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.

Google and Twitter Results May Hold Clues on Future of Crypto Payments
Google and Twitter Results May Hold Clues on Future of Crypto Payments
October 24, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As Wall Street investors brace for a raft of Big Tech earnings this week, the cryptocurrency world will have its eyes and ears fixed on...

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Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
Bitcoin Winning Middle Market Appeal for Cross Border Payments
October 24, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

There are a lot of potential points of friction or failure in cross-border payments between businesses, ranging from slow finality and high costs to counterparty...

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Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two-thirds of Salvadoran citizens consider President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin policy a failure and more than three-quarters have never used it, German public news outlet Deutsche...

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Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cross-border payments firm Ripple has claimed it won a victory in its long-running legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that could help...

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Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
October 21, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain-enabled B2B payments firm Paystand has announced that businesses using the Paystand Network and the DeFi Corporate Card can now access their revenue the next...

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Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
Are Retail Traders Bored Now That Bitcoin is Less Volatile?
October 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s biggest problem as a payments currency is its wild volatility, with a long history of rising and falling as much as 10% in a...

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FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Suggests Crypto Firms Limit Bug Bounties
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried Suggests Crypto Firms Limit Bug Bounties
October 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Saying the hacks that have hit the cryptocurrency industry have been too prevalent and too large, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has drafted a proposed set...

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BitPay Increases Focus on Crypto Disbursements — Including Payroll Payouts
BitPay Increases Focus on Crypto Disbursements — Including Payroll Payouts
October 20, 2022  |  Opinion

In the new PYMNTS eBook, “What’s Your Plan? Payments Strategies for a Strong 2022 Finish,” BitPay CEO Stephen Pair explains why payroll is a sweet spot in...

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Learn How UNIFY Turned Consumer Data Into a Crypto Product
Learn How UNIFY Turned Consumer Data Into a Crypto Product
October 20, 2022  |  Credit Unions

PYMNTS interviewed Greg Glawson, chief information officer at UNIFY Financial Credit Union, on how his company leveraged member data to design a new product to...

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