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MARCH 25, 2020

Nexo , the digital currency lending platform, is now letting retail investors utilize PAX Gold as loan collateral, Cointelegraph reported. Last year, an experimental program had been restricted to institutional customers and reportedly experienced instant demand for its credit lines backed by gold.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

The founders of lending protocol Nuo have announced the launch of a new digital banking platform called Juno, which will be built on top of ethereum. In other news, crypto liquidity and OTC provider B2C2 has introduced a gold derivatives product that synthetically trades against bitcoin, which corresponds to physical gold stored in vaults.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Ternio’s BlockCard Teams With P2P Bitcoin Marketplace Paxful for Crypto Debit Card.

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JULY 15, 2016

We’re serving up a four-course meal on Lending Club, bitcoin, the Visa Everywhere contest and Karen Webster’s latest opinion piece. Get the 411: Lending Club’s Skyrocketing Chargeoffs. Meet YoCoin: The Bitcoin Alternative. The question is: Can YoCoin give bitcoin a run for its money?

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JUNE 18, 2021

A Swedish hedge fund that returned roughly four times the industry average last year using artificial intelligence won’t touch Bitcoin, based on an assessment that the cryptocurrency doesn’t lend itself to sensible analysis.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Management stated that in the second quarter, new cohorts of Cash App customers had higher attach rates to products beyond peer-to-peer payments, such as Cash Card, Boost, direct deposit and bitcoin investing (the company recently invested in $50 million in bitcoin to keep on its balance sheet) — and we’ll see how those attach rates are continuing.

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JULY 29, 2020

subsidiary of Japan’s Monex , is launching its own crypto lending service called Crypto Earn, according to Cointelgraph. Crypto Earn, the company said, will be C2B2B, meaning it will allow for lending to institutions from borrowed assets from clients. Meanwhile, TradeStation , the U.S. Cointelgraph reported.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The Chinese state media advised people to stay levelheaded following a price escalation of bitcoin and blockchain stocks triggered by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s support, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Oct. It has also been unfriendly toward other forms of digital finance, including the peer-to-peer lending industry.

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. Because threat actors often get recipients’ emails from password breach lists, they sometimes include passwords to lend authenticity,” Hunter Johnson, Cofense Professional Services at Cofense, wrote in a blog post.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

While recognizing that digital currencies do pose risks, including the possibility of imposing “a macro-economic cost,” Haldane argued that a digital currency could mitigate technological constraints on lending, provide additional payments security, and increase stability. “I In other news, the U.S.

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JULY 16, 2020

The the tool will decrease lending risks for holders of digital currency and allow for the rollout of decentralized lending markets that can provide digital currency loans on an unsecured basis, the announcement stated. million in bitcoin and $30,000 in U.S. million in cryptocurrency, CoinDesk reported.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

He also deposited 230 bitcoins ($1.8 million) onto another cryptocurrency exchange and tried to withdraw the money through a bitcoin ATM. In other news, bitcoin prices fell again on Monday (Jan. 28) to $3,443, its lowest level since mid-December. It’s a huge disappointment; it neither came in terms of price or calendar.

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JUNE 17, 2019

Bitcoin, the world’s most well known digital currency, has crossed the $9,000 mark for the first time in over a year, according to a report by CNBC. Bitcoin hit a high of $9,381.82 Bitcoin hasn’t been as high as $9,000 since May of 2018, and the cryptocurrency is now up 14 percent since January.

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

VeChain, which was started in 2015 in Singapore, showcases a lending platform based on the blockchain that aids clients in assessing the quality of items purchased via supply chain analysis. The Bottle Pay app once let users send small portions of bitcoin via social media handles and texts from Twitter to Telegram.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Cryptocurrency-backed lending platform Cred is opening up its technology to third-party developers, the company has announced. The Crypto-Lending-as-a-Service (CLaaS) solution enables other crypto companies — including exchanges, crypto wallets or mining services — to integrate Cred’s lending functionality into their own solutions.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

The new phone also is full of cryptocurrency-related features allowing users to exchange, lend and borrow digital assets. The differentiator is that it includes a hardware wallet and can run a “full Bitcoin node,” which HTC says is a first for a smartphone. It also has a 5.7-inch Bitcoin.com will also sell HTC’s crypto-phones.

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APRIL 27, 2018

That might be the headline news about bitcoin. At a recent $9,300, bitcoin may or may not be stabilizing. Some sense of bitcoin stability in pricing may be a bit of a landmark, to speak with tongue in cheek. For those who keep score, miners have produced 17 million bitcoins as of yesterday, April 26.

