A cryptocurrency exchange account is a good place to begin if you want to purchase or sell cryptocurrencies. You may purchase and sell cryptocurrencies as well as tokens such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin on crypto exchanges, which operate similarly to online brokerage platforms. Considerations such as the types of assets that may be used, …
The cryptocurrency world has welcomed many popular retailers in the past few decades, and Walmart has now joined these companies. This giant retailer aims to make cryptocurrency more prevalent and easily available to the public. Collaboration with Coinme and Coinstar One of the leading retailers in America, Walmart has announced a collaboration with Coinme – …
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Bitcoin has become one of the world’s top investment options. People are flocking to this cryptocurrency for many reasons, from the currency being simple and easy to use to it becoming more commonplace in society. Bitcoin’s value has experienced a dramatic rise in the last few years, with it reaching more than $50,000 as of …
The Wall Street Journal has been reporting this week that CEO of both Twitter and payment processing company Square, and longtime advocate of Bitcoin, Jack Dorsey has been a prominent investor in the two-year-old company CoinList during their Polychain Capital-led $10 million funding round. What is CoinList? CoinList was founded in San Francisco two years …
As the paper dollar becomes more and more inconvenient for the new generation, the financial industry has had an influx of change thanks to the introduction of cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin. While this is only one of several types, it is the digital currency a growing number of people are becoming familiar with. While there …
If you’ve been pretending (or not) to understand the blockchain technology conversation percolating around you the past few years but have no real idea how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Etherium, and Litecoin actually work, you’re not alone. There’s a lot of nebulous verbiage of dubious value out there. Can you just tune out and hope …
Millennials, who are between 18 and 34, are a major market segment for banks and other financial institutions to attract and retain. There are now more than 83 million millennials in the U.S., representing one-quarter of the country’s population and a larger share than baby boomers. Most millennials have spent their entire lives with technology …
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Though the high-profit potential of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies offers irresistible bait to that powerful under-36 demographic we call millennials, it’s not time to write the stock market obituary just yet. Popular stock market apps have made online trading of stodgy old Wall Street firms seem cool and new again. The truth is that …
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Is Goldman Sachs About To Take The Plunge Into Bitcoin? Something as flashy and relatively new to the scene as Bitcoin may not be the first thing you would imagine a company like Goldman Sachs getting themselves involved with. However, they may yet still have a few surprises up their sleeves. Recently, Goldman Sachs has hinted at …
On October 21, 2016 there was a DDoS attack that efficiently shut down several internet services for an extended period of time. Some of the websites include Github, Twitter, Spotify, The New York Times, Pinterest, Netflix, and many, many others. As a precaution in case of further attacks, banks are now stockpiling Bitcoin to pay …
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Today marks the start of CoinSummit San Francisco, a two-day event ”connecting virtual currency entrepreneurs, angel and VC investors, hedge fund professionals and others who are looking to learn and network in the virtual currency industry.” CoinSummit will take place on March 25-26 2014 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Many in …
February was the month that the all seeing eye of the media turned its lidless gaze upon Bitcoin and the craggy peaks of Mt. Gox, the Japanese Bitcoin exchange site. Almost half a billion dollars went missing from Mt. Gox, the exchange was rocked, Bitcoin was scorched, and the site went bankrupt. The Official Merchant Services …
Back in November, The Official Merchant Services Blog dove into the Bitcoin currency craze with an in-depth look at Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin, introduced in 2008 by a programmer or group of programmers under the name Satoshi Nakamoto, has no central issuing authority and uses a public ledger to verify encrypted transactions. It is a virtual currency …
Bitcoin is a topic that most people who spend time on the Internet have heard about. A Bitcoin is not a tangible coin like traditional currency. It is a virtual currency that can be bought, sold and mined electronically. For Andreas Kennemar and Marcus Erlandsson, an idea involving Bitcoins turned out to be beyond profitable. …
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