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.

Is Bitcoin An Enron In The Making?
Is Bitcoin An Enron In The Making?
October 24, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Billionaire investor and Saudi Arabian prince Alwaleed bin Talal dismissed Bitcoin on Monday (Oct. 23), saying on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he expects the value...

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Few Tokens Are In Use After An ICO, Raising The Risk For Investors
Few Tokens Are In Use After An ICO, Raising The Risk For Investors
October 24, 2017  |  Digital Payments

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been all the rage this year, ushering in a frenzy of initial coin offerings, otherwise known as ICOs. But while startups...

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Florida Bitcoin Exchange Schemer Gets 16 Months
Florida Bitcoin Exchange Schemer Gets 16 Months
October 23, 2017  |  Legal

A software engineer from Florida was slapped with a 16-month prison term late last week after a court found him guilty of scamming to aid...

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Bitcoin Hits $6K
Bitcoin Hits $6K
October 23, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin surged beyond $6,000 in trading late last week, setting a new record for the cryptocurrency. Citing the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index, a Forbes news...

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How To Drive The Conversations At Money 20/20
How To Drive The Conversations At Money 20/20
October 23, 2017  |  Money 20/20

If conversation is currency, what about conversations about currency? When thousands of payments professionals gather in one place, you'd better know the lingua franca. So...

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Mastercard Premiers Blockchain Tech
Mastercard Premiers Blockchain Tech
October 20, 2017  |  B2B Payments

On Friday (Oct. 20), Mastercard announced news that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology through its developer’s API. Initially, the technology will...

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Google, Overstock Among Biggest Blockchain Investors
Google, Overstock Among Biggest Blockchain Investors
October 19, 2017  |  Blockchain

Plenty of industries and companies are eyeing blockchain – the technology that enables cryptocurrencies, such as bitcoin – but when it comes to corporate investors,...

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ICO Pioneer Tezos Imperiled By Backroom Power Struggle
ICO Pioneer Tezos Imperiled By Backroom Power Struggle
October 19, 2017  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Over the summer, a small tech startup named Tezos managed to bring in $232 million online in a wildly successful “initial coin offering.” But, as...

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Upper West Side Restaurant Lets Customers Pay In Bitcoin
Upper West Side Restaurant Lets Customers Pay In Bitcoin
October 18, 2017  |  Bitcoin

Upper West Side eatery La Sirène is now accepting bitcoin as a form of payment, according to news from The New York Post. Patrons of the...

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