PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

1281), seeking to combat a trend — namely that more businesses are embracing card-only payment methods spanning debit and credit — the ban would also result in fines of hundreds of dollars per violation. As Tente noted, the state of Massachusetts already has a ban on cashless businesses, and the law has been on the books since the late 1970s.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The legislation would also cover stablecoins that are “denominated in United States dollars or pegged to the United States dollar, or denominated in or pegged to another national or state currency.”. Casting a Wide Net . That’s a pretty wide net, as it would cover any number of stablecoins pegged to single currencies or baskets of currencies.

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