Apple Pay sees potential in cryptocurrencies, the company’s vice president Jennifer Bailey said during a recent interview. Jennifer Bailey, the vice president of Apple’s payments service, Apple Pay, said that the company sees potential in cryptocurrencies. CNN reported on Sept. 5 that Bailey told the outlet’s chief business correspondent Christine Romans at a private event […]
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A German political party wants to save the climate by issuing a new crypto coin to anyone who removes CO2 from the atmosphere. The Free Democratic Party (FDP) in Germany proposes to issue a new cryptocurrency called Arbil to anyone who removes CO2 or other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. Get paid to withdraw CO2 […]
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Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and co-founder of venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, has revised his bullish opinion on Ether. Fred Wilson, a venture capitalist and co-founder of venture capital firm Union Square Ventures, has revised his bullish opinion on Ether (ETH). Back in 2017, Wilson suggested that the market capitalization of Ether will […]
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The recent move by Swiss regulators to licence two crypto banks is sending a message to regulators worldwide, but what are the stances of global authorities? Banking is often seen as the antithesis of Bitcoin (BTC), the very industry the nascent protocol looks to defuse and disrupt. Ironically, many banks are desperately in need of […]
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The Winklevoss-led crypto exchange Gemini has hired Noah Perlman, a former Morgan Stanley executive, as its new chief compliance officer. The Winklevoss brothers’ cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has hired Noah Perlman, a former executive at financial services giant Morgan Stanley, as its new chief compliance officer. Per an official announcement published by Tyler Winklevoss on Sept. […]
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Social media platform Steemit is back up and running after having suffered from a bug in the curations reward curve, which attempted to retrieve trillions in Steem. Steemit took to Twitter today to announce to their fellow-Steemians that Steemit is back up and running and fully functional after having suffered from a bug in the […]
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Cryptocurrency compliance company Elliptic raises $23 million in a funding round led by SBI Holdings, among other companies. Cryptocurrency compliance company Elliptic has raised $23 million in a Series B funding round led by Japanese financial powerhouse SBI Holdings. Elliptic continues to expand in Asia According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. […]
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Co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets Anthony Pompliano thinks Satoshi Nakomoto should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for inventing Bitcoin. American investor and co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets Anthony Pompliano has argued that Satoshi Nakomoto should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for inventing Bitcoin. In a tweet posted on Sept. 3, Pompliano […]
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Stablecoins have exploded in popularity in 2019 — but there are plenty of challenges that lie ahead for this type of cryptocurrency in the future. What will 2020 hold for stablecoins? Big launches and some further regulatory drama are increasingly likely. Keep an eye on Facebook and Walmart to see how their projects progress, and […]
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European Central Bank key legal official Yves Mersch said that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin is “beguiling but treacherous.” Yves Mersch, European Central Bank’s key legal official, said that Facebook’s Libra stablecoin is “beguiling but treacherous” during a speech at the ECB’s legal conference in Frankfurt on Monday. Bloomberg reported on Mersch’s remarks in an article published […]
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