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.

SEC Blocks ICO For Restaurant Review App Munchee
SEC Blocks ICO For Restaurant Review App Munchee
December 12, 2017  |  Blockchain

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday (Dec. 11) that Munchee, the California food review service, has halted its initial coin offering after being...

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Overstock Shares Jump On Morgan Stanley Stake
Overstock Shares Jump On Morgan Stanley Stake
December 12, 2017  |  Payment Methods

Online discount retailer Overstock saw its stock jump more than 23 percent in trading Monday (Dec. 11) after Morgan Stanley Investment Management said it had acquired...

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Today In Data: Consumer Spend, Venture Capital And Bitcoin Reach Record Highs
Today In Data: Consumer Spend, Venture Capital And Bitcoin Reach Record Highs
December 11, 2017  |  Today In Data

Today in PYMNTS’ data, consumers are spending billions on holiday preparations, venture capital (VC) funding is helping luxury eTail expand, subscription-based fitness class models are...

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Winklevoss Twin Confident About Bitcoin’s Trillion-Dollar Future
Winklevoss Twin Confident About Bitcoin’s Trillion-Dollar Future
December 11, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Cameron Winklevoss, one of the twins who reportedly became the first billionaire bitcoin investors, is predicting that the widely popular and ever-volatile cryptocurrency will move...

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Euro Pacific Capital Schiff Predicts Bitcoin Will Ultimately Have No Value
Euro Pacific Capital Schiff Predicts Bitcoin Will Ultimately Have No Value
December 11, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, and a long-time market forecaster, said that when it comes to bitcoin, investors can’t see any wrong in...

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Fed Gets New Payments Security Head, Bitcoin Gets More Scrutiny
Fed Gets New Payments Security Head, Bitcoin Gets More Scrutiny
December 11, 2017  |  News

While the world watched bitcoin, there were other events in the regulatory arena that bore watching. A few among them? Take some executive moves at...

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Bitcoin Price Bounces Up On Futures Trading
Bitcoin Price Bounces Up On Futures Trading
December 11, 2017  |  Bitcoin

The CBOE Futures Exchange for bitcoin is open for the business — and bitcoin’s price is up as a result. After about two hours of...

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Data Dive Christmas Carol Edition: Bills, Bitcoin And Banks
Data Dive Christmas Carol Edition: Bills, Bitcoin And Banks
December 11, 2017  |  Data Dive

Everyone knows the Charles Dickens classic, “A Christmas Carol.” Scrooge the miser is visited by the three Ghosts of Christmas – Past, Present and Future –...

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NiceHash Hack Exceeds $64M In Bitcoin
NiceHash Hack Exceeds $64M In Bitcoin
December 08, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

A cryptocurrency mining market in Slovenia, which lost millions in bitcoin in a Wednesday (Dec. 6) cyberattack, is now claiming the hack likely came from...

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