In what can only be described as a virtual slap in the face, the Chinese mobile payment platform, Alipay, strongly rebuked bitcoin exchange giant Binance for attempting to implement Alipay as a fiat on-ramp. Did Alipay Reverse Its Bitcoin...
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Ripple has been deteriorating in bear territory for most of 2019 against bitcoin. The third-largest cryptocurrency is down by over 63% year-to-date. The deep dive has driven many traders to take a bearish stance on the XRP/BTC pair. A...
Investigations into cryptocurrency firms by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have surged by three-quarters this year, as the agency tightens the rein on the crypto sector. Scrutiny On the Rise According to research from Pinsent Masons, an international...
Bitcoin has scored a below average level of adoption in the annual 2019 Global NGO Technology Report. The Global NGO Technology report evaluates the use of technology by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide, exploring how NGOs utilize various technologies to...
Bitcoin’s bounce from lows of $7,714.70 on September 30th gave bulls a solid reason to be optimistic. At that point, the number one cryptocurrency shed over 44% of its value from the 2019 top of $13,880. To some traders,...
The walls are all but crumbling down around Facebook’s embryonic ‘cryptocurrency’ venture, as PayPal allegedly considers calling quits on Libra. Libra Back(er)s Against the Wall First Visa, and MasterCard, and now PayPal. Things aren’t looking too rosy for Libra,...
A short term trend reversal for bitcoin has become increasingly unlikely for bitcoin following a 5% drop in less than three days. Since October 1, the bitcoin price has fallen from $8,532 to $8,100 against the U.S. dollar. Technical...
Facebook’s plans to launch a cryptocurrency are an indication that blockchain technology has come of age and is ready for prime time, especially in Japan. According to the chairperson of the Japan Security Token Association, Go Masuda, Libra is...
According to the Wall Street Journal, Visa and MasterCard are getting cold feet about helping build payment infrastructure for Facebook’s Libra project. The Wall Street Journal said that a number of financial partners were starting to back away from...
It seems Patrick Harker, the president of the Philadelphia Fed, has finally got the memo, accepting that central bank digital currencies (CBDC) are “inevitable.” Still, that isn’t enough for America to take the lead on them. Harker, although extremely...