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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.

Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms

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  |  Today In Data

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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Bitcoin Daily: Shopify Plugin Uses Blockchain For Authentication, SportsCastr Launches Its Own Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Shopify Plugin Uses Blockchain For Authentication, SportsCastr Launches Its Own Crypto
January 22, 2020  |  Bitcoin

A startup in San Francisco called the Real Items Foundation has developed a plugin for Shopify that will use blockchain technology to make sure items...

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Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
January 21, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Add Australia to the list of countries with central banks looking to bring fiat currencies into the digital realm — with some conditions attached. Get...

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Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto, RBI Case Back In Court
Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto,...
January 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Senator Nathan Dahm (R-OK) is sponsoring a bill that would establish a new state-chartered financial institution (FI) centered around blockchain technology, Cointelegraph reported on Saturday...

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House Committee Says FIs Struggle To Pinpoint Domestic Terrorism Financing
House Committee Says FIs Struggle To Pinpoint Domestic Terrorism Financing
January 16, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

The unique secrecy and security of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have led to their use by domestic terrorist groups like white supremacists, experts said at...

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