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.

Bitcoin Daily: Thailand Wary of Crypto Price Changes; MicroStrategy CEO Anticipates Bitcoin Resurgence
Bitcoin Daily: Thailand Wary of Crypto Price Changes; MicroStrategy CEO Anticipates Bitcoin Resurgence
December 12, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has seen its price fall again, down over 20% from its high, with this being potentially the fourth straight week of declines, Yahoo Finance...

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As Tanking Bitcoin Gives Salvadorans a National Haircut, UK Analytics Firm Sees a Smokescreen for Bigger Financial Troubles
As Tanking Bitcoin Gives Salvadorans a National Haircut, UK Analytics Firm Sees a Smokescreen for...
December 10, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s $70.7 million bitcoin investment was down $3.4 million — about 5% — a headline in La Prensa Grafica screamed on...

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Crypto at the Point of Sale: Bitcoin Versus Stablecoins
Crypto at the Point of Sale: Bitcoin Versus Stablecoins
December 10, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday (Dec. 9) that he wants to allow businesses to pay state fees with cryptocurrencies. He’d be wise to include...

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Bitcoin Daily: Paraguay to Look Into Adopting Bitcoin as Tender; Goldman Sachs CEO Indifferent to Cryptocurrency
Bitcoin Daily: Paraguay to Look Into Adopting Bitcoin as Tender; Goldman Sachs CEO Indifferent to...
December 09, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Paraguay might be the first country after El Salvador to make bitcoin a legal tender, per a Thursday (Dec. 9) report from The Cryptonomist. Get...

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Bitcoin Daily: Gibraltar to Test Blockchain to Deliver Public Services; Blockchain Analytics Platform Whalemap Nets $1.6M for Expansion
Bitcoin Daily: Gibraltar to Test Blockchain to Deliver Public Services; Blockchain Analytics Platform Whalemap Nets...
December 08, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The government of the British Overseas Territory Gibraltar will be using blockchain to help with delivering public services, per a press release Tuesday (Dec. 7)....

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Visa’s Global Crypto Advisory Practice to Help Banks Shape Their Crypto Road Maps
Visa’s Global Crypto Advisory Practice to Help Banks Shape Their Crypto Road Maps
December 08, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Lists Seven New Altcoins; Bitcoin Now Unlikely to Hit $100K Before Year’s End, Analysts Say
Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Lists Seven New Altcoins; Bitcoin Now Unlikely to Hit $100K Before Year’s...
December 07, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Seven altcoins have been doing better after being listed on Coinbase Pro, including five ethereum tokens and two others which began trading on the platform...

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Bitcoin Daily: Zimbabwe Central Bank Eyes CBDC; Visa Fast Track Welcomes Embily Bitcoin Card
Bitcoin Daily: Zimbabwe Central Bank Eyes CBDC; Visa Fast Track Welcomes Embily Bitcoin Card
December 06, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The central bank in Zimbabwe will be looking into a digital currency as opposed to letting cryptocurrencies become legal tender, Bloomberg said Monday (Dec. 6)....

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Florida Jury Allows Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor to Keep Entire $50B Cache of Crypto
Florida Jury Allows Self-Proclaimed Bitcoin Inventor to Keep Entire $50B Cache of Crypto
December 06, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Self-proclaimed bitcoin creator Craig Wright does not have to pay the brother of his late partner, Dave Kleiman, half of a $50 billion bitcoin fortune,...

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