Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

THE LIST Teams With BitBay Pay; Monese Rolls Out Apple Pay Support
THE LIST Teams With BitBay Pay; Monese Rolls Out Apple Pay Support
February 05, 2019  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes U.A.E.-based THE LIST bringing crypto payments to its platform....

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Bitcoin Daily: Kraken Buys Trading Startup For $100M+; SEC Wants To Monitor Blockchain Via Big Data
Bitcoin Daily: Kraken Buys Trading Startup For $100M+; SEC Wants To Monitor Blockchain Via Big...
February 05, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Kraken has bought a trading startup called Crypto Facilities in a deal described as a “nine-figure” acquisition, CoinDesk reported. Through the deal, users of Kraken...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin In Longest Price Slump; IBM Trials Orange-Tracking Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin In Longest Price Slump; IBM Trials Orange-Tracking Blockchain
February 04, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Pacific International Lines used the electronic Bill of Lading (e-BL) built on the IBM Blockchain Platform to complete a successful real-time tracking shipment of mandarin...

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Accepts Credit Cards For Crypto; Bitcoin Set For Six Straight Months Of Declines
Bitcoin Daily: Binance Accepts Credit Cards For Crypto; Bitcoin Set For Six Straight Months Of...
February 01, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Binance is allowing users to buy digital currencies with their credit cards, according to an announcement from the crypto exchange. Through the offering, and in...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Names New General Counsel; Cryptopia Hackers Reportedly Net $180K
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Names New General Counsel; Cryptopia Hackers Reportedly Net $180K
January 30, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Elementus, a data analytics firm, claims that a hacker has taken an additional $181,000 worth of ether from the Cryptopia digital currency exchange, CoinDesk reported....

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For Crypto At Scale, Look To Blockchain … And Academia?
For Crypto At Scale, Look To Blockchain … And Academia?
January 30, 2019  |  Blockchain

For cryptos to be used in the real world to buy and sell things  — what a concept! — might academics succeed where entrepreneurs have...

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Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
Bitcoin Daily: BitGrail CEO Owes $170M; $1B In Digital Currency Hacks Stolen
January 29, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Francesco Firano, founder of cryptocurrency exchange BitGrail, has been ordered to repay the $170 million worth of cryptocurrency that allegedly went missing last year. According...

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Bitcoin Daily: Overstock’s tZERO Starts Trading; Coinbase Partners With TurboTax
Bitcoin Daily: Overstock’s tZERO Starts Trading; Coinbase Partners With TurboTax
January 27, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Business for bitcoin ATM companies seems to be booming, with Coin ATM Radar estimating that there are now 4,213 cryptocurrency ATM machines around the globe, most...

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Bitcoin And Dented Radishes: This Week’s Hype Penalty Box Nominees
Bitcoin And Dented Radishes: This Week’s Hype Penalty Box Nominees
January 26, 2019  |  Innovation

“Hype” is defined by Webster’s Dictionary as “to promote or publicize (a product or idea) intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits.” It is not...

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