Look at how bitcoin performed overnight in Turkey and India, and you’ll get an excellent picture of how an authoritarian central bank can be very good for crypto, until it is very bad. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
U.S. Senate Banking Committee chairman Sherrod Brown recently sent a letter to Tether Holdings Limited CEO Jean-Louis van der Velde expressing concerns about stablecoins and seeking answers by next month. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...
The estate of “Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien won a legal victory over a purported copyright infringement stemming from the creation of a “JRR Token,” which referenced iconic lines from the beloved fantasy novel on its website, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 23)...
Stripe is reconsidering accepting cryptocurrency for payments after ending support for bitcoin in 2018, Stripe Co-founder and President John Collison said at the Fintech Abu Dhabi festival this week during a panel moderated by CNBC. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
The “Counting Stars” band OneRepublic performed last week just outside of Vienna and was paid entirely in bitcoin, the first American major artist to accept cryptocurrency, according to multiple reports Monday (Nov. 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Square has always put financial inclusion is at the heart of its mission. Whether it can get there on bitcoin alone is another question. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...
If we keep going at this rate, there may be stark divisions in crypto-land — between the major world economies that shun cryptocurrencies and the smaller, less economically stable countries that embrace bitcoin and its brethren wholeheartedly. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
Vienna-based crypto exchange Bitpanda has joined forces with French mobile financial services platform Lydia to give the app provider’s more than 5 million users access to trade digital assets on Bitpanda’s crypto exchange, according to a Monday (Nov. 22) Bitpanda announcement. Get the Full Story Complete...
MercadoLibre Inc. will soon allow MercadoPago customers in Brazil to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies in their digital wallets, according to a Bloomberg report Monday (Nov. 22). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...
