of FlipTM, a contactless payment device for cryptocurrency holders. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
Even in the face of government regulation, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are bullish on cryptocurrency, Bloomberg reported. “These technologies can’t flourish and grow without thoughtful regulation that connects them to finance,” Tyler Winklevoss, chief executive and co-founder of the Gemini Exchange, said in a Bloomberg Television interview....
Like companies caught up in the 1990s dot-com bubble, the head of Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research unit believes most cryptocurrencies will likely fail and end up having no value. In an note, Steve Strongin said that most of today’s cryptocurrencies are “unlikely” to make...