With an international bitcoin craze up and running, Congress is taking a closer look at how it can gain better oversight procedures for an asset class that has come from nowhere. Support for the measure has the rare stamp of bipartisan approval. Get the Full...
What happens to a company when demand is so high that it can’t scale fast enough? What happens when bad guys make off with the cryptocurrencies its supposed to be trading, unauthorized charges gather steam or glitches snowball? Get the Full Story Complete the form...
The big bucks come anonymously in cryptoland. 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, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree...
Marking the first prosecution in Chicago of theft in the cryptocurrency industry, a trader with a financial firm was charged with fraud. Joseph Kim allegedly misappropriated $2 million in bitcoin and litecoin, the United States Department of Justice said in a press release. Get the...
An investigation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has found evidence that a bitcoin mining operation based in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, had interfered with T-Mobile US. Inc.’s broadband network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Blockchains have been touted as the rails-underpinning efforts to decentralize payments, protect data, and share content. And when it comes to sharing content, it follows that video may be on that list of items that can be sent, and monetized, from peer to peer. Viewly...
Bitcoin is back — the cryptocurrency reached above the $10,000 mark again, CNBC reported. Thursday (Feb. 15) was the first day in two weeks that bitcoin traded at that level. A host of other digital coins — including bitcoin cash and litecoin — also reached...
Heavy is the wallet that carries the bitcoin, as the explosive growth in the price of crypto-currency in the last several months has made lifting the world’s best known form of crypto-currency extremely attractive for cybercriminals. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
The truth may be out there about whether or not there is intelligent alien life other than ours in the universe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...
