Japan’s Financial Services Agency is sending what Reuters terms “administrative punishment notices” on several of the nation’s cryptocurrency exchanges and some may be forced to suspend operations, the newswire reported, citing Nikkei’s business daily. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange, announced Tuesday (March 6) the launch of the Coinbase Index Fund. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter,...
Bitcoin slipped away from the $12,000 level on Tuesday (March 6), MarketWatch reported. The fall came as traders were taking in the news that Coinbase is facing two class-action lawsuits. Bitcoin was at $10,773.54 as of 7:17 p.m., according to CoinDesk. Get the Full Story...
Payments and commerce so often boil down to giving consumers what they want, and the same is looking to be true for blockchain, the popular distributed ledger technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
As Coinbase seeks to make more acquisitions, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange has hired LinkedIn’s former VP of corporate development. Emilie Choi took the helm as Coinbase’s new VP of corporate and business development on Monday (March 5), Fortune reported. While at LinkedIn, Choi was involved in more than 40...
North Korea might turn to bitcoin as a way to get past sanctions imposed on the country by the U.S. government. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
After news broke that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was issuing subpoenas to advisers and tech companies as it looks into initial coin offerings (ICOs), bitcoin dipped by about 2 percent on the news, CNBC reported. The cryptocurrency was up to $10,982.15 as of...
After a U.S. regulator asked Overstock.com for information related to its planned sale of digital tokens, the eCommerce retailer’s shares tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday (March 1), Bloomberg reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Banking and financial services firm HSBC says its blockchain-based trade finance solution is ready to launch — in pilot phase, at least. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
