Whether it was a bit of prescience – or perhaps a bit of prompting – we had a feeling that we might hear from the ecosystem after Karen Webster’s argument for just saying bye-bye to bitcoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Goldman Sachs said that when it comes to being assessed on the majority of the key characteristics of money, there’s no competition — gold wins out over cryptocurrencies. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Hackers are using virus-infected consumer computers to generate bitcoin, according to news from The Wall Street Journal. Unknowing users may be having their processing power commandeered to mine the virtual currency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
It’s been a big year for cryptocurrency. In particular, bitcoin – the first and best known unregulated, exclusively digital currency – was trading near $6,000 as of late October 2017, with some analysts predicting that in the future, prices will peak somewhere north of $10,000....
Taiwan is the latest country to make comments about bitcoin regulation, according to news from Reuters. 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,...
Jordan Belfort—a former stockbroker portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Wolf of Wall Street—called initial coin offerings, or ICOs, “the biggest scam over.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
Billionaire investor and Saudi Arabian prince Alwaleed bin Talal dismissed Bitcoin on Monday (Oct. 23), saying on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he expects the value of the unregulated cryptocurrency to “implode.” Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Bitcoin surged beyond $6,000 in trading late last week, setting a new record for the cryptocurrency. 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...
Upper West Side eatery La Sirène is now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment, according to news from The New York Post. Patrons of the New York restaurant, opened by chef Didier Pawlicki, will find that they can pay with cash, check, American Express and...