January 05, 2015
Bitcoin’s New Year Price Plunge
Bitcoin prices took a nosedive this weekend falling a whopping 17.2 percent, in just 72 hours, from 311.05 on Friday to $257.61 on Sunday. That completes a rocky year of...
December 26, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 54
PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 54 This week’s bitcoin trivia: Which bitcoin figure compared himself to a mythical Greek figure? Hint. The same guy who...
December 20, 2014
What Payments Players Want Under The Tree
The end is near! Well at least in terms of holiday retail is concerned. As the sun rises on Panic aka Super Saturday, American consumers can be split almost evenly...
December 19, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 53
PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. This week’s bitcoin trivia: How much value has bitcoin lost over the last 12 months? Answer. 51 percent. This time last year, the...
December 18, 2014
The Law Can Help – Or Hurt – Payments Innovation
The laws make it hard for payments players to innovate – but it doesn’t have to be that way. The rise of technological innovation in payments has been reciprocated with...
December 12, 2014
Circles, Blades And Windows
PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 52 This week’s bitcoin trivia: What software company now accepts bitcoin for purchases? That would be Microsoft. It was looking...
December 11, 2014
Bitcoin Wallet Security Issues Creates More Controversy
Bitcoin Wallet Provider Blockchain is in PR hot water. Again. Trouble began recently when the firm’s product lead got in a online verbal Reddit fight with Coinbase engineer, CoinDesk reported....
December 10, 2014
Bitcoins Reported Stolen After Blockchain.Info Security Update
The world’s most popular web-based Bitcoin wallet service, Blockchain.info, suffered a security lapse during a software update that affected hundreds of users, the service said in a blog post on...
December 10, 2014
2014 Hits And Misses – VC Style
As an end of year wrap-up, I thought I’d devote a few words to what the past year held for financial technology trends; a retrospective. Without further ado, some thoughts...
