PYMNTS
MARCH 22, 2019
Intercontinental Exchange ( ICE )’s plans to launch bitcoin futures in November of last year have been delayed because of regulators. According to the paper, what’s holding up approval is a disagreement about how Bakkt (the name for the bitcoin futures) should be regulated. Back then it was trading near $20,000.
PYMNTS
MAY 27, 2016
The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Consumers can look forward to soon saying goodbye to the min-6-to-8-characters-with-a-capital- letter-and-number ritual for logging into a website. Mr. Karpeles is cooling his heels awaiting trial on criminal charges related to the bitcoin’s disappearance. Gox continues.
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PYMNTS
APRIL 6, 2016
Circle, the social payments app that runs on bitcoin’s blockchain, launched with support from Barclays as part of a new partnership. Circle is a Boston-based startup that has major VC backers, along with big banks like Goldman Sachs and Digital Currency Group as an investment firm backer. Circle’s decision to launch in the U.K.
PYMNTS
JUNE 10, 2016
Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. “We need to be open to discussing it and working through it,” said Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry, referring generally to bank charters for FinTech companies.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 20, 2018
The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Don’t worry if you didn’t remember to get us a present – we didn’t want to make too big a deal out of it, so we didn’t remind you. Of course, we don’t really expect or even want gifts for our ninth anniversary.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 CFO Adam DeWitt noted that a seven-year-old, Boston-based LevelUp serves 200 regional and national brands, with a point-of-sale (POS) approach that seeks to replicate each brand’s experience online. percent on the day.
Gonzobanker
DECEMBER 17, 2021
With large banks, including Ally and Capital One, officially doing away with overdraft fees, banks and credit unions will have to decide how they want to handle the new reality. We aren’t talking just Bitcoin or Ethereum. Before getting into banking, he started two tech companies in Asia and was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group.
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