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.

Crypto Crisis Evokes 1998 Hedge Fund Crash that Crippled Market
Crypto Crisis Evokes 1998 Hedge Fund Crash that Crippled Market
June 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When a top investor with a deep hedge fund background says the tumbling cryptocurrency market is starting to feel “a little bit like a Long...

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Today in Data: ‘Crypto Winter’ Looms as Official Summer Kickoff Nears
Today in Data: ‘Crypto Winter’ Looms as Official Summer Kickoff Nears
June 15, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, cryptocurrency investors want their money now before their digital currencies lose even more value. Also, Coinbase slashes its workforce with another “crypto...

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Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

How the fast-growing number of new crypto buyers who aren’t seriously invested, emotionally and financially, will react to the market’s collapse and respond is still...

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Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
June 14, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

In today’s FinTech news, margin calls are on the rise as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall, meanwhile digital payments in Africa are expanding further across...

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Super Bowl Curse Comes for Crypto as Layoffs Mount
Super Bowl Curse Comes for Crypto as Layoffs Mount
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The NFL’s 2000 championship game was named the “Dot-Com Super Bowl” when some 20 of its hugely expensive ads were bought up by tech companies...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Pay Up; Moving On; No Surprises; Forecasting Innovation; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Pay Up; Moving On; No Surprises; Forecasting Innovation; ICYMI
June 14, 2022  |  Economy

Today is Tuesday, June 14 and margin calls are adding up amid the crypto market’s freefall, while bitcoin’s price is about two-thirds what it was...

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Bitcoin Plummet Triggers $1B in Margin Calls 
Bitcoin Plummet Triggers $1B in Margin Calls 
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

About $1 billion guaranteed by some 260,000 market investors was liquidated due to margin calls in the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinGlass,...

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Today in Crypto: TerraUSD Investors Sue Binance.US Over Losses; BlockFi to Lay Off 20% of Staff
Today in Crypto: TerraUSD Investors Sue Binance.US Over Losses; BlockFi to Lay Off 20% of...
June 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

An investor in the doomed Terra blockchain ecosystem filed a federal lawsuit seeking class action status and naming, among defendants, Binance.US, Bloomberg reports. Get the...

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Software Company MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Losses Almost $1B
Software Company MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Losses Almost $1B
June 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

MicroStrategy Inc.’s purchase of nearly 130,000 bitcoins at a cost of about $3.97 billion over the past two years is taking a toll on the...

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