PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

It has been another wild ride of a week for bitcoin in the wake of the SEC ruling. At the tail end of last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission ruled the proposed Winklevoss bitcoin ETF a no-go by nixing a proposed rule change that would have led to the fund being listed on the Bats BZX Exchange. The reason?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

For years, throughout the volatility of cryptocurrency values, some industry experts have assured investors and innovators that blockchain is the disruptor in which the market should place its faith. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said. Broader Doubts Emerge.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is aiming to boost innovation in cryptocurrency and distributed ledger technology (DLT), by easing some of the existing rules. A television host in New Zealand has become the victim of a bitcoin scam, with fraudsters impersonating him to promote a suspicious cryptocurrency business.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin – the most popular cryptocurrency – lost more than 70% of its market capitalization and Ethereum lost more than 80% of its value, according to digital currency exchange Coinbase. Bitcoin, specifically, which was trading at almost $20,000 at the beginning of the […].

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2016

The blockchain — the underlying technology that powers the digital currency bitcoin — may be nearing its mainstream moment in the sun as four of the world’s largest banks are using it to develop a new form of digital currency. That frees up capital trapped during the process.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

“Switzerland offers a pathway for responsible financial services innovation harmonized with global financial norms and strong oversight,” Facebook’s Libra Association said in a statement to CoinTelegraph. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

million in a seed round, led by Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund, Initialized, with participation from Golden Ventures, Polychain, Coinbase, Digital Currency Group, and Inovia Capital. The company has already built an online game, SkyWeaver, now in private testing, which innovates on the popular trading card genre.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that come from creative endeavor. million in financing from a host of investors — including Maersk Growth, the venture capital (VC) arm of Maersk, the shipping firm.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

to allow businesses to pay their corporate taxes in bitcoin. While B2B use cases of blockchain are plenty (and gaining greater traction in use cases such as trade finance and cross-border corporate payments), adoption of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies themselves remains muted in the business community.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

With no Samsung-like news for bitcoin, prices are holding steady and are even a bit bullish. But let’s turn to the miners, who aren’t happy at all with a stable bitcoin price. The bitcoin block reward was halved in July, which has changed the profitability of new miner entries and could impact the decentralization of bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

Bitcoin And The China Effect. Oh, how far away bitcoin at $1,100 seems. In just the last several days, the euphoria has faded, and bitcoin’s price plunged 30 percent. Seems the Chinese don’t like seeing vast sums of capital slip through their banking fingers. The culprit? Always darkest before the dawn and all that.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He further noted that if “I need capital to lend, then let’s have the same rules for everyone – for the internet giants, too.”. Elsewhere, in India, that country’s Reserve Bank has floated a raft of proposals seeking to boost the FinTech space, with a focus on innovation labs and data protection, among other initiatives.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

Some of the more notable members include Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe, PayU, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Capital, Coinbase, Xapo, eBay, Uber, Lyft, Farfetch, Mercado Pago, Spotify and Vodafone. This is why Facebook’s Libra will not compete with bitcoin.”. Facebook said it simply wants to give the 1.7 He said to forget the 1.7

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Bank Innovation

MAY 2, 2019

Fidelity, which began a custody service to hold Bitcoin for its customers earlier this year, is trying to gauge how pensions, family offices, hedge funds, endowments and foundations feel about owning cryptocurrencies […].

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Fluree was started by CEO and Co-founder Brian Platz, who said the Fluree database combines graph and blockchain technology to create innovative new ways of querying and storing data. If you want 100 percent decentralization, something like bitcoin , it’s going to be slow. You can’t have your cake and eat it, too.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape. With an estimated population of just 5.47

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Don’t let the lack of news about mega-grossing venture capital (VC) rounds fool you. This week’s B2B venture capital activity led to an impressive $141.2 SIG, GGV Capital, Yunqi Partners, Huochebang, SKy9 Capital and Chuangban Investment also participated in the funding round, reports said. TravelBank.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. stake in Valley Bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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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Bankelele

DECEMBER 24, 2015

On Tuesday, December 15th , the Central Bank of Kenya issued a public notice on bitcoin in the Daily Nation: CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC ON VIRTUAL CURRENCIES SUCH AS BITCOIN – it read. As part of the Bitcoin community here in Kenya, I am a vocal advocate of digital currencies, writing extensively on the subject over the past 2 years.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 25, 2018

For all the negative press and warnings from various regulatory authorities, initial coin offerings (ICOs) are still a meaningful way for many companies to raise capital. According to a recent report by Fabric Ventures called “The State of the Token Market,” released last week, a total of $5.6

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

What once may not have been taken seriously — cryptocurrencies and futuristic payments — is today exploding as the innovation financial institutions are targeting for investments, largely hoping to get a jump on the blockchain before disruption takes a bite out of their traditional business. For some, it may echo the rise of the Internet.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2017

Furthermore, APIs allow banks a measure of control and security screen-scraping […]. APIs and open banking – however that term is defined – are set to transform financial services by empowering consumers to share data with third parties.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

It should be a call to action to the cybersecurity regulators that, when innovation — even intellectually and technologically sophisticated innovation — goes off the rails, it’s time to give a good hard look with an eye to reining it way, way in. That means bitcoin. What Does Any of This Have To Do With Bitcoin?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

Some of the more notable members include Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Stripe, PayU, Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Capital, Coinbase, Xapo, eBay, Uber, Lyft, Farfetch, Mercado Pago, Spotify and Vodafone. This is why Facebook’s Libra will not compete with bitcoin.”. He said that forget the 1.7 Millions will be fooled.”. Buckle up.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. Over the last nine years, it has been PYMNTS’ privilege to speak with some of the most innovative minds in payments and commerce. And we have them here, as explained by the innovators that learned them, in real time, on the ground. Really hard.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Blockchain technology — cryptographically-secured, distributed ledgers — has existed for nearly a decade but is just now emerging as a viable solution in healthcare. ” The network is intended to provide a secure network for all sources of patient data, from EMRs to medical devices and pharmacies. health data security.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

B2B payments has a reputation for being slower than B2C transactions to innovate, but that’s not without reason. Unsurprisingly, B2B eCommerce has emerged as a target for blockchain innovators, not least of all because blockchain technology may be able to help address the data problem of business-to-business trade.

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Vitalik Buterin

AUGUST 26, 2018

However, in the longer term, I do think that as blockchains become more and more mature, layer 1 will necessarily stabilize, and layer 2 will take on more and more of the burden of ongoing innovation and change. There are several reasons why. Note also that layer 2 execution engines can have different state management rules than layer 1, eg.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

And, although Google searches for “bitcoin” and “blockchain” have slid, companies are still flush with cash from 2017’s ICO boom, cryptocurrency price run-up, and venture capital investment — and are spending it. The rise of security tokens as a distinct asset class. Venture activity. Corporate activity. End of story.”

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 3, 2016

Real Time Equities Settlement will change the global capital markets beyond recognition, impacting every player in the ecosystem. For long a technological pipedream, Real Time Equities Settlement is nudging closer to reality thanks to Blockchain technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Some experts, like Sandeep Kumar, managing director of capital markets at Synechron , say the departure signals that the consortium model has limitations and that other companies with memberships may also jump ship. “As Their commitment driving forward digital innovation and belief in the potential of Blockchain is not in question.”.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Samsung bought LoopPay with its Magnetic Secure Transmission technology, which gives it the ability to reach merchants in a way that other wallets cannot due to having both the NFC (near-field communication) and MST (magnetic secure transmission) technologies. Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience.

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NCR

MARCH 25, 2016

And you may have even heard about the fury of investment activity in the technology, from large banks like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Citi making strategic bets to over a quarter billion dollars of venture capital investments in the last 12 months. Bitcoin’s success has brought a lot of attention to the concept, but it’s not new.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Who secures it? The illustration above shows the progression from main frame computers, to standalone desktops and laptops running local software, to the magnificence and efficiency of cloud computing accessed through the interface of the mobile device, to now open source programmable blockchains secured by computational mining.

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