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2018-12-29 19:48 |
Scott Galit, CEO of New York-headquartered payments processing firm Payoneer, says a single global, non-fiat currency such as Bitcoin is unrealistic
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2018-12-29 19:48 |
Scott Galit, CEO of New York-headquartered payments processing firm Payoneer, says a single global, non-fiat currency such as Bitcoin is unrealistic
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Alastair Constance – CEO of Mercury FX, partner of the blockchain tech oriented company Ripple, noted out that the firm is setting plans in-motion to power payments faster using XRP‘s xRapid platform from UK to.
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Bitcoin. com CEO Roger Ver has announced a strategic partnership within the cryptocurrency space between his company and the Tokyo-based ACD Inc (funded by ANA Holdings). Based on this alliance, ACD’s token will be launched on the Bitcoin Cash network as a BCH token.
2018-12-28 13:30 | |
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According to news outlet, Coin Desk, AriseBank – which was forced to terminate by the US Securities Exchange and Commission (SEC) back in January 2018 – saw two of its former executives, namely, CEO, Jared Rice Sr and COO, Stanley Ford settle their payments in regard to a lawsuit that involved the duo’s fraudulent activities […]
2018-12-13 08:01 | |
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Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.
2018-12-5 23:23 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and Ethfinex now support trading for all six of the market’s major stablecoins. Adding to its support for MakerDao’s Dai and Tether’s USDT, the sister platforms recently listed USD Coin (USDC), TrueUSD (TUSD), Paxos Standard Token (PAX) and Gemini USD (GUSD).
2018-12-4 21:02 | |
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Recently, the CEO of Ohio-based nonprofit JumpStart Inc. announced that his company, along with six others, would invest vast sums of money into Ohio’s blockchain startups.
2018-12-3 19:32 | |
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Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain. io has partnered with tokenization platform STASIS to enable euro-backed crypto paychecks for its European Union (EU) users with the EURS stablecoin.
2018-12-1 21:00 | |
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Mexican startup Airtm will launch a campaign to raise donations for Venezuelans, a country whose poor monetary policies have plagued it with hyperinflation. Called the AirdropVenezuela.
2018-11-28 19:29 | |
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Today, November 26, 2018, marks the launch of the Foundation for Interwallet Operability (FIO) and the FIO Protocol, an interwallet protocol that seeks to make the transfer of cryptos between wallets as simple and straightforward as making transfers on PayPal.
2018-11-27 02:52 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-19 04:39 | |
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Bitcoin-built smart contract platform RSK (a. k. a. Rootstock) is merging with an offshoot established by its founders. The partnership will allow it to spread its roots to Ethereum — and beyond.
2018-11-20 04:39 | |
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Ripple, a global payments network is currently in the process of expanding as they onboard new customers and financial firms. According to Bloomberg’s article published on November 15, 2018, Ripple’s popularity with financial institutions may one day overtake the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) banking network, as the blockchain-based company uses newer and […] Ripple’s CEO Believes That the Blockchain Startup May Topple the Swift Banking Network was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-11-15 17:29 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse denied rumors saying that the company might work with SWIFT and said that Ripple was actually overtaking the traditional payments network.
2018-11-14 00:46 | |
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Ripple CEO’s has sat down with Ross Leckow, IMF’s Deputy General Counsel, to talk about blockchain technology at the Singapore Fintech Festival. Both agreed that the distributed ledger will change the world of global payments as the International Monetary Fund engages with the private sector and industry to help its members unlock the potential of blockchain.
2018-11-14 23:00 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talked about the opportunities for digital assets and blockchain technology in the ASEAN region. Speaking with IMF’s Deputy General Counsel Ross Leckow, Garlinghouse noted on Monday that the unique regulatory frameworks of the region could help in the creation of game-changing technology that will change the future of global payments.
2018-11-13 18:29 | |
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Cryptocurrency markets have fallen by more than 70 percent this year. But according to a veteran from the industry, they are standing at the edge of a revolution. Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, an Amazon-like marketplace which accepts payments in Bitcoin, said in a recent interview that he is still expecting cryptocurrencies to reach.
