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The Incredible Shrinking Digital Currency
October 03, 2014

Bitcoin is now just a big game of how low can you go with prices down to $374.67 from $410. PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index. When looking at the bitcoin trading this week, unless one is truly risky, traders are advised to refrain from shorting the...

The Basement Drops Another Floor
September 26, 2014

Just a few weeks ago we thought that a $500 bitcoin floor was the bottom of the barrel, but bitcoin has dipped even further, reaching a new low, down in the 400’s. This week bitcoin took a long fall down to $410.61 from $450.68.

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MPOS Tracker® January 2015
September 26, 2014

August 2014 While omnichannel remains an important focus of most retailers, most merchants say they lack the capabilities to support it. Yet most have plans to implement mPOS by 2016. Why? Because they view it as an enabler to the biggest merchant initiative of this...

Apple Emerges, Bitcoin Price Erodes And Scotland Rejects Bitcoin (And Freedom)
September 19, 2014

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 41     The launch of Apple Pay really has seemed to tamp down the buzz over bitcoin. That’s in spite of Cameron Winkelvoss’comment that he doesn’t see it as a threat because they are not comparable. Yep, he’s sure right about that. ...

Can An Apple (Pay) A Day Keep The Bitcoins Away?
September 12, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Follow 303 Cryptocurrencies here: http://coinmarketcap.com/ . Bitcoin Tracker | Week 40     Apple Pay is here and will it kill bitcoin? Well, maybe a bit coincidental but bitcoin prices fell to $474.21 from $486.93 on the news, according to the...

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PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker
September 07, 2014

PYMNTS Innovation Investment Tracker Here’s what happened in the first week of September: The Big Takeaways for Payments and Commerce $638.4 Million in financial activity was observed across a variety of investment types – VC funding, private placements, etc. Of that total, $628.4 M was...

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Back To School With Bitcoin
September 05, 2014

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Follow 303 Cryptocurrencies here: http://coinmarketcap.com/ . Bitcoin Tracker | Week 39     School’s back in session and bitcoin is on the syllabus for students at MIT, NYU Law and Switzerland’s University of Zurich. Students can even pay for notebooks and...

Bitcoin Tracker: Week 37
August 22, 2014

Follow 303 Cryptocurrencies here. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 37 What goes down must come up. After a crash earlier in the week, Bitcoin eeked past the $500 to end the week, closing at $522.92 according to PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index. The Bitcoin Sentiment Index launched...

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Bitcoin Hits A Wall (And Drops)
August 15, 2014

Bitcoin Tracker | Week 36     As summer wanes, the news about bitcoin is starting to heat back up, but not in a good way. The price of bitcoin is dropping a bit and the CFPB is warning consumers against its use in a big way....