News The cryptocurrency landscape is changing in the ongoing crypto bull market. Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchain platforms like Polkadot and Cardano are fast overtaking payment tokens like Litecoin and Bitcoin. Cryptocurrency Landscape Shifting Focus to BaaS Over 6,000 cryptocurrencies have been...
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Gemini To Launch Bitcoin Rewards Credit Card
Today, cryptocurrency exchange Gemini announced its plans to launch Gemini Credit Card, which will reward users with bitcoin back for purchases, later this year. The launch announcement follows Gemini’s acquisition of Blockrize, a fintech company that had already been working on such a product. Gemini has started a waitlist for early access to the credit card that will also include Blockrize’s more than...
Jan 11 2021
Crypto.com Partners With Booking.com for Travel Discounts
Crypto.com has announced its partnership with one of the world's largest travel marketplaces, Booking.com, for exclusive deals and benefits for its customers. Travel Booking Now Cheaper...
Jan 08 2021
Kyrgyzstan Has Proposed Its First Regulatory Framework for Crypto
□ Jan 08 2021 □
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Kyrgyzstan's central bank wants to regulate cryptocurrency – licensing exchanges and barring its use in payments.
Jan 06 2021
This is how Bitcoin can disrupt the $200 billion card rewards market
Credit card rewards account for a small, but significant, chunk of the $1.2 trillion credit card market. And some say Bitcoin could disrupt that space. Bitcoin reward cards are coming for the pie Bitcoin is coming for the $200 billion credit card rewards market, say some builders in the crypto industry. As per a...
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US Treasury Wants Regulators to Watch for ‘Potential Risks’ in Digital Asset Innovation
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The department wants state and federal regulators to keep a vