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Bitcoin Daily: Binance Denies Reports Of Police Raid; Blockchain Expands To Gaming Payments

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In other Binance news, the crypto exchange announced that it has acquired India-based bitcoin exchange WazirX , which will allow customers to buy and sell crypto with Indian rupees on the Binance Fiat Gateway. The population of the country sees these capital controls are put in place, and then they’re going to look for a way around it.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Rises After Recent Crash; IRS Delivers New Rules For Crypto Investors

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Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. But now the hackers are asking for alternative crypto currencies to bitcoin in their ransom demands. This latest sextortion version is using a Litecoin wallet address instead of bitcoin to evade detection,” Johnson wrote.

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Kenya CMA drafts Sandbox Rules to test Bitcoin and other Fintech

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Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has proposed rules to create a regulatory fintech sandbox for innovations which do not fit within the country’s current financial regulatory framework. The post Kenya CMA drafts Sandbox Rules to test Bitcoin and other Fintech appeared first on Bankelele.

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NEW REPORT: How Banks Are Driving API-First Strategies

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New payment and financial technologies are quickly emerging from the FinTech community, all with the promise of expediting payments and reducing the distance between cross-border trading partners. APIs invite innovative changes to banking.

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Can Moscow Overcome A Tarnished Tech Reputation?

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Innovation and ease of business aren’t necessarily the first concepts that come to mind when thinking about the tech environment in the Russian market. Russia is known for many things, but being a breeding ground for startups and tech innovation isn’t necessarily at the top of the list. Changing The Approach To Innovation.

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What Customer Intimacy Has To Do With Payments

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PYMNTS: How does what you learn from people shape WePay’s innovation agenda? PYMNTS: Do you have any “formula” for innovation? A year ago, bitcoin was hot, companies rushed to add bitcoin to their checkout form. PYMNTS: What is the one thing that people underestimate about igniting payments innovations?

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Investment Tracker: FLYR’s Data Science Shakes Up Travel Industry

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That capital is earmarked toward helping the firm’s balance sheet ahead of new capital rules that go into effect within the next two years. The latest funding round was led by Thrive Capital. FLYR is a data science company that sits at the intersection of travel and financial technology, said Project Manager Andrew Jing.

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