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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. If one measures success for digital currencies in buzz — and in price appreciation for many of the marquee names — then 2020 stands out as a banner year. Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020: Bitcoin Goes Higher And Higher.

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Tracksmith: Taking DTC Running From Heartbreak Hill To The Global Market

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Boston is home to the world’s “statement race” — the Boston Marathon. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. you’d be hard-pressed to find a Chowdahead who doesn’t think Boston is the running capital of the world. I think that will carry into 2020.”.

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Alphabet-Backed Healthcare Startup, One Medical, To IPO

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One Medical , a conglomerate of technology-driven primary care offices backed by Google’s Alphabet , has filed an initial public offering (IPO), One Medical announced on Friday (Jan. One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.”

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Real-Time Payments Successfully Gets Through Its First Test Drive

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to keep pace with nations like the U.K. In other nations, faster payments plans have gotten more traction after banks were ordered by their governments to speed things up — usually after problems with the older, slower system emerged. The upgrade to the system also allows the U.S. Progress in the U.S.

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Amazon Sidewalk Eyes IoT Beyond The Connected Home

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Amazon announced plans for Sidewalk last year, and the company said in this week’s update that it is now set to launch the initiative at some point in 2020. But he noted that Sidewalk would “struggle to match 5G’s national coverage.” Call it “home connectivity beyond the home.”.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

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As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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Is It Time For Apple To Allow Others Access To The iPhone NFC Chip?

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This digital shift — doing less in the physical world and more in the digital world for the same activity — is based on 16 longitudinal studies that PYMNTS has conducted of a national sample of more than 40,000 U.S. 23-25, 2020. According to a national study conducted by PYMNTS of 2,683 consumers on Nov. 23-25, 2020.

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