The closure of Silk Road has not stopped savvy — and some not-so-savvy — drug dealers from making a killing through online trades. They continue to provide an Amazon-type experience to drug consumers seeking a bit more of a mind-blowing experience than the iPhone SE...
The fallout from the Bitfinex hack, which cost the digital exchange $72 million, has customers losing 36 percent of the assets that they held on the digital platform. Bitfinex has attempted to appease those affected by offering tokens of credit that can be redeemed by...
Blockchain has been making inroads into finance — specifically, trade finance — through a series of agreements struck this week that show the distributed ledger concept is catching on with some marquee names, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Aug. 10). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
A new four-week “hacker residency” program is set to start this fall in New York City by bitcoin research and development group Chaincode Labs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
The U.S. government announced on Monday (Aug. 8) that it is gearing up to auction off more than 2,700 bitcoin that were turned over to the government during several cases, many of which have to do with Silk Road, the underground website operator that was shut down in...
This week was the first week of the last full month of summer. That could make this week a Sizzle because it’s the last full month of summer so everyone is determined to make every day of every week count. Get the Full Story Complete...
Consider the difficulty in stashing an intangible digital currency into a swag bag. But then, hacking into bitcoin user accounts is no walk in the park either. Confidence in the security and safety of digital currency transactions has hit new lows after the Bitfinex exchange...
Bitcoin appeals to many different people, including the nefarious ones that like the anonymity associated with digital currency. LexisNexis, the company that provides banks with anti-money laundering controls, is aiming to stop the bad guys in their tracks when using bitcoin for illegal activities and...
Thomson Reuters is joining a consortium that includes some of the largest financial institutions around the world working to determine how to use blockchain technology in global financial markets. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
