Finextra

AUGUST 27, 2024

CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced it will further expand its cryptocurrency derivatives offerings with the introduction of Bitcoin Friday futures (BFF) on September 30, pending regulatory review.

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Finextra

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others have revolutionized the world of finance and i

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address problems.

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Clearly Payments

MARCH 11, 2024

In recent years, the rise of cryptocurrency has redefined traditional notions of currency and payment systems worldwide. Cryptocurrency, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others, operates on decentralized blockchain networks, enabling secure, peer-to-peer transactions without the need for intermediaries like banks or financial institutions.

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Payments Dive

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bank is partnering with ATM operator BluePoint ATM Solutions and Bitcoin ATM software provider LibertyX to facilitate access to the cryptocurrency. This announcement comes as banks and regulators appear to be warming to digital assets, and as Bitcoin continues to gain value and attention.

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Payments Dive

JULY 11, 2024

The May theft of over $300 million worth of bitcoin from Japanese cryptocurrency exchange DMM Bitcoin is the largest digital currency heist so far this year.

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CoinRemitter

MAY 29, 2024

With the rise in digital currencies for payments and transactions, two innovations are much discussed: Central Bank Decentralised Currencies (CBDCs) and cryptocurrencies. Let’s break down the key differences between CBDCs and cryptocurrencies. Ethereum, Dogecoin, Tether, and Cardano are some of the examples of cryptocurrencies.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 23, 2024

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has introduced a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), which is the first of its kind on the platform to be directly backed by Bitcoin. ASX, which handles 90 per cent of Australia’s stock market activity, has listed the VanEck Bitcoin ETF (VBTC).

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Finextra

JUNE 20, 2024

ASX today announces the admission of its first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), marking a significant milestone in the Australian financial market and cryptocurrency industry.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 22, 2024

Our monthly focus now turns to the most well-known form of digital assets : cryptocurrencies. Since Bitcoin’s inception in 2009, the crypto world has jumped from one height to the next continually breaking records. But what is keeping this momentum going?

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 29, 2024

ReadyCode connected ATMs will offer the ability for enrolled LibertyX customers to seamlessly receive their cash at locations and communities of their choosing following the sale of bitcoin across more than 30 states to start.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Bitcoin hit more than $37,700, a new record high that helped drive the cryptocurrency market beyond $1 trillion, CNBC reported on Thursday (Jan. Singapore time, bitcoin was up 5 percent over the day before. Some bitcoin bulls have called bitcoin “digital gold,” CNBC said, with J.P. At about 2:42 p.m.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Bitcoin continued its price climb today (Nov. While that price apex was followed by a bubble burst and bitcoin fell to $3,122 in 2018, analysts and crypto fans predict this wave is different. million, CoinDesk reported, the first IPO to use cryptocurrency as an accepted currency. The maximum loan is 5 Bitcoin, or $92,000.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez proposed paying municipal workers and collecting taxes in bitcoin, expanding a campaign to promote cryptocurrencies.

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CoinRemitter

JULY 14, 2024

2013 was possibly the most interesting year for the cryptocurrency market, especially for Bitcoin. Many market experts considered it the “year of Bitcoin”. The reason is that Bitcoin saw a huge price rise from $15 in January to $1100 in early December. However, a very interesting thing happened.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

More than $50 billion of cryptocurrency was transferred from virtual wallets in China to other parts of the world last year, a potential violation of the nation’s strict limits on how much money can be sent abroad, according to a new report. Cryptocurrency could be picking up some of the slack.” .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

5) was its prowess in cryptocurrency. In addition to its significant revenue increase from seller fees and user deposits, the company’s Cash App generated $875 million of bitcoin revenue and $17 million of bitcoin gross profit during the second quarter of 2020, up 600 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Bitcoin continued its ongoing surge in price Wednesday (Dec. The price of a bitcoin traded higher by 5.6 CNBC reported that the surge was fueled by cryptocurrency fans along with a big boost from big-name investors such as Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller. percent, hitting around $20,600. What’s up looking ahead?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2020

A French court has decided that bitcoin is money, the first time a court in France has issued such a ruling, according to a report from Les Echos Sunday (March 8). The decision came about following a clash between the Bitcoin marketplace Paymium and the crypto investment company BitSpread. An argument in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Amid the rallies that have marked all manner of asset classes in 2020 – where things hummed along to start the year, turned sour in the spring and then rebounded (nay, roared) into the waning months, bitcoin stands out. But now, at least some asset managers have been embracing bitcoin as a hedge against currencies and gold.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

