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A point of contention non-coiners have regarding Bitcoin is its alleged use by cybercriminals. People use the leading cryptocurrency for nefarious purposes, that’s a fact. However, so is every other form of money known to man used. origin »
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Saylor wanted to demonstrate just how well he can use Bitcoin’s layer-2 Lightning Network by hosting a meme competition.
2022-10-5 13:57 | |
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Today, the price of Bitcoin surged to hit $41,076 on Coinbase, last seen on May 21st. While up more than 32% from last week’s low of $31,000, it’s hard to know if the cryptocurrency will be able to continue its way up towards the all-time high of $65,000 or people will use this bounce to […] The post Bitcoin Surges Above k — MacroStrategy, PTJ, FOMC Meeting, BCIE ‘Adopting BTC for Legal Use’ first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-6-14 20:48 | |
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CoinSpeaker Digital Retail Giant Overstock Set to Use Bitcoin for Tax Payments in 2019 Already Overstock will use Bitcoin to cover its Ohio commercial activity taxes in February 2019, using the recently launched cryptocurrency taxpayer platform, OhioCrypto.
2019-1-4 11:45 | |
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Popular cannabis brand High Times announced yesterday that it would accept investments made with Bitcoin and Ethereum in its upcoming initial public offering (IPO). The company aims to use the appeal of cryptocurrency to attract a broader investment pool.
2018-8-4 17:45 | |
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According to a press release on August 3, 2018, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) parent organization and 22 other bourses (stock market in a non-English-speaking country), announced plans to launch a regulated marketplace for digital assets.
2018-8-4 16:00 | |
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Even though Bitcoins prices has dropped again considerably in the last day, now selling for roughly $7500 USD a token – there are still plenty of new apps and software being created for use with Bitcoin.
2018-8-4 11:02 | |
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A recent survey conducted by Chainalysis Inc. shows that Bitcoin [BTC]’s use by merchants and in commercial use case scenarios is falling. The survey, which was commissioned by Bloomberg, shows that merchant usage peaked at $411 million in September of last year, with lows of about $60 million seen in May. This represents an 85% […]
2018-8-4 01:57 | |
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This November, cryptocurrency users will be introduced to Bakkt, a new company designed to give millions of retail merchants the chance to buy, sell and trade digital currencies — and even buy a cup of coffee.
2018-8-4 00:38 | |
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Bitcoin prices suffered on Wednesday, following the cryptocurrency-bashing opened by popular economist Paul Krugman and banking institution Goldman Sach’s Chief Investment Officer Sharmin Mossaver- Rahmani’s pessimism in mass adoption of blockchain technology for currencies.
2018-8-4 00:35 | |
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When the SEC announced its rejection of the Winklevosses’ latest bitcoin ETF filing, the industry found itself reckoning with a problem on repeat: striving toward the goal of approval, another Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) proposal faced the SEC’s death knell.
2018-8-4 22:49 | |
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Starbucks Partners with Microsoft to Allow Bitcoin Payments One of the most popular coffee chains in the country is making a big move when it comes to its payment system. The company is partnering with Microsoft to develop a digital platform that will allow customers to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as a form of […]
2018-8-3 18:10 | |
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Crypto. com, the payments and cryptocurrency platform formerly known as Monaco, has announced the addition of Litecoin (LTC) to its cryptocurrency application, the MCO Wallet App. Litecoin becomes the fifth virtual currency available on the MCO cryptocurrency platform, which is also tied to its MCO Visa card.
2018-8-3 10:00 | |
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New data from Chainanalysis shows that despite the recent drop in volatility of the bitcoin market, bitcoin’s popularity as a commercial payment solution is slipping, as vendors report fewer and fewer bitcoin transactions.
2018-8-3 08:00 | |
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Regulation Indian crypto traders have found some creative ways to trade cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, to circumvent the crypto banking ban imposed by the country’s central bank. Japan Confirms Entrance Into the Crypto Space Money Finds a Way Following the crypto banking ban by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which went into effect last month, Indian
2018-8-3 07:45 | |
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According to a new report from Chainalysis, Bitcoin isn’t as popular of an online payment method as it was a year ago. Since the late-2017 price rally that saw the top-ranked cryptocurrency come within touching distance of $20,000, fewer people seem incentivized to spend it on retail purchases. Such is the decline of BTC’s use […]
2018-8-3 06:29 | |
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Indian crypto traders have found some creative ways to trade cryptocurrencies, especially bitcoin, to circumvent the crypto banking ban imposed by the country’s central bank. The Reserve Bank of India has banned financial institutions from providing services to companies dealing in cryptocurrency.
