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.

Today in Crypto: Russia Considers Crypto for International Payments; Crypto.com, Coinbase Top List of UK Ad Breaches
Today in Crypto: Russia Considers Crypto for International Payments; Crypto.com, Coinbase Top List of UK...
May 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin and ether have lost important support levels in the last day, with the sentiment for the overall crypto market weakening, CoinDesk writes. This has...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin’s Still a Major Sticking Point in Talks with IMF
El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin’s Still a Major Sticking Point in Talks with IMF
May 27, 2022  |  Bitcoin

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) dropped yet another strong hint that it won’t bail El Salvador out of coming debt payments that could lead to...

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PYMNTS Blockchain Basics Series: What’s Bitcoin, and How Did It Get That Way?
PYMNTS Blockchain Basics Series: What’s Bitcoin, and How Did It Get That Way?
May 25, 2022  |  Bitcoin

So, what is bitcoin? By this time, most people know at least a little about bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency, and that there is also Bitcoin...

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Today in TechREG: CFPB Takes Steps to Implement Open Banking Principles; US Banking Regulator Says Crypto Dependent on ‘Hype’
Today in TechREG: CFPB Takes Steps to Implement Open Banking Principles; US Banking Regulator Says...
May 25, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in TechREG, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the creation of a new office in the agency to promote competition and innovation. When...

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12 Years On, Bitcoin Pizza Day Finally Sees Crypto Payments Gain Traction
12 Years On, Bitcoin Pizza Day Finally Sees Crypto Payments Gain Traction
May 23, 2022  |  Bitcoin

Sunday was Bitcoin Pizza Day, the annual crypto industry holiday celebrating the first known use of bitcoin as a payments currency. And while it’s usually...

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Block’s Dorsey Says It’s ‘No Longer Just a Payments Company,’ But They Remain Its Core Focus
Block’s Dorsey Says It’s ‘No Longer Just a Payments Company,’ But They Remain Its Core...
May 20, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Speaking at the first Block investors day in five years, CEO Jack Dorsey’s main goal was to show that Block is “no longer just a...

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: TerraUSD’s Collapse Raises Alarms Worldwide
Crypto Regulation Weekly: TerraUSD’s Collapse Raises Alarms Worldwide
May 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The 800-pound gorilla in any conversation about crypto regulation this week was the $45 billion de-pegging and collapse of the TerraUSD stablecoin. The G-7 is...

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Bitcoin’s Plummet Is No Matter to MicroStrategy
Bitcoin’s Plummet Is No Matter to MicroStrategy
May 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The recent plummeting value of bitcoin hasn’t changed the approach MicroStrategy is taking toward its holdings, according to media reports on Thursday (May 19). While...

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Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Falls With Powell Remarks; Coinbase Institute to Fund Research
Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Falls With Powell Remarks; Coinbase Institute to Fund Research
May 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin dropped under $30,000 in trading on Wednesday (May 18) following traditional markets in retreat, Coindesk wrote. Traders and analysts are responding to Fed Chair...

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