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: Trump Bans Petro Crypto; N.Y. Town Outlaws Crypto Mining
Bitcoin Daily: Trump Bans Petro Crypto; N.Y. Town Outlaws Crypto Mining
March 20, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin may soon climb to $9,000 again, CoinDesk reported. Still, the cryptocurrency has some ways to go. It fell to a five-and-half low of $7,335...

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Mastercard Would Be Glad To Help Central Banks Issue National Digital Tokens
Mastercard Would Be Glad To Help Central Banks Issue National Digital Tokens
March 19, 2018  |  Mastercard

Mastercard’s Co-President of Asia-Pacific Ari Sarker said the payment company would happily look into facilitating the use of digital currencies that are issued by central banks...

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Plattsburgh Temporarily Halts Bitcoin Mining As It Raises Electricity Costs
Plattsburgh Temporarily Halts Bitcoin Mining As It Raises Electricity Costs
March 19, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Plattsburgh, the small upstate New York town, has placed a temporary halt on cryptocurrency mining in an effort to preserve natural resources, the health of...

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Bitcoin Prices Continue To Fall, Hitting Less than $8K
Bitcoin Prices Continue To Fall, Hitting Less than $8K
March 19, 2018  |  Bitcoin

More bad news for bitcoin: The cryptocurrecy fell below $8,000 this past weekend, dropping about 25 percent so far this month. According to The Street,...

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Twitter Considers Ad Ban On Cryptos
Twitter Considers Ad Ban On Cryptos
March 19, 2018  |  Regulation

Twitter looks to be following in Facebook and Google’s footsteps as it prepares to prohibit cryptocurrency ads on its site. According to Sky News, the...

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Amex Files Blockchain Faster Payment Patent
Amex Files Blockchain Faster Payment Patent
March 16, 2018  |  B2B Payments

American Express has reportedly filed a patent related to faster payments and blockchain technology, reports in CoinDesk said. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released...

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FTC Cracks Down On Crypto Pyramid Scheme
FTC Cracks Down On Crypto Pyramid Scheme
March 16, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Those who claim that all cryptocurrencies are a pyramid scheme haven’t seen anything yet. On March 16, 2018, a federal court cracked down on four...

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Cascade To Power Crypto Card Loading
Cascade To Power Crypto Card Loading
March 16, 2018  |  Startup Check-In

This time last year, if a customer asked Cascade about cryptocurrency loading, the startup had to tell them, “We don’t do that.” Its partner banks...

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Supply Chain, Linked and Billed Via Blockchain
Supply Chain, Linked and Billed Via Blockchain
March 16, 2018  |  Blockchain

Even at its smoothest, supply chain management is never the easiest of endeavors. Transparency is key, but often is lacking – in part because of...

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