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Virginia-based bank provides Bitcoin access at ATMs

Payments Dive

Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bank is partnering with ATM operator BluePoint ATM Solutions and Bitcoin ATM software provider LibertyX to facilitate access to the cryptocurrency. This announcement comes as banks and regulators appear to be warming to digital assets, and as Bitcoin continues to gain value and attention.

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Block’s Ahuja chases bitcoin users for Cash App

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The digital payments company believes bitcoin “has the potential to transform the global transmission of money,” Block CFO Amrita Ahuja said Thursday.

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Convenience chain to install bitcoin ATMs

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Pittsburgh-based GetGo joins a growing list of convenience store operators adding bitcoin ATMs, as retailers seek new ways to bring customers inside their stores.

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Convenience chain Jacksons Food Stores adds bitcoin ATMs

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The Bitcoin Depot ATMs will be installed in every state where the convenience chain operates — Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, California, Washington and Arizona.

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Bitcoin Daily: Japan's SBI VC Trade Debuts Crypto Lending; Bitcoin Closes In On All-Time High

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Bitcoin continued its price climb today (Nov. While that price apex was followed by a bubble burst and bitcoin fell to $3,122 in 2018, analysts and crypto fans predict this wave is different. The platform, VC Trade Lending, will support just bitcoin initially, but has plans to add Ether and XRP support.

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Time to buy bitcoin?

Chris Skinner

We’ve seen global stock indices drop dramatically, cryptocurrency going up and down faster than Donald Trump’s spin doctoring, and everyone feeling there’s little joy out there economically, financially or … The post Time to buy bitcoin? appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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Square Buys Up $50M In Bitcoin

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8) that it has invested $50 million — approximately 1 percent of its total second-quarter assets — to purchase roughly 4,709 bitcoins. “We We believe that bitcoin has the potential to be a more ubiquitous currency in the future,” said Amrita Ahuja , chief financial officer, Square. “As

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