PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

In investment news, Boston-based Flipside Crypto notched $3.4 Adding to the list of cryptocurrencies that users can buy or trade on its platform, Uphold announced that it has added support for Ripple ’s XRP currency, CoinDesk reported. The company made the donation through DonorsChoose.org. In the U.S., billion, Reuters reported.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 17, 2018

At the JPMorgan Technology, Media and Communications conference in Boston yesterday, Kelly said: Remember blockchain actually is not very good about facilitating low-value high-volume scale transactions, which is the core of what we do. […].

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

To date as a group, the losses have mounted for all the cryptocurrencies out there – the ones that came to market and were snapped up and bought by speculators, and then sold. In this space just last month, we noted findings from Boston College that showed that 4,000 ICOs had raised $12 billion. Past is prologue, as the saying goes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

In a speech delivered by webcast at the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco’s Innovation Office Hours, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is working with researchers at MIT to “build and test a hypothetical digital currency oriented to central bank uses.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Earlier this month, as PYMNTS noted , the Federal Reserve said its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. And there’ll be quite a bit of tinkering with the technology (especially the infrastructure) and the use cases to get there.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

While the previous purchase amount threshold varied by city, it’s now set at $300,000 for each metropolitan area, covering certain counties within the following major locations: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has the power to fight fraud centered around cryptocurrencies. According to Reuters , lawyers not involved in the suit say that this case could determine CFTC’s oversight of cryptocurrencies, which are not backed by any central bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Cryptocurrency consortium Panxora is rolling out a new solution aimed at helping organizations preserve the funds they have raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). ” Boston College research , released last year, found that more than 4,000 ICOs raised a combined $12 billion to date.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

million in investor funding, including from ICE, Microsoft’s venture capital unit and Boston Consulting Group, noted the paper. The long term aim is to regulate cryptocurrency so it can be used by consumers to make retail purchases. The ICE unit has already inked deals with Microsoft and Starbucks and has raised $182.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

The Boston-based financial group, which has over $2.8T In hopes of profiting from the lack of large, regulated institutions in the chaotic digital asset space, Fidelity is bolstering its digital currency custody business.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

It also signals an increase in the SEC’s oversight of the cryptocurrency market. It is the first time the SEC slapped companies with penalties for getting around rules via initial coin offerings (ICOs), noted Reuters in a report. Combined, the two raised $27 million selling tokens to investors.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Users of Facebook Pay , which the company said is not related to its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, will be able to enter a preferred payment method and then use the option to eventually pay throughout all of the related apps. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. Deutsche Bank told U.K. Money Laundering Epidemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

A new inquiry reportedly focuses on the cryptocurrency Ethereum, which hasn’t been in the crosshairs of regulators as of yet. Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles. Regulators in the U.S. are considering the regulation of digital tokens outside bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

And as PYMNTS has previously reported , the Boston Federal Reserve has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore tech infrastructure. The Fed, of course, is hardly alone in mulling digital fiat currencies.

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Abrigo

JUNE 27, 2023

Subsequent orders expanded the metropolitan watch areas, and this latest order includes Litchfield County in Connecticut and Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Denver, Douglas, Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Jefferson, Mesa, Pitkin, Pueblo, and Summit counties in Colorado.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

The Wall Street Journal reports that cryptocurrency firms are laying off employees, a survival tactic in a world where crypto prices have crashed in some instances by more than 85 percent. So, crypto prices soared, crypto prices crashed, staffing levels grew and now, staffing levels are being trimmed – and, in some cases, cut to the bone.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The new service from the Boston-based asset manager comes at a time of soaring price increases for the world's most valuable digital asset.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

The lawsuit goes back to October 2017, when Boston law firm Block & Leviton said it was looking into securities fraud by the Tezos ICO. The SEC, according to Cointelgraph, contends that many ICOs are unlicensed securities offerings.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

For instance, there are startups using blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, for supply chain tracking and transparency. There are all sorts of technology-driven solutions cropping up in response to this demand.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And here in the States, as detailed in an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha , senior vice president, secure payments and fintech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, told Karen Webster the joint efforts between the Fed and MIT are focused on exploring the infrastructure that would conceivably underly digital dollars.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

12), Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said that though the FedNow effort (focused on instant payments) is not expressly tied to a digital dollar, observers are “looking for a way to make immediate payments and make them a little more frictionless.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Boston-based Circle has offered several services over the past few years and has shifted its strategy.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha, senior vice president, secure payments and FinTech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston — discussing joint efforts between the Fed and MIT to explore infrastructure that might underpin digital dollars — said, “Anywhere where you have a cash transaction can be a possible use case.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

And in an interview with Karen Webster, Jim Cunha , senior vice president of secure payments and FinTech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said that joint efforts between the Fed and MIT are focused on exploring the infrastructure that would underpin a CBDC — and, at the same time, will probe various use cases.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Toward that end, and more mainstream use cases, getting the rails in place to speed and streamline transactions, regardless of the cryptocurrency used, remains key. As spotlighted in this space , Ternio said it has joined Visa’s Fast Track as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The industry paid $321 billion in fines just through the end of last year, estimated Boston Consulting Group. The conversation turned to cryptocurrencies, where, as Webster noted, more data points may emerge that can — and perhaps should — be fed to artificially intelligent platforms to suss out nefarious activities.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

Same-Day Delivery : It’s targeted by Target , which is expanding its options to the tune of 60 stores across Boston, New York, Chicago and other cities. Here’s another number: five billion items shipped. That’s a lot of buying, with more to come. In the final mile, Target does its level best to compete with Walmart and Amazon.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In London too, Apple Pay works on the Underground, buses and trains, and the company is keen to serve Boston, New York and other cities with tap-and-pay mobile services. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4 Consumers can also make free peer-to-peer transfers, such as for those to pay rent or allowance.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 30, 2015

There were two jumbo rounds: $50 million to cryptocurrency startup Circle and $30 million to multiple Finovate Best of Show winner MX (formerly Money Desktop). HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: Cryptocurrency, bitcoin, virtual currency, payments. Here are the deals listed by size from April 25 to April 30: Circle. million Seed.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Fed Governor Lael Brainard said in August that the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is working with researchers at MIT to “build and test a hypothetical digital currency oriented to central bank uses.” Its plan is to release several coins backed by individual currencies. The Fed also launched an instant payment initiative in August.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Cryptocurrencies suffered through a rough day in mid-June, when prices plummeted fast during a few hours and wiped out a total of $15 billion in value. Crytpo’s Big Flash Crash. That represents a 6 percent crash in over a day, kicked off by bitcoin dropping $300 in just over an hour and 4.5 percent on the day. million users, up from 9.2

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Tags: SMB, security, authentication, bitcoin, contracts, legal, fraud, cryptocurrency, blockchain. Source: Crunchbase. Maxwell Health. Payroll & beneifts platform. Latest round: $22 million Series C. Total raised: $56.4 Source: Crunchbase. Real estate investment marketplace. Blockchain forensics tools.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2015

HQ: Boston, Massecheusetts. Tags: Bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrency. Total raised: $4.1 Source: Finovate. Real-time investment strategies. Latest round: $2.7 Total raised: $2.7 Source: FT Partners. Asset verification . Source: FT Partners. Using the blockchain for managing records. HQ: Austin, Texas. Latest round: $400,000 Seed.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

After the initial stages of denial, during which users speculated that administrators had run off with their cryptocurrency or simply needed to conduct maintenance, customers eventually realized the site wasn’t coming back and flocked to AlphaBay’s competitors. The results of the AlphaBay takedown were more or less what you’d expect.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In an initial coin offering (ICO), instead of going public on an exchange or raising equity financing, companies instead issue their own cryptocurrency, avoiding the need for bankers at all. Boston Consulting Group predicts, however, that only a few investment banks will ever again be able to grow to that kind of size.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Boston Federal Reserve has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore tech infrastructure that would underpin digital dollar issuance. Read More On Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin Daily: India Eyes Crypto Income Tax; Ripple Unloads $15.3

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