PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

To determine if Facebook needs a banking license to roll out Libra, Britain’s outgoing finance minister has said that regulators and not lawmakers should make the decision. He noted, according to the report, “That is an issue for the regulators.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

While many regulators around the world are banning cryptocurrency trading, Japan has embraced it. The country recognizes bitcoin as a legitimate currency and has become a hub of innovation for digital tokens.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

An e-commerce player of another kind – known for its low prices, an experimental nature and a fondness for out-of-the-box ideas (notably bitcoin), Overstock is also one of the few businesses able to work observers into a rather frothy disagreement. ’ They’re in the right position, it seems only a matter of time.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

On the global stage, bitcoin fell below $7,000 to just above $6,800, and Ripple slipped to its lowest price since the end of 2017. The specific directive from William Galvin, the state’s head securities regulator, commands that those firms abandon the sale of what have been termed “unregistered securities.” Same alarms, different week.

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Bankelele

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Bitcoin in Kenya has generated a lot of controversy with the Central Bank of Kenya issuing a public notice warning against the use of bitcoin as a currency within the country. It is important to note that bitcoin the currency is the first successful application of bitcoin the platform. A guest post by @KaranjaJohn.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

fintech firm, Bittrex, and South Korean app developer, Dunamu, an affiliate of the country’s largest messaging platform, Kakao, have teamed up to launch a new, massive cryptocurrency exchange platform in South Korea.

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. They insist on inequitable, overly heavy-handed regulation and security expectations that stifle out young companies. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity?—?no

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 5, 2019

They point to Fintechs and Crypto, the innovative parts of our economy, and accuse it of poor practices. They insist on inequitable, overly heavy-handed regulation and security expectations that stifle out young companies. And yet, only 2% of all Bitcoin transactions have anything to do with illicit activity?—?no

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

I believe SEC regulations require a company to go public if they have more than 500 shareholders. Auto-financing is ripe for innovation. Customers want self-service capabilities but regulation and risk is top of mind that get in the way of digital interactions. Regulated Financial Institution.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The notion that Facebook is going to launch and ignite a global payments network, at scale, based on its own branded cryptocurrency and achieve global merchant and consumer acceptance is as likely as the predictions a decade ago that bitcoin and blockchain would, by now, become the internet of money. A Cryptocurrency Play in Three Acts.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

No one has been more successful at using social media to generate awareness and a positive image for their bank than Jill (@JillCastilla, @CitizensEdmond). Bank Innovation named Jill one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking for 2015, and we doubt that Bank Innovation would know who Jill is if not for her presence on Twitter.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Now we all know what the bitcoin blockchain is, don’t we? Someone could, in theory, treat all of the bitcoin transactions from the last checkpoint up until now as the wrong side of a fork. This announcement was met with widespread derision on social media, and I can understand why. Masters is referring to?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Comeback Investment of the Year Award – Bitcoin (BTC). While a tech top-heavy S&P 500 is up 16% this year, Bitcoin is up a whopping 140% and people like Black Rock’s Larry Fink are now dubbing it a “lower volatility asset.” The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award! stake in Valley Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. Trump tweeted , “I am not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

To ward off the currency speculators that have tended to plague high-profile crypto projects like bitcoin , Libra will be a stablecoin, with its value pegged to the U.S. And regulators in the U.S. But will regulators want to come to the table – or is it more likely they will want to shut it down? The Regulators React (Badly) .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Instead of piling on, though, I’d rather be constructive and lay out what we’ve learned from the Libra experience that may be helpful to other innovators who have big ideas to change the world. Some innovators the world over are solving the real problems of these 1.5 One: Solve A Solvable Problem.

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