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APRIL 26, 2019

In addition, they are expected to jointly explore new product and service offerings in digital lending. Amazon Embraces Bitcoin. Bitcoin , through the lightning network, will soon be available as an option to pay on Amazon and other eCommerce sites. Mueller Report Reveals Bitcoin’s Russia Connection.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Cryptocurrency holding company Integrated Ventures wants to disrupt the lending industry with blockchain. 18) of the launch of CryptoFunder, a blockchain platform that provides lenders with a way to store and manage lending information. Other companies have explored blockchain for the corporate lending space too.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

American Express is the “most-loved” financial service on social media in 2017, according to a recent report, followed by PayPal, Vanguard and bitcoin. NetBase examined 55 brands across sectors including banking, credit cards, investment banking, payment services, insurance, online lenders and crypto.

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MARCH 3, 2017

Bitcoin’s market cap is currently well over $20 billion as value rose well over $200 in the past two weeks. At the time of writing, bitcoin was worth $1,270.86, up 3.32 As bitcoin rose, TechCrunch noted that the value of 1 BTC had actually surpassed the value of an ounce of gold — the go-to alternative asset.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. Favor has met with disfavor, and bitcoin now trades at $3,990 — a bit above nadirs around $3,400 and well off highs that neared $20,000.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

For some time now, some people have thought the Bitcoin Core development team is too conservative and too concerned with technical failures to take action to improve the ability of the network to grow, but after the collapse of the DAO, two Ethereum blockchains are operating, lending more credence to bitcoin’s approach.

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MAY 3, 2018

Square made a splash when it announced it would sell bitcoin in its Cash app, but failed to make much money doing so, it was revealed yesterday. But working with the cryptocurrency taught the payments company quite a bit about blockchain technology, and how it ends up employing that knowledge may be the true payoff […].

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

PayPal has dropped its bid to acquire bitcoin wallet purveyor BitGo but remains interested in investing in the cryptocurrency space, Fortune reported. PayPal had just announced that beginning in 2021 it would let customers transact in a number of cryptocurrencies, among them bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

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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? They do have a point there.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Can the unbanked benefit from bitcoin, or are they merely the experimental subjects of bitcoin adherents, lobbyists and scientists? This week’s Bitcoin Tracker takes a look at the recent bitcoin projects that are in the news and that are targeting the unbanked. Vogel also wanted to clarify regulations surrounding bitcoin.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Upgrade , an online lending platform, has raised $105M in a Series E. The company recently launched its Upgrade Bitcoin Rewards Card — a credit card that offers rewards in bitcoin rather than cash. The round drew participation from Black River Ventures, Ventura Capital, and Koch Disruptive Technologies. Want the full post?

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 11, 2017

The year 2017 has been the year for bitcoin, but it has also been the time for digital lenders, who seem to be experiencing significant growth across personal, SME, and student-focused verticals. Despite the abysmal stock fall of LendingClub, arguably the pioneer in the online lending space, digital lenders in […].

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Meanwhile, a Peter Thiel-backed venture fund , Valar Ventures, lent a hand in a $30 million second round of financing for crypto trading and lending platform BlockFi. BlockFi caught people’s attention last year when it started providing interest-bearing accounts for offering returns paid out in Bitcoin or Ether.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

SALT Blockchain is the firm behind SALT Lending , a loan offering supported by digital currency. And, the SEC said that SALT Blockchain has to provide a reimbursement to clients that bought SALT tokens in a 2017 initial coin offering (ICO), Decrypt reported.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Bigatton, who is based in New South Wales, performed in his job for BitConnect between August 2017 and January 2018, when he also served as the representative for the investment scheme BitConnect Lending Platform. Personal information is private as well.

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MAY 7, 2018

Bitcoin may be the marquee name in cryptocurrencies, but regulation may loom for its digital dollar brethren. In this case, The Wall Street Journal reported, the interest is tied to whether the creators of cryptocurrencies beyond bitcoin can have an impact on the value of those very offerings.

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MARCH 10, 2020

dollars against bitcoin holdings kept in the Blockchain Wallet, Coindesk reported. The offering occurs following Blockchain’s opening of an institutional lending desk last summer. Lending has become a quickly growing area in the digital currency sector. The offering will provide loans in stablecoins that are denominated in U.S.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Bitcoin is no longer enjoying the limelight, non-bank giants like Amazon, Walmart and Google have shaken up the banking landscape and automation has become the norm in various aspects of banking with banks like using it in the backend of credit decision-making and lending. It’s been an interesting year.

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MAY 2, 2022

Goldman Sachs has offered its first lending facility backed by Bitcoin, in a significant step for a major US-based bank that accelerates Wall Street’s embrace of cryptocurrencies, according to Bloomberg.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) is looking toward new technologies to keep a closer eye on the nation’s FinTech , blockchain and digital lending markets. It has also been unfriendly toward other forms of digital finance, including the peer-to-peer lending industry.

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