2018-11-8 18:30 | |
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Ryan Taylor, CEO of the Dash Core Group, talked with Bitsonline in order to discuss the current state of the crypto market and the future of Dash. The conversation was held at the Money 20/20 event in Las Vegas a few days ago.
2018-11-5 01:34 | |
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As the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest cryptocurrency miners and the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency miner, I’m often asked questions about energy consumption in the mining of cryptocurrency.
2018-11-1 23:35 | |
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Galaxy Capital–backed BlockFiis taking its loan services to the global stage. According to a statement shared with Bitcoin Magazine, the platform is expanding its services to an international audience.
2018-10-31 17:17 | |
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Despite its infiltration of some of the largest names in the payments game, crypto won’t be creeping onto the radar of Visa anytime soon unless the young asset-class steps up its game, the company’s chief whip stated Thursday.
2018-10-28 05:00 | |
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The credence which Ripple blockchain technology is garnering in the fintech industry seems not to be signaling any form of deceleration, as the firm got eulogized by the CEO of Nordea Bank, Casper von Koskull.
2018-10-27 01:40 | |
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Visa chief executive officer Alfred Kelly has said that cryptocurrencies are not a significant threat to his company’s electronic payments hegemony. He nevertheless indicated that the legacy financial intermediary may move into handling cryptocurrency if there is an incentive to do so.
2018-10-27 00:15 | |
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David Chaum, the cryptographer credited with starting the cypherpunk movement in the 1980s and launching eCash, an early form of virtual money in the 1990s, thinks people are taking financial privacy a lot more seriously these days.
2018-10-24 18:02 | |
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San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Square announced it is open-sourcing its Bitcoin cold storage solution, which is now available on Github. Mobile Payments Startup Square Open-Sources Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) and Wallet Auditing Tool The company founded by Jack Dorsey, who is also CEO of Twitter, has built out its cryptocurrency infrastructure when it started.
2018-10-23 23:00 | |
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In recent months, reports have emerged stating that PayPal, the leading online payments provider may be making a move in favor of cryptocurrencies. This has been echoed by PayPal’s previous business companion eBay.
2018-10-22 21:06 | |
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Are Wages Paid in Bitcoin the Key to Mass Retailer Adoption? Francis Pouliot, CEO of Canadian Bitcoin startup Bylis, discussed whether retailers would be more keep to adopt Bitcoin payments if people were paid in bitcoin.
2018-10-22 20:43 | |
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Is this a case of chicken and egg? If more retailers accepted Bitcoin, would more employees expect their wages paid in Bitcoin? Or, does Bitcoin need to be viewed more widely as a replacement for fiat first? A recent tweet by Francis Pouliot, CEO of Canadian Bitcoin (BTC) payments startup Bylls began a discussion as to whether retailer adoption of Bitcoin payments is being stalled by the lack of wages paid in Bitcoin.
2018-10-22 02:00 | |
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The use of digital currency in payments for goods and services has hit various hurdles as was seen with LitePay closing as did FuzeX recently delaying the launch of their highly anticipated debit cards.
2018-10-12 23:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has obtained an emergency court order issuing the stoppage of a recently planned initial coin offering (ICO) by Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, who falsely advertised that the token sale was approved by the SEC.
2018-10-12 01:12 | |
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Blockchain technology is one of the most innovative and helpful technologies that has arisen in the last ten years. Even though it is only as old as the cryptocurrency industry it came with, it is clear that this technology has many ways to integrate into other markets.
2018-10-11 14:17 | |
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There are all sorts of back and forth discussions on the validity of blockchain and how it may apply to the real world aside from payments. But Joe Duran, founder and CEO of United Capital Financial Advisers, believes in the blockchain.
2018-10-11 00:52 | |
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In a tweet earlier today, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, could not hold his excitement as Binance Coin (BNB) was announced as now being accepted by the Propy Inc: a real estate firm that accepts payments in cryptocurrencies.
2018-10-10 16:22 | |
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TRON (TRX), Ripple, XRP–Justin Sun, founder and CEO of TRON and former chief representative for RippleLabs, has weighed in on the price surge of XRP over the last several weeks, as well as giving his opinion on the landscape of cryptocurrency and global payments.
2018-10-10 03:19 | |
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Ripple has been making headlines for the past few weeks and is still making a push for the number two spot on the top 100 cryptocurrencies according to CoinMarketCap. In the last month, it took over for a short time but slunk back into the third spot on the chart.
2018-10-10 23:00 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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Binance has announced a $2. 5 million investment in Australian travel startup TravelbyBit in a move to introduce a blockchain-based, point-of-sale (POS) payment system across major airports around the world.
2018-10-4 17:50 | |
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Ripple’s 2018 iteration of its annual Swell conference saw various blockchain startups and firms present their unique ideas and visions to the world. For example, early on day two, Daumantas Dvilinskas, the CEO of TransferGo, explained to the caucus how his firm plans to change the game when it comes to facilitating “real-time global payments” […]
2018-10-3 19:40 | |
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Ripple announced the much-anticipated launch of its xRapid product for international payments on Monday, as the status of its currency XRP remains a question. The launch was announced as part of Swell, an event in San Francisco organized and hosted by Ripple.
2018-10-3 07:00 | |
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CEO of TransferGo Daumantas Dvilinskas took center stage on day two of Swell 2018. Not only did he share in detail how TransferGo is delivering on its promise of making global real-time settlement a reality, he also announced a new, free global payments service for customers anywhere in the world: TransferGo FREE.
2018-10-5 02:08 | |
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CEO of TransferGo Daumantas Dvilinskas took center stage on day two of Swell 2018. Not only did he share in detail how TransferGo is delivering on its promise of making global real-time settlement a reality, he also announced a new, free global payments service for customers anywhere in the world: TransferGo FREE.
2018-10-3 02:08 | |
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Сразу три компании приступили к коммерческому использованию платежной платформы xRapid. Об этом на конференции Swell в Сан-Франциско заявил CEO Ripple Брэд Гарлингхаус. xRapid is going into commercial production.
2018-10-2 11:29 | |
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Сразу три компании приступили к коммерческому использованию платежной платформы xRapid. Об этом на конференции Swell в Сан-Франциско заявил CEO Ripple Брэд Гарлингхаус. xRapid is going into commercial production.
2018-10-2 10:49 | |
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Сразу три компании приступили к коммерческому использованию платежной платформы xRapid. Об этом на конференции Swell в Сан-Франциско заявил CEO Ripple Брэд Гарлингхаус. xRapid is going into commercial production.
2018-10-2 10:49 | |
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During Ripple's annual Swell conference, CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced three firms that will use XRP in commercial cross-border payments.
2018-10-2 23:00 | |
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The world’s leading experts on policy, payments and technology are already converging in San Francisco for Swell by Ripple. In less 24 hours, the event kicks off with President Bill Clinton’s keynote and opening remarks from CEO Brad Garlinghouse.
2018-10-1 21:36 | |
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Officials report that the Port of San Diego has been hit with a ransomware attack demanding Bitcoin payments. Port CEO Randa Congiglio told ABC that a fraction of the port’s information technology systems were compromised before staff members shut down other systems out of caution.
2018-9-30 05:09 | |
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Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.
2018-9-27 22:14 | |
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Goldman Sachs and GV (formerly Google Ventures) are among major investors in a $25 million funding round for Bitcoin payment network startup Veem, the company confirmed September 26. Google, Goldman Sachs Bet On Bitcoin Payments Speaking to Forbes, Veem CEO Marwan Forzley confirmed the successful funding round, which is the most prominent yet since the company first started raising funds back in May 2015.
2018-9-27 20:30 | |
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Civic, a digital identity firm, has collaborated with Brave, the privacy-based browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, to provide identity verification services to Brave’s content creators.
2018-9-25 00:58 | |
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