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: Facebook Bans Crypto Ads, SEC Halts ‘Illegal’ ICO
Bitcoin Daily: Facebook Bans Crypto Ads, SEC Halts ‘Illegal’ ICO
January 31, 2018  |  Bitcoin

While interest in digital coins may be surging, Facebook is not interested in running cryptocurrency ads, according to Recode. The social networking site will ban...

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Starbucks’ Howard Schultz Skeptical On Bitcoin, Hopeful For Blockchain
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz Skeptical On Bitcoin, Hopeful For Blockchain
January 30, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has yet another naysayer. This time, it’s Starbucks’ executive chairman and former CEO, Howard Schultz, who doesn’t believe the cryptocurrency is “legitimate.” “One or...

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Today In Data: Crypto Thresholds, eCommerce Boosts And SMB Loan Origination Declines
Today In Data: Crypto Thresholds, eCommerce Boosts And SMB Loan Origination Declines
January 29, 2018  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS’ data, bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have a psychological barrier threshold, online merchants are scored on ease of online checkout factors, manual investigation...

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Coincheck Hack May Spur More Regulation And Decentralized Trading
Coincheck Hack May Spur More Regulation And Decentralized Trading
January 29, 2018  |  Blockchain

Following the theft of $530 million in NEM tokens from Coincheck last week, governments will likely call for more cryptocurrency regulation and investors may turn...

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Blockchain-Focused ETFs Received $240M In Investment In One Week
Blockchain-Focused ETFs Received $240M In Investment In One Week
January 29, 2018  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

The world of exchange-traded funds is seeing an influx of capital from investors focused on blockchain. As reported by CNBC, $240 million has come into...

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More Lawyers Let Startups Pay Them In Bitcoin
More Lawyers Let Startups Pay Them In Bitcoin
January 29, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Some lawyers are jumping on the cryptocurrency craze, opting to accept payment in bitcoin. According to a report in Law.com, some of the big law...

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Coincheck Will Refund Some, Not All, Of $520M Lost In Hack
Coincheck Will Refund Some, Not All, Of $520M Lost In Hack
January 29, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Coincheck, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, will reimburse customers up to ¥46.3 billion ($426 million) due to a hack it suffered last week. According...

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB
Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB
January 26, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

It seems an era has drawn to a close at the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) as that under Mick Mulvaney, interim director and Office...

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$400 Million Of NEM Coins Vanish From Coincheck
$400 Million Of NEM Coins Vanish From Coincheck
January 26, 2018  |  Blockchain

Four years after the collapse of Mt. Gox, Coincheck, one of Japan’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has said that about $400 million worth of NEM coins...

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