Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Big Fizzle: MoviePass Passes Away
Big Fizzle: MoviePass Passes Away
January 31, 2020  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

And so it all ends in disappointment, like the umpteenth installment of a Stallone or Schwarzenegger franchise. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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The Week In Payments: China, China, Challenger Banks And Bitcoin
The Week In Payments: China, China, Challenger Banks And Bitcoin
January 31, 2020  |  Commentary

If there were a theme in the big headlines this week in payments, financial services and commerce, it would have been movement. That theme was...

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Swiss Ski Resort Accepts Bitcoin For Taxes
Swiss Ski Resort Accepts Bitcoin For Taxes
January 30, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Zermatt, a ski resort town of 5,400 residents in Switzerland, has decreed that cryptocurrency bitcoin can now be utilized to pay taxes and other government...

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Shady Bitcoin Transactions Hit All-Time High
Shady Bitcoin Transactions Hit All-Time High
January 29, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin prices, trading and shopping are down but criminal activity involving the cryptocurrency is at an all-time high, the New York Times (NYT) reported on...

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Former China Bank Gov Against Rushing Digital Currency
Former China Bank Gov Against Rushing Digital Currency
January 28, 2020  |  International

A former Chinese deputy governor is urging President Xi Jinping to rethink his response to Libra after the U.S. hearing last October. Get the Full...

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Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms
Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms
January 27, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Singapore is aiming to boost cryptocurrency firms by offering them a chance to apply for operating licenses. The move, called the Payment Services Act, will...

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Data Dive, New Offerings Edition: Square, FICO And Mastercard
Data Dive, New Offerings Edition: Square, FICO And Mastercard
January 27, 2020  |  Data Dive

With so much happening on the world stage between Davos and the Lunar New Year, headlines in the U.S. last week might have run the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose Country’s Own Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose...
January 27, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The U.K.’s Lancashire Cricket Club is now selling tickets for all domestic and international fixtures at Emirates Old Trafford in 2020 through a blockchain-based platform,...

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Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
January 22, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Square, the payments provider operated by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, won a patent to debut new tech, allowing users with different assets to transfer payments,...

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