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October 29, 2014
Investment Tracker, October 29

Click here to see this week’s breakdown of investments Interview One might be tempted to look at bitcoin as so 2013. It started the year strong – but a string...


October 10, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 44

The big bitcoin crash of 2014. That was last weekend and this week. Economist David Evans wrote a piece that put it in context. After 6 years, Bitcoin transactions remain...


October 07, 2014
Bitcoin’s Rollercoaster Ride to Nowhere

The Bitcoin exchange rate gets a lot of attention. Look at all the stories today over the fact that the exchange rate dipped below $300 on October 5, 2014 for...


October 07, 2014
Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Closes $30.5M Funding

Despite Bitcoin prices taking a tumble as of late, Silicon Valley still seems to have an appetite for the digital currency. Blockchain, a Bitcoin wallet provider with British roots, has...


August 22, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker: Week 37

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...


July 10, 2014
Want to Buy Bitcoins.com? You Can.

Bitcoins.com, currently home to a very nice beginners primer on digital currency, has up until today been the property of Mark Karpeles, the former CEO of Mt. Gox.  After today,...


June 20, 2014
Digital Currency Deep Dive: Is Bitcoin Cheaper and More Efficient...

Remember the day when a coin was just a bothersome piece of metal that you were happy to toss in the tip jar to benefit the underpaid baristas at your...


June 16, 2014
Bitcoin’s Miner Monopoly Threat

Bitcoin quietly faced and passed through what has been called a “doomsday” scenario Friday night. GHash, a bitcoin mining pool (operated by an anonymous entity called CEX.io) briefly held 51...


May 02, 2014
It’s the (Bitcoin) Protocol, Stupid

"Bitcoin as a currency is so last year" is the sentiment in Silicon Valley these days. Serious enthusiasts of bitcoin and its digital currency brethren insist that the thing that...


Why Public-Private Collaboration Is Key To Blockchain Adoption
Public-Private Partnerships Can Unlock a $31B Blockchain Payments Opportunity  Nine in 10 of the world's central banks are pursuing digital currency projects, but private sector expertise and buy-in will be pivotal to their success. In this month’s “Blockchain Payments Tracker®,” a collaboration with Algorand, Anish Jain, CEO of WadzPay, explains how blockchain's interoperability with legacy banking systems is the key to its adoption.
Cryptocurrency, Blockchain And Cross-Border Payments: Selecting A Blockchain Technology Partner
Banks Help Corporates Overcome Their Blockchain Regulatory Concerns Businesses see blockchain payments technology as important to streamlining cross-border payments, but more than half worry that it comes with regulatory risks. PYMNTS’ new Cryptocurrency, Blockchain And Cross-Border Payments playbook, a Circle collaboration, surveyed 250 FIs to examine how they're using compliance and regulatory tools to ease businesses’ blockchain concerns and unlock the technology’s benefits.