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Ethereum Sees Strong Growth in Market Cap, Price This Quarter

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The top rival of “digital gold,” i.e. bitcoin, had a banner first quarter in 2017, with a $3.6 billion increase in market cap (just under a 500% increase, compared to bitcoin’s 11% increase for the quarter), according to data from Coindesk’s State of Blockchain report for 1Q17. Welcome to the year of Ethereum.

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FinTech: $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017

Chris Skinner

Innovate Finance has just published their report on the first half of 2017, and the investments made in FinTech. Billion in H1 2017 –with UK investment up 37% reveals Innovate Finance H1 2017 saw 787 deals globally, attracting $6.5 billion invested in first half of 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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$3.46 Trillion in 3 Months: China’s Colossal Mobile Payments Market

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Xinhua News reports that consumers in China’s third-party mobile payment market spent a total of $3.46 trillion (23 trillion yuan) in mobile transactions during the second quarter of 2017 alone. This represents a 22.5% increase from the first quarter of this year.

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Bitcoin Breaks Through $20,000 Mark, Hits Record Highs

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16), heading above the $20,000 mark for the first time ever — eclipsing its previous record high set in 2017. This is the domino effect as asset managers tumble their portfolios into bitcoin,” Charles Hayter, CEO of market data provider CryptoCompare, told CNBC. Bitcoin continued its ongoing surge in price Wednesday (Dec.

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dLocal Expands Cross-Border Payments To New Markets

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FinTech dLocal , which specializes in cross-border payments for emerging markets, has announced its expanded its payments network to include Indonesia, Ecuador and Bolivia. dLocal is the only 360 payments platform designed to handle mass online payments in Latin America and other emerging markets across APAC, Middle East and Africa.

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Mobile vs. Desktop Usage In 2020

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Mobile vs. Desktop 2017 (published 2018). Mobile vs. Desktop 2016 (published 2017). We’ve broken it down into market segments, in both U.S. The following chart shows time-on-site stats by market category across different U.S. markets: Here, tablets show a strong lead in books and literature and games. data views.

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Ripple’s Focus on Innovation Is a Win for Banks

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Ripple is taking strides to expand its network–and its technology offerings–in 2017. According to Asheesh Birla, vice president of product for the enterprise blockchain solutions provider, this year “is all about expansion” to new clients, countries, and markets.