8) that it has invested $50 million — approximately 1 percent of its total second-quarter assets — to purchase roughly 4,709 bitcoins. “We We believe that bitcoin has the potential to be a more ubiquitous currency in the future,” said Amrita Ahuja , chief financial officer, Square. “As

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The Paypers

AUGUST 9, 2023

US-based Bitcoin payments company BitPay has rolled out Bill Pay, a solution that allows cryptocurrency users to pay bills straight from their crypto wallets.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 25, 2024

But how is this approval different to Bitcoin’s in January? On 23 May 2023, the SEC approved a spot Ethereum ETF meaning that, to begin with, certain investment firms could now offer an ETF of the cryptocurrency. The US is the largest market for ETFs in the world, and where the US moves, others usually follow.

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Payments Source

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Bitcoin approached a high for the year after PayPal Holdings Inc. announced it will allow customers to use cryptocurrencies.

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CoinRemitter

JANUARY 10, 2024

A popular and much-awaited approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF has grabbed headlines. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has officially approved a Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). Spot Bitcoin ETF: A Brief Introduction A spot Bitcoin ETF is traded on stock exchanges. It holds Bitcoin as a primary asset.

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PYMNTS

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. PayPal is opening its network to allow consumers to shop using cryptocurrency. Square bought $50 million of bitcoin. The mechanics and clumsiness of it all have not helped.

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Finovate

APRIL 3, 2024

On December 13, 2022, Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of international cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was charged with two counts of wire fraud conspiracy, two counts of wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Since then, cryptocurrencies in general and bitcoin in specific, have been on a tear.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2021

India is looking into a new bill that could ban private cryptocurrencies in favor of a national digital coin, a report says. The bill, titled the “Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill,” could create a framework in which the official digital currency is rolled out and issued by the Reserve Bank of India.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

The company will also tell the agency about any intentions for any kind of cryptocurrency issuance in the three years to come. In other news, the individual behind the cryptocurrency project that purportedly had anti-money laundering features was brought forward on wire fraud and money laundering charges by the U.S.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Singapore’s cryptocurrency market has seen a notable increase in crypto payments , with merchant services receiving nearly US$1 billion in crypto during the second quarter of 2024. A key part of this growth is the rise of XSGD, the Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin issued by StraitsX. Meanwhile, Paxos, a U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

PayPal and Square’s Cash App digital currency buying spree has reportedly triggered a bitcoin rally, according to a Benzinga report on Monday (Nov. The increase in itBit volume implies that within four weeks of going live, PayPal is already buying almost 70% of the new supply of bitcoins,” Pantera Capital indicated in the report.

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Payments Source

APRIL 11, 2018

One of the most outspoken proponents of Bitcoin Cash, the digital token that spun off from Bitcoin in August amid a heated debate in the digital-money community, still holds some of the original cryptocurrency because, well, everyone knows it’s smart to diversify.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

Instead, he embezzled their cash and cryptocurrency, the release stated. Some criminals believe mistakenly that cryptocurrency is beyond the reach of law enforcement,” said U.S. This case shows we can use criminal forfeiture to compensate fraud victims even when cryptocurrency is used in the fraud.”. As of 7:34 p.m.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The count of bitcoin ATMs has jumped this year, rising by 85 percent to just under 11,800, CoinDesk reported. Meanwhile, hackers purportedly sought $11 million worth of cryptocurrency from Japanese computer gaming company Capcom in return for not providing illicitly gathered private data, CoinDesk reported.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 13, 2024

BitPay , the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment service provider, has launched an updated payment experience for crypto customers, including support for a range of new cryptocurrencies. The post BitPay Revamps Payment Experience With new Features and Support for New Cryptocurrencies appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

At a time when 90 percent of Americans have never owned bitcoin and nearly 70 percent say they have no plans to do so in the future, the thought of widespread adoption and usage of cryptocurrency seems to be a distant prospect for most people. Bitcoin is awesome. Ternio CEO Daniel Gouldman , however, is not one of them. “I

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

With transactions that become irreversible almost instantaneously, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are winning new converts — among scammers eager to avoid credit card chargebacks that can eat into their ill-gotten gains. So, use your credit card to buy cryptocurrency that you give a scammer and you might be stuck.

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