Bitstamp has stamped its name in the record books in the EU for being the first company of its kind to secure a national license to operate as a bitcoin exchange. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
Generally, when court documents are unsealed, you can discover some pretty juicy details. When the case involves a global hacking, those details can be borderline salacious. In this case, they were that, and at the end of that trail, we even found a few bitcoin. Get...
Qiwi, a Russian payments provider, is showing some interest in blockchain technology. 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...
Benjamin Lawsky, the former New York state financial services chief, certainly wasn’t a fan of bitcoin or virtual currencies. But now, he seems to be warming up to the technology underpinning it — blockchain. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
MIT is pushing forward with its blockchain research — with the help of Ripple. 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...
The debate over blockchain, distributed ledger technology and their usefulness may be ongoing, but one regulator has sanguine views about the potential. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Bitcoin plus blockchain plus banks still seems like an unlikely combination, despite news that JPMC and Citigroup have completed their tests about using it in support of credit default swaps. They say that the tests were successful, but details remain sketchy on what “success” really means....
Circle, the social payments app that runs on bitcoin’s blockchain, launched with support from Barclays as part of a new partnership. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
Overstock’s CEO has a reputation for having an affinity for digital currency — which has been reflected in Overstock’s business plans — and now, the company has taken that vision a step further. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
