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.

School District Pays Hackers $10K In Bitcoin To Recover Data
School District Pays Hackers $10K In Bitcoin To Recover Data
May 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

After hackers stole data from the computer system of a Massachusetts school system, they offered to return the information in return for a $10,000 bitcoin...

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Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Startup Hires PayPal Co-Founder, Ripple Adds Oman Bank To Blockchain Network
Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Startup Hires PayPal Co-Founder, Ripple Adds Oman Bank To Blockchain Network
May 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Origin Protocol, a blockchain-based sharing economy startup, has brought a PayPal co-founder on board as a research and development engineer, CoinDesk reported. Yu Pan will...

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Bitcoin Trading Startup Tagomi Gets Backing From Founders Fund
Bitcoin Trading Startup Tagomi Gets Backing From Founders Fund
May 02, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Tagomi Systems, the startup that wants to bring its expertise in electronic trading to the bitcoin market, has gotten venture backing from Founders Fund, the...

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Five At Five: Mastercard Makes A Biometric Bet
Five At Five: Mastercard Makes A Biometric Bet
May 01, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include a new mark in...

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Ethereum Now In Regulator Crosshairs
Ethereum Now In Regulator Crosshairs
May 01, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulators in the U.S. are considering the regulation of digital tokens outside bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal reported that the inquiry is focused on the cryptocurrency Ethereum,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Square Stocks Drop After Citron’s Bitcoin Critique, Oscar Meyer Launches Bacon Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Square Stocks Drop After Citron’s Bitcoin Critique, Oscar Meyer Launches Bacon Crypto
May 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Square’s stock fell almost 4 percent on Monday (April 30), after a short seller tweeted that the company’s bitcoin efforts might be overhyped, CNBC reported. “SQ-Cash...

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ICOs On US Lawmakers’ Radar, As Ban Mulled
ICOs On US Lawmakers’ Radar, As Ban Mulled
April 30, 2018  |  Regulation

Initial coin offerings, or ICOs, have been on the receiving end of much criticism and a growing amount of regulatory scrutiny. Now the trend may...

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Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis Pits Bitcoin Against Other Currencies
Federal Reserve Bank Of St. Louis Pits Bitcoin Against Other Currencies
April 30, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis isn’t buying into the belief that because bitcoin isn’t tied to a real-world commodity, it shouldn’t have any...

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Five At Five: QSR Kiosks Make Gains, But Will Customers Follow?
Five At Five: QSR Kiosks Make Gains, But Will Customers Follow?
April 27, 2018  |  Innovation

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at some of the freshest payments news of the day. Today’s stories include an up-to-date analytical report...

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