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Why bitcoin is not a ‘fraud’ or ‘bubble’, but something you should take seriously

Chris Skinner

Unless you have been asleep for the last year, you cannot have failed to catch the buzz around bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum’s Ether and Ripple’s XRP. There are even some coins that were created as a joke that are getting significant investments, such as Dogecoin.

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Bitcoin Daily: Slovakian Crypto Exchange Victim To A $1.6M Hack; Crypto Lender Cred Joins Visa's FinTech Fast Track Program

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The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The exchange contacted law enforcement, and trading has been suspended until Sept.

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Bitcoin Daily: Slovakian Crypto Exchange Victim To A $1.6M Hack; Hong Kong's Diginex Raises $20M Ahead of Nasdaq Listing; Crypto Lender Cred Joins Visa's FinTech Fast Track Program; Austrian Crypto RegTech Blockpit Buys Competitor CryptoTax

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The coins affected included bitcoin, ether, XRP, tezos, algorand and TRON, and the hackers transferred their stolen items into public wallets that have since been emptied, according to CoinDesk. billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. The exchange contacted law enforcement, and trading has been suspended until Sept.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bank Of Ghana Eyes Digital Currency; 4,000 Crypto Trader Accounts Now Frozen In China Probe

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Dr. Maxwell Opoku-Afari, the bank’s first deputy governor, reportedly said during a digital workshop that the bank remains steadfast in facilitating innovation and piloting ideas like a central bank cryptocurrency. The Bank of Ghana continues to consider the creation of a digital currency, GhanaWeb reported.

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Why Payments Should Stop Worrying About ‘The Next Big Thing’

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Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) had started its major run; everyone was excited. In the panel discussions, the bitcoin proponents were talking about it reaching $100,000. This was what everyone was hoping for — bitcoin was finally taking off, and it was going to be HUGE. As 2018 rolled along, bitcoin dipped.

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JPMorgan Chase Competitive Strategy Teardown: How The Bank Stacks Up On Fintech & Innovation

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Last year, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon made headlines for calling bitcoin “a fraud.” Fintech: 2017 Year-in-Review & 2018 Trends. In the briefing we’ll highlight 2017 trends and explore what’s ahead for fintech in 2018, looking across payments, wealth management, insurance, and more. First Name.

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B2B FinTech On The Cusp Of Change

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Explore how B2B FinTech is on the cusp of change as we break down all of the statistics and surveys below. fleet managers consider fuel card fraud a major issue , found oil giant Shell in its first Fraud Matters report on the fleet card industry. Those services include bitcoin and peer-to-peer lending, analysts said.

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