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PYMNTS Blockchain Basics Series: What’s Bitcoin, and How Did It Get That Way?
May 25, 2022

So, what is bitcoin? 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 completing this form, you agree to receive marketing...

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12 Years On, Bitcoin Pizza Day Finally Sees Crypto Payments Gain Traction
May 23, 2022

Sunday was Bitcoin Pizza Day, the annual crypto industry holiday celebrating the first known use of bitcoin as a payments currency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

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Location of Terra’s Bitcoin Reserve Unknown Following Transfers
May 15, 2022

Billions in bitcoin, bought as a reserve by the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a foundation set up by the failed Terra blockchain, is now untraceable after being moved to two crypto platforms, Bloomberg wrote Saturday (May 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
May 13, 2022

Given the unpopularity and slender use of bitcoin as a currency in El Salvador, you’d think that President Nayib Bukele’s decision to spend another $15 million of the nation’s treasury buying more bitcoins on Monday (May 9) — right as the crypto market began to...

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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...