2018-8-3 05:15 | |
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Porn star Brenna Sparks is not the only one warming up to blockchain tech. Startups such as Spankchain as well as Vice Industries are attempting to fuse intimate desires with software undergirding cryptocurrencies such as ether.
2018-8-3 02:13 | |
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According to a new report from Chainalysis, Bitcoin isn’t as popular of an online payment method as it was a year ago. Since the late-2017 price rally that saw the top-ranked cryptocurrency come within touching distance of $20,000, fewer people seem incentivized to spend it on retail purchases.
2018-8-3 00:45 | |
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Fintech businesses struggling to stay inbounds of government rules may soon receive a dose of much-needed guidance via the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
2018-8-3 18:23 | |
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Northern Trust has recently expanded its efforts with blockchain and cryptocurrencies in a couple of areas. The 129-year-old firm manages over $10. 7 trillion in assets and has recently added “new blockchain features for managing its private equity workflow.
2018-8-2 15:55 | |
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The use of Bitcoin as a means of payments is declining, according to a report by Chainalysis which found that the coin is not suitable for micropayments but is still used by entities to pay vendors, especially freelancers.
2018-8-3 15:52 | |
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Also Read: Swissquote Reports 44% Increase in Profit After Adding Cryptocurrency Services It Does Not Matter To Bitpay Whether It’s ”Crashing” Sonny Singh, the chief operating officer of Bitpay, recently discussed the use of bitcoin as a means of payment.
2018-8-2 10:38 | |
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Bitcoin Bank Approaches Coinbase UK And Adds Pound Sterling The realization of a bitcoin bank in the UK is getting closer and becoming a reality. On July the 31st, Coinbase announced support for the currency of the UK.
2018-8-2 10:31 | |
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The volume of Bitcoin used for commerce fell from a high of $411 million last September to a low of $60 million in May 2018
2018-8-2 03:34 | |
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The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian dollars ($6 million USD) to roughly 70 different companies that will work to inspire innovation and create new ideas within the region’s travel space.
2018-8-2 00:27 | |
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Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology.
2018-8-1 20:41 | |
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Blockchain and cryptocurrency technology has always lent itself to darker themes and nefarious uses. In the beginning days of Bitcoin, the primary use of the currency was on the underground black market.
2018-8-1 12:33 | |
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XcelTrip, is poised to disrupt the online travel industry with launching of its online travel platform XcelTrip. com, from 1 Aug 2018. where user can use major crypto currencies to book their hotel and stay.
2018-8-1 12:30 | |
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Institutional financial traders are about to receive access to new data feeds on fifty cryptocurrencies supplied by Cryptocompare. These will be added to Eikon, Thomson Reuters’ flagship financial information platform which was launched back in 2010.
2018-7-31 20:16 | |
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Blockchain exchange tech company Alphapoint has announced registration is open for DCEX exchange, the first platform to use the Ripple XRP token as its base currency. DCEX To Open In ‘Coming Weeks’ In a press release July 30, the company announced DCEX, which caters to retail and institutional investors, would commence trading “in the coming weeks.
2018-7-31 19:00 | |
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As with brick-and-mortar industries that are slowly fading away to the globalism of the online world, so too will the traditional prediction market industry have to innovate to keep up with the sheer efficiency, reliability and security that the decentralized prediction markets promise to bring.
2018-7-31 15:58 | |
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Exchanges In recent news regarding bitcoin exchanges, Dcex has launched a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange that will use XRP as its base currency, ESMA regulated exchange, Blocktrade, has opened for beta testing, and Coinfield has announced a partnership with fee-free trading app Moongo.
2018-7-31 14:46 | |
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Segwit addresses have been implemented in Lykke Wallet. This update causes the change of bitcoin depositing address. Legacy addresses are still functional but will be supported for a limited period of time.
2018-7-31 13:18 | |
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In recent news regarding bitcoin exchanges, Dcex has launched a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchange that will use XRP as its base currency, ESMA regulated exchange, Blocktrade, has opened for beta testing, and Coinfield has announced a partnership with fee-free trading app Moongo.
2018-7-31 05:45 | |
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In 2018, BitPay launched its cross-border payment solution which helps businesses pay or receive international payments faster and more economically. BitPay works with over 30 e-commerce and point of sale integrators to promote the use and acceptance of bitcoin.
2018-7-31 05:35 | |
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Gibraltar just scored a major unexpected goal in the great tournament to be known as the most Bitcoin-friendly jurisdiction in Europe. A local football team made international sports headlines for deciding to pay its players with cryptocurrency.
