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FitPay Rolls Out Bitcoin ‘Flip’ Device Amid Ubiquity Of Contactless

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FitPay , the startup technology platform that adds contactless payment capabilities to wearable and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, is looking to serve consumers who own bitcoin with a new payment device. Consumers can then, in turn, use those dollars at millions of retail locations. Orlando said.

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The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin?

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Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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Steam Just Says No To Bitcoin

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Bitcoin (as of the time this article was written) was valued at more than $16,000 per unit, so perhaps there is no value going out of this bubble anytime soon. But the team at game distribution platform Steam has decided that bitcoin is a bit rich for its blood these days — and thus, they will no longer accept bitcoin transactions. “In

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Bitcoin Daily: Target Ventures Into DLT For Supply Chains; Overstock Evaluates Blockchain Opportunities In Africa

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The community behind bitcoin app Wasabi Wallet worked together to carry out a “CoinJoin” transaction on bitcoin. There wasn’t any service created to do such large CoinJoins,” zkSNACKS CTO Adam Fiscor told CoinDesk , adding that it was “the largest practical CoinJoin that can be done on the bitcoin network.”

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Data Dive, Glitches, Bounces And Scrapes Edition: Target, Bitcoin And Venmo

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The most frustrating version of that story was at Target, where reportedly another player’s glitch rapidly became the retailer’s weekend headache. Target endured a 90-minute register outage on Sunday, June 16, leaving the retailer unable to process cards or any other form of payment in its stores across the entire chain.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Easy Access Is ‘Easier’ With ATMS & Gift Cards

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Is there a run on bitcoin? Some British banks are allegedly stockpiling bitcoin because they know that DDoS hackers will steer clear after being paid off. For the average consumer who may or not be aware of the value of the bitcoin — which today is hovering around $682 — or where they can access them, that could change.

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Bitcoin Daily: German Blockchain Finance Firm Bitwala Raises $14.5M; Rain Becomes First Licensed Crypto Exchange In Middle East

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The funds will be used to expand the company’s customer base, add new staff and launch bitcoin accounts for businesses. Bitwala, which has retail customers in all 31 countries of the European Economic Area, says it’s so far traded bitcoin to the value of over €11 million ($12.26

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