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Bitcoin Tracker: Bitcoin Flies High

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This time last year, bitcoin’s price was closer to $360, coming up from a slump in the mid-$200s for much of 2015. Mitsui Sumitomo will offer crypto coverage ranging from 10 million to 1 billion Japanese yen (JPY; $87,947 to $8,794,690). In India, the stage may be getting set for the digital currency revolution Stalder spoke of.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

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While a handful of notable startups have already seen a big uptick in users ( Revolut , N26 , Nubank , Chime , and Monzo ) and broken even operationally (Revolut, N26, and Nubank), we’re still in the early innings of banking disruption and the path to long term profitability will be difficult. why profitability won’t come easy.

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If Facebook Wants To Be WeChat, Why Did It Launch Libra?

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To understand why, we need to do a little time travel back to July 2017, when Facebook’s Messenger and its monetization strategy was front and center in the company’s Q2 earnings report. In fact, on Facebook’s Q2 2017 earnings call , there were high fives all around for its Q2 results. for instance, didn’t come with much of a downside.