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.

eNaira’s First Anniversary Holds Lessons for CBDC Boosters
eNaira’s First Anniversary Holds Lessons for CBDC Boosters
October 26, 2022  |  CBDC

If there’s one lesson to take away from the first anniversary of Nigeria’s struggling eNaira central bank digital currency (CBDC), it’s that China has shown...

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Apple Applies 30% App Store Fee to NFTs, Limiting Appeal
Apple Applies 30% App Store Fee to NFTs, Limiting Appeal
October 25, 2022  |  NFTs

Apple has dropped a new App Store policy that formally allows the in-app purchase of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on its platform, but also requires a...

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DOJ: Chinese Intelligence Officers Paid $61K in Bitcoin Bribes to FBI Agent
DOJ: Chinese Intelligence Officers Paid $61K in Bitcoin Bribes to FBI Agent
October 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A Chinese intelligence officer has been charged with money laundering for using bitcoin as part of an effort with another officer to bribe a United...

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Google and Twitter Results May Hold Clues on Future of Crypto Payments
Google and Twitter Results May Hold Clues on Future of Crypto Payments
October 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As Wall Street investors brace for a raft of Big Tech earnings this week, the cryptocurrency world will have its eyes and ears fixed on...

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Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
October 24, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

There are a lot of potential points of friction or failure in cross-border payments between businesses, ranging from slow finality and high costs to counterparty...

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Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two-thirds of Salvadoran citizens consider President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin policy a failure and more than three-quarters have never used it, German public news outlet Deutsche...

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Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cross-border payments firm Ripple has claimed it won a victory in its long-running legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that could help...

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Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
October 21, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain-enabled B2B payments firm Paystand has announced that businesses using the Paystand Network and the DeFi Corporate Card can now access their revenue the next...

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Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
October 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s biggest problem as a payments currency is its wild volatility, with a long history of rising and falling as much as 10% in a...

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