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Downward Spiral Points to Bigger Problem for Cryptos
May 09, 2022

There’s a lot of attention being paid to bitcoin’s collapsing price today as it dipped below $31,000. 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...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Increasingly Unpopular with Bond Market, US Congress and Salvadorans
May 06, 2022

The bitcoin-boosting president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has bet the house on the first 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...

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News of Bitcoin ATMs’ Decline Greatly Exaggerated
May 03, 2022

If you read the crypto press, you’ll find story after story this week about how the number of new bitcoin ATMs crashed this year, with just one-sixth as many installed in April as in December. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Central African Republic, Like El Salvador, May Soon Regret Adopting Bitcoin
April 27, 2022

The Central African Republic has become the second country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency. 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...

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Amid Regulatory Grumbling, Fidelity Tests Waters for Bitcoin Holdings in 401(K) Plans
April 26, 2022

Crypto may be coming to your retirement plan, and the regulators are not happy. 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...

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Slumping Bitcoin Stokes Conflicting Narratives That Bubble Is Either Shrinking or Popping
April 25, 2022

When fear is the main factor driving investors, they pile back into dollars, driving everything else from the S&P 500 to gold — and especially bitcoin — down. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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Pressure on SEC To Approve First Bitcoin ETF Ratchets Up
April 25, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has received hundreds of letters in support of the conversion of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into the first spot Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). The latest ones received just last week, April 21, and they may continue coming in until...

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Rising Interest Rates Slow Down Bitcoin Trading Volume
April 17, 2022

With bitcoin interest rates rising, trading volumes have gone down, a Bloomberg report says. 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...

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Bringing Bitcoin Firmly into Payments, Strike Partners with NCR, Shopify, Blackhawk
April 08, 2022

Bitcoin-based payments firm Strike last night announced deals that will bring crypto payments to NCR point-of-sale terminals, Shopify and prepaid payments provider Blackhawk Network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...