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.

Xapo Is Storing About $10B In Bitcoin For The Wealthy
Xapo Is Storing About $10B In Bitcoin For The Wealthy
May 10, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Xapo, the startup that stores bitcoin purchases for millionaires and billionaires in underground vaults, is housing around $10 billion worth of the digital token. Bloomberg reported...

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Doubters Dampen The Blockchain Hype
Doubters Dampen The Blockchain Hype
May 09, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain is a moneymaker – in the short-term, at least, as hype continues to draw investors. The industry, which saw a $411.5 million valuation last...

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Bitcoin Daily: Fed: Futures Led To Bitcoin Price Drop, PwC Subs Invest In Blockchain Firm
Bitcoin Daily: Fed: Futures Led To Bitcoin Price Drop, PwC Subs Invest In Blockchain Firm
May 09, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The decline in the price of bitcoin over most of this year to date might be related to the launch of cryptocurrency derivatives, Yahoo! Finance...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bill Gates Would Bet Against Bitcoin, China Might Have Iceland’s Missing Bitcoin Miners
Bitcoin Daily: Bill Gates Would Bet Against Bitcoin, China Might Have Iceland’s Missing Bitcoin Miners
May 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bill Gates would bet against bitcoin if there was a simple way to do so, CNBC reported. “As an asset class, you’re not producing anything...

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Beyond Bitcoin, Token Regulation Looms, While Dodd-Frank Still in Bloom?
Beyond Bitcoin, Token Regulation Looms, While Dodd-Frank Still in Bloom?
May 07, 2018  |  Regulation

Bitcoin may be the marquee name in cryptocurrencies, but regulation may loom for its digital dollar brethren. Recent inquiries from regulators in the federal securities...

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 Banknotes, Bitcoin and the Hope Beyond Speculation
 Banknotes, Bitcoin and the Hope Beyond Speculation
May 07, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Crypto, now for use in the offline world?  In ways that involve physical notes — the ones you (gasp) keep at the ready, poised to...

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Bitcoin Daily: Reddit May Take Crypto Again, JP Morgan Applies For Blockchain Patent
Bitcoin Daily: Reddit May Take Crypto Again, JP Morgan Applies For Blockchain Patent
May 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Oscar Meyer is facing a potential problem with a bacon-backed cryptocurrency dubbed “Bacoin” that it promoted: Someone else might have come up with the idea...

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Large Merchants Drive 47 Percent Of Square’s GPV In Q1
Large Merchants Drive 47 Percent Of Square’s GPV In Q1
May 03, 2018  |  Earnings

Bitcoin, subscriptions and services all played a part in Square’s 45 percent year-over-year total revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018. But the company’s...

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Bitcoin Daily: Korean Peace Declaration Stored In Ethereum, London Police Seize $700K In Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Korean Peace Declaration Stored In Ethereum, London Police Seize $700K In Bitcoin
May 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

An agreement for peace between North and South Korea was stored in the blockchain by a South Korean developer, CoinDesk reported. Ryu Gi-hyeok recorded the...

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