2018-7-31 22:15 | |
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Access to personal financial data and the emergence of blockchain technology have been the catalyst for a revolution in the banking sector. At the start of this year, banks within the European Union were ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to grant customers access to their personal data.
2018-7-31 20:42 | |
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On 27th July, Roger Ver, the Co-Founder of Bitcoin Cash [BCH] released a video on the official YouTube handle of Bitcoin.com and spoke about the Lightning Network and use cases of BCH. A part of the video gave an insight on what the BCH Founder thinks of the Lightning Network. Roger Ver addressed Andreas Antonopoulos, […]
2018-7-31 20:24 | |
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Capital gains on crypto transactions are easy to track, one at a time. What about when there are thousands?Cryptocurrency capital gains taxes are becoming a point of interest for governments.
2018-7-31 20:04 | |
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Bitcoin, and any other cryptocurrency, is only safe as long as it is in a secure wallet. In this article we discuss 5 simple hot wallets you can use to store your digital gold.
2018-7-31 19:50 | |
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International trade, people without identity and financial exclusion are global development areas that stand to be radically improved with blockchain technology, according to Michelle Chivunga, regional advisor for the British Blockchain Association.
2018-7-31 19:50 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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It seems that whenever members of the legacy financial establishment talk about Bitcoin these days its only to bash it in comparison to ‘Blockchain’, claiming that they can usurp the technology while ditching the cryptocurrency.
2018-7-31 16:05 | |
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In February of this year, Fuze, known for their all-in-one card, launched an ICO for a new product known as FuzeX. The FuzeX product offered users the ability to use one card in place of multiple credit, debit and gift cards, and was linked to a cryptocurrency wallet for use with prominent cryptocurrencies such as […]
2018-7-30 21:00 | |
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Binance Labs, the investment wing of the leading cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has announced that it has invested in Libra Credit – “a decentralized digital asset financial services platform.
2018-7-30 20:50 | |
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As former cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan prepares to take charge of Pakistan’s economy, some believe Pakistan is on the brink of an economic crisis. This crisis may increase the use of cryptocurrency in Pakistan.
2018-7-29 05:00 | |
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According to The Next Web, Thunder Message is a decentralized social media site that makes use of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The Thunder Message forum operates very similarly to Reddit, since users can post messages and then choose to up- or downvote different posts.
2018-7-29 04:13 | |
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The exponential rise in the use of cryptocurrency is no news, as different altcoins have sprung up, since the successful creation of the world’s flagship cryptocurrency, bitcoin, in 2009. A report from a London-based investment group has thus delivered a technical knockout to the over 20 million Brits who are currently in the business of […] The post Report: Less than 6 Percent of British Cryptocurrency Investors Make Profits appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2018-7-29 22:39 | |
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On 26th July, the Chief Market Strategist of Ripple, Cory Johnson tweeted an Instagram picture of the Fox Business panel and him, prior to his interview with the channel. During the interview, Johnson talked about XRP and its use case in the remittance industry in comparison with Bitcoin [BTC] and Ethereum [ETH]. Starting off with […]
2018-7-28 08:18 | |
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The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Rostislav Panev, a dual Russian and Israeli national, for his alleged involvement with the LockBit ransomware group. Panev, 51, is accused of working as a developer for the group, earning over $230,000 in…
Toronto police are investigating the kidnapping of Dean Skurka, CEO of WonderFi. Skurka was abducted in downtown Toronto during rush hour on Wednesday, Nov. 6. He was later released after a $1 million ransom was paid electronically, per CBC. The…
Cencora, a healthcare solutions provider, paid a total of $75 million to a ransomware group earlier this year, according to Bloomberg. The publicly traded drug distributor, formerly known as AmerisourceBergen, reportedly sent Bitcoin (BTC) worth $75 million to cyberattackers following…
U.S. authorities have identified Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev as the mastermind behind the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, and are offering a $10 million reward for information that leads to his arrest.
A ransomware group claims to have targeted Bitfinex, but top brass at the cryptocurrency exchange deny that a cyberattack occurred. Here's what we know.
Cyber gang BlackCat allegedly scammed its own affiliates as the group went dark shortly after it disrupted the U.S. healthcare system. An address associated with the ransomware gang BlackCat, also known as ALPHV and Noberus, received approximately $22 million worth…
In recent times, there has been a noticeable decrease in conventional ransomware attacks, as various enterprises have opted against paying ransom. However, cryptojacking still presents a significant threat.