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.
Nonprofits Say ‘Thanks For Giving’ as Next Gen Payments Power Contributions
Nonprofits Say ‘Thanks For Giving’ as Next Gen Payments Power Contributions
November 24, 2022  |  Payment Methods

By many accounts, we’re living during a golden age of philanthropy and charitable giving. Urged on by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, 236 of the...

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El Salvador Forges Ahead With Crypto Regulation
El Salvador Forges Ahead With Crypto Regulation
November 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Legislators in El Salvador are considering a bill that would regulate digital securities, a sign the Central American nation is proceeding with plans to issue...

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Starling Bank Reminds Customers It Is Cracking Down on Crypto
Starling Bank Reminds Customers It Is Cracking Down on Crypto
November 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Months after announcing it would steer away from digital assets, United Kingdom neobank Starling Bank has increased its anti-cryptocurrency campaign. In a statement to PYMNTS...

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NY Governor Signs Law Pausing Some Crypto Mining for 2 Years
NY Governor Signs Law Pausing Some Crypto Mining for 2 Years
November 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In a law that is said to be the first of its kind in the United States, New York has imposed a two-year moratorium on...

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Calls For Regulation Intensify as UK Crypto Scams Jump 45%
Calls For Regulation Intensify as UK Crypto Scams Jump 45%
November 23, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

From trading at less than a dollar in its first few years of existence to over $60,000 in late 2021, the story of bitcoin’s meteoric...

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Partnerships Take the Guesswork out of Merchants’ Crypto Acceptance
Partnerships Take the Guesswork out of Merchants’ Crypto Acceptance
November 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

With FTX dominating digital currency headlines and bitcoin and stablecoin prices gyrating, Daniel Escobar, chief technology officer of crypto tax service provider ZenLedger, said it’s...

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Crypto Contagion Sends Coins and Companies Tumbling
Crypto Contagion Sends Coins and Companies Tumbling
November 22, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX continues to be an industry “market maker” from beyond the grave, as the realities of entangled counterparty risk rear their heads throughout the cryptocurrency...

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Crypto Exchanges Not Immune to Bitcoin’s Freefall
Crypto Exchanges Not Immune to Bitcoin’s Freefall
November 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As bitcoin trades below $16,000 and through another key psychological barrier, investors and observers can only wonder, What’s next? While round numbers tend to serve...

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FTX Bankruptcy Hearing to Start in US Court as Creditors Wait for Answers
FTX Bankruptcy Hearing to Start in US Court as Creditors Wait for Answers
November 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It has not been a pleasant month for troubled crypto trading platform FTX, which until recently was one of the largest industry players. Things have...

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