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JANUARY 26, 2021

Bitcoin gets all the headlines. But step beyond bitcoin and enter the world of cryptocurrencies approaching mainstream acceptance. At present, he said, a number of factors have inhibited the adoption of bitcoin as a transactional currency, including the fact that it’s expensive and can be very slow.

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JANUARY 20, 2019

Meanwhile, a study by data firm Chainalysis has found that bitcoin as a form of payment doubled in 2018 on darknet market sites. Bitcoin transaction volumes on darknet markets, where people can buy illegal goods, saw an increase over the entire year to reach an average of $2 million daily.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, has expressed serious reservations regarding bitcoin ETFs, in a public letter published on the regulator’s website yesterday. The reservations come at a time when bitcoin has experienced a series of falls in value, just wobbling over its previously celebrated mark of $10,000.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Australian supply chain-focused blockchain technology company Security Matters has filed a patent application in the U.S. In other news, PwC Luxembourg announced that it will start accepting bitcoin payments from its clients on October 1.

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MARCH 28, 2018

The Internet of Things is notoriously insecure — unsecured, or poorly secured IoT devices have contributed to a number of cyberattacks, and these are on the rise as the number of devices increases. There are more than 8 billion connected devices today, with over 20 billion estimated for 2020.

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AUGUST 18, 2019

This approval demonstrates New York’s competitiveness as a hub of innovation and leadership in emerging technologies.”. Bakkt is now authorized to provide custody services for bitcoin along with the launch of physically delivered bitcoin futures contracts. 16) in a press release.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

That number doesn’t surprise IBM Director of Worldwide Payments, Rajesh Venkatraman, who told Bank Innovation, “most of our customers are in some shape or form exploring […].

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APRIL 4, 2016

That guy is Mason Borda, a software engineer at BitGo, a bitcoin security firm. Borda uniquely has figured out how to pay for his $1,000 Tesla 3 reservation with bitcoin — 2.413612 bitcoins, Read More. Of the more than 250,000 people who have pre-ordered a Tesla 3 in the last three days, one guy stands out.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

Bitcoin fell to a five-week low during this past holiday weekend, reaching $3,442.50, its lowest level since Dec. Bitcoin keeps bouncing along in the upper $3K range, but it was unable to extend last week’s breakout above this level,” wrote Market Analyst Jani Ziedins. By Tuesday (Jan. 22), the crypto was up 0.7

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Scan the headlines over the past few weeks and cryptos, well beyond the marquee bitcoin, are making inroads into mainstream consumer and business activities. Square bought $50 million of bitcoin. PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. The mechanics and clumsiness of it all have not helped.

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APRIL 24, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Cryptocurrencies are experiencing one of their highest points in recent weeks, after remarks made by former financial regulator Gary Gensler brought back concerns that certain tokens should really be considered securities.

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JANUARY 31, 2021

Ripple has responded to a lawsuit against it, saying that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)'s opinion that its XRP cryptocurrency is a security is false, a filing says. The SEC contests that Ripple’s digital coin counts as a security and, as such, the SEC is allowed to regulate it. The move also “threatens U.S.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission ’s lawsuit contending that the blockchain firm connected to the digital currency held a $1.3 billion securities offering that was not registered, CNBC reported. The SEC’s complaint centers on the contention that the digital currency should be dealt with as a security in lieu of a currency.

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OCTOBER 3, 2017

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velázquez said, according to the report, “it is vital that Congress keep pace with the evolving needs of our country’s innovative small businesses.” Eight Roads led the round, with Telekom Innovation Pool, HKT, Telefónica Innovation Ventures and Singtel Innov8 also participating.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

According to the release, Ripple chose DIFC for its “innovative regulations, expansive network and reputation as a leading global financial centre,” according to the release, with the two companies “aligned” in their visions for the future. Tyler Winklevoss, the co-founder of crypto exchange Gemini, said recently that the tweet from U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

This week host Brett King is again joined by Chris Skinner, as the two conclude their five-part talk on blockchain technology — the rails beneath the anonymous bitcoin which keeps it secure.

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MARCH 17, 2017

It has been another wild ride of a week for bitcoin in the wake of the SEC ruling. At the tail end of last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled the proposed Winklevoss bitcoin ETF a no-go by nixing a proposed rule change that would have led to the fund being listed on the Bats BZX Exchange. The reason?

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JULY 31, 2018

A fter beginning to recover from a months-long slide, bitcoin prices once again showed signs of weakness on Monday (July 30) after Goldman Sachs warned in a research note that the recent turnaround in prices will be short-lived, according to reports. The price of bitcoin, after briefly slipping below $8,000, was down 0.8

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In other news, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) member Hester Peirce expressed hope that securities regulations concerning cryptocurrencies will speed up to match the speed of financial technology innovation.

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MAY 20, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has delayed a decision to approve a bitcoin exchange-traded fund, asking for more comments in the meantime. But given that their issues are with the underlying bitcoin market, not sure why they just don’t deny it as opposed to stringing along the crypto faithful with false hope.”.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

“The main objective of this project launched together with WizKey is to support banks in managing credits, especially non-performing ones, in a standardized and secure manner in line with the indications of European regulators,” said Daniele Savarè, director of Innovation & Business Solutions at SIA, in the release.

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MARCH 7, 2019

However, the way payments innovation is pursued — and becomes reality — is changing, too. As the executive stated, “Banks, financial institutions and payment companies are making choices about who they want to partner with” in the drive to payments innovation.

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AUGUST 11, 2019

The task force is comprised of 14 appointed members and has 180 days to file a study to the governor’s office and the state’s committee on science, tech and innovation. And finally, blockchain technology company Blockstream has announced it is launching “massive” bitcoin mining data centers in Quebec and Adel, Georgia.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. Even the U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2017

That’s bad news for commercial mortgage-backed securities tied to real estate, where loan viability and payments visibility remains in doubt if rent is not there to cover interest payments or if no tenants are left to pay said rent. Fizzle of the Week: Bitcoin. And this week bitcoin has once again failed to disappoint.

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APRIL 18, 2019

Once seen as a tool for the dark web and black markets, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin now want to be a part of the broader economy. Bitcoin at the Center. ” The widespread reliance on bitcoin to facilitate ransomware payouts is a “genuine challenge” for the cryptocurrency industry, he added. .

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Another round of attempts to get bitcoin exchange-traded funds approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission has failed. This comes after the SEC denied in July a request for a bitcoin ETF that would be run by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. It said it disapproved because “the exchange has not met its burden.”.

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DECEMBER 21, 2018

A bipartisan bill has been introduced by Congress that would aim to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our intent is to achieve a similar win for America’s economy, and for American leadership in this innovative space,” Davidson said. According to CNBC , Reps.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

A new type of ransomware is targeting users through their social media accounts, most notably through Facebook and LinkedIn, before doing what ransomware does: locking the computer and demanding payment for access–in bitcoin.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

News came this week that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against Ripple over its XRP cryptocurrency. billion unregistered securities offering, and named CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Co-Founder Chris Larsen in the suit. It’s an attack on the entire crypto industry and American innovation.”

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Even after shutting down dozens of bitcoin exchanges and banning bitcoin executives from leaving its borders, the“mouthpiece” for the People’s Bank of China, Financial News, published an article declaring that Beijing should “accelerate the process of launching a digital currency after it curbed the risks of [en]cryptocurrencies.”

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NOVEMBER 21, 2018

To bolster security and efficiency, SWIFT India’s banks plan to tap into a shared distributed ledger network with the pilot. In other news, a venture capitalist believes bitcoin may be a survivor like Amazon was in the dot-com crash, CNBC reported. Nobody likes being down like this.

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MAY 2, 2016

While some say we’ll never know for sure who created bitcoin (and perhaps more significantly, the blockchain that underlies it), an Australian entrepreneur has pointed the finger at — himself. Satoshi has stopped hiding. Well, probably anyway.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

“In times of crisis, to reach those lofty ambitions, we need to be friendly not only to traditional financing mechanisms but to the crypto community who’s been very innovative,” said Ettore Rossetti, global digital lead of Save the Children in a phone interview with CoinDesk.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. million between 2015 and 2017 through the Finnish bitcoin exchange. With the order, exchanges and offerings for tokens would need the SC’s approval.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Through the crypto transfer, 51 bitcoins, 33 Bitcoin Cash tokens, 822 Litecoin tokens, 2,000 Bitcoin Gold tokens and 951 Ether were sent to the professional services firm. According to a court document , “The monitor will hold the cryptocurrency in cold storage, pending further order of the court.”

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