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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple’s $29M Charity Donation, Bitcoin’s ‘Death Cross’

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Bitcoin is nearing a so-called “death cross” – the point when the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average, CNBC reported. Bitcoin was trading at $7,880.64 In investment news, Boston-based Flipside Crypto notched $3.4 Newegg doesn’t actually accept bitcoin directly: It uses BitPay to process the payments.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Uber, Bitcoin, Botnets, SWIFT – And The Wells Wallets

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The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Overall, according to the Global Fraud Attack Index that we do with Forter every quarter, fraud attempts are up 217 percent, putting nearly $5 of every online sale at risk. Mr. Karpeles is cooling his heels awaiting trial on criminal charges related to the bitcoin’s disappearance.

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Five At Five: Mastercard Makes A Biometric Bet

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Mastercard Introduces Remote Biometric Card Enrollment. As biometrics have begun to represent the next generation in securing payments, Mastercard has unveiled a technological advancement for its own biometric cards. are considering the regulation of digital tokens outside bitcoin. Ether In The Crosshairs Of Regulators.

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

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Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. The OCC offers few limited-purpose charters, mostly for trust companies or credit card issuers. In the last 10 years, it has issued eight such charters.

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Happy Birthday To PYMNTS

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The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). and was followed by the great cybercriminal migration to the web and card-not-present transactions. I’ve watched the credit card industry almost from the beginning, and we got in early. True in 2009.

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The PYMNTS 2018 Summer Top 10 List

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That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 All of this was coincident with reports of widespread app outages, with MoviePass running out of money and taking a short-term, high-interest loan just to fund member purchasing cards. percent on the day.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

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HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic gift card platform. Online auto insurance comparison site. Online & mobile payment solutions in Southeast Asia. Online real estate investment platform. Tags: Prepaid, gift card, non-profits, mobile. Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle.