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.

Crypto Makes a Buzz on the Shopping Front
Crypto Makes a Buzz on the Shopping Front
April 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

While regulators and experts debate if cryptocurrency is an asset to hold or cash to spend, many consumers are using their crypto to go shopping....

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For CFOs, Crypto and Blockchain Present Opportunities to Transform Business
For CFOs, Crypto and Blockchain Present Opportunities to Transform Business
April 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When Gary A. Vecchiarelli, chief financial officer (CFO) at CleanSpark, joined the sustainable bitcoin mining and energy technology company in December, some people pointed out...

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Today in Crypto: FTX CEO Says Blockchain Could Fix Social Media’s ‘Broken Model’; Rising Interest Rates Spur Bitcoin Outflow
Today in Crypto: FTX CEO Says Blockchain Could Fix Social Media’s ‘Broken Model’; Rising Interest...
April 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Meanwhile, Coindesk reports that Bitcoin is becoming increasingly sensitive to interest rates, as evinced by the outflow of $97 million of digital asset funds during...

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Today in Crypto: Tax-Season Selling Pulls Bitcoin Below Support Price; Monero ‘Bank Run’ Tests Exchanges
Today in Crypto: Tax-Season Selling Pulls Bitcoin Below Support Price; Monero ‘Bank Run’ Tests Exchanges
April 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has breached critical price support, hitting new lows as the U.S. tax season ends, Coindesk reported Monday (April 18). The biggest cryptocurrency by market...

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PYMNTS Data: 23% of Americans Owned Crypto in 2021 as Processors Stepped up Support
PYMNTS Data: 23% of Americans Owned Crypto in 2021 as Processors Stepped up Support
April 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As the percentage of Americans who own or have owned cryptocurrency in the past year closes in on the 25% mark, it’s becoming clear that...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Shopping with Bitcoin; Office Makeover; Subscription Model Facelift; Fighting Fraudsters; DOJ Tightens Leniency 
PYMNTS AM Radar: Shopping with Bitcoin; Office Makeover; Subscription Model Facelift; Fighting Fraudsters; DOJ Tightens...
April 18, 2022  |  Commerce

It’s Monday, April 18 and today is tax day. While you can’t pay your taxes in cryptocurrency, your eCurrency gains are taxable. But if you...

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Rising Interest Rates Slow Down Bitcoin Trading Volume
Rising Interest Rates Slow Down Bitcoin Trading Volume
April 17, 2022  |  Bitcoin

With bitcoin interest rates rising, trading volumes have gone down, a Bloomberg report says. The aggregate 30-day moving average volume for bitcoin, taken into account...

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Barking Mad? Robinhood CEO Sees Dogecoin as ‘Future Currency of the Internet’
Barking Mad? Robinhood CEO Sees Dogecoin as ‘Future Currency of the Internet’
April 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev has asked a question on very few peoples’ minds: Can dogecoin “truly be the future currency of the internet and the...

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Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood Bets Cash App Will Win Bitcoin Payments
Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood Bets Cash App Will Win Bitcoin Payments
April 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin-friendly Ark Invest has sold off its PayPal holdings in favor of Cash App, and Bitcoin is behind the decision. Ark CEO Cathie Wood told...

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