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.

Former China Bank Gov Against Rushing Digital Currency
Former China Bank Gov Against Rushing Digital Currency
January 28, 2020  |  International

A former Chinese deputy governor is urging President Xi Jinping to rethink his response to Libra after the U.S. hearing last October. Get the Full...

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Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms
Singapore’s Payment Services Act To Regulate Crypto Firms
January 27, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Singapore is aiming to boost cryptocurrency firms by offering them a chance to apply for operating licenses. The move, called the Payment Services Act, will...

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Data Dive, New Offerings Edition: Square, FICO And Mastercard
Data Dive, New Offerings Edition: Square, FICO And Mastercard
January 27, 2020  |  Data Dive

With so much happening on the world stage between Davos and the Lunar New Year, headlines in the U.S. last week might have run the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose Country’s Own Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose...
January 27, 2020  |  Bitcoin

The U.K.’s Lancashire Cricket Club is now selling tickets for all domestic and international fixtures at Emirates Old Trafford in 2020 through a blockchain-based platform,...

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Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
Square Gets Patent For Crypto-Friendly Real-Time Payments System
January 22, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Square, the payments provider operated by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, won a patent to debut new tech, allowing users with different assets to transfer payments,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Shopify Plugin Uses Blockchain For Authentication, SportsCastr Launches Its Own Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Shopify Plugin Uses Blockchain For Authentication, SportsCastr Launches Its Own Crypto
January 22, 2020  |  Bitcoin

A startup in San Francisco called the Real Items Foundation has developed a plugin for Shopify that will use blockchain technology to make sure items...

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Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
Digital Currency Eyes Wholesale — Not Retail — Payments Down Under
January 21, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Add Australia to the list of countries with central banks looking to bring fiat currencies into the digital realm — with some conditions attached. Get...

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Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto, RBI Case Back In Court
Bitcoin Daily: OK Bill Would Create Blockchain Body; Central Asia Steps Up Crypto Mining; Crypto,...
January 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Senator Nathan Dahm (R-OK) is sponsoring a bill that would establish a new state-chartered financial institution (FI) centered around blockchain technology, Cointelegraph reported on Saturday...

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House Committee Says FIs Struggle To Pinpoint Domestic Terrorism Financing
House Committee Says FIs Struggle To Pinpoint Domestic Terrorism Financing
January 16, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The unique secrecy and security of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have led to their use by domestic terrorist groups like white supremacists, experts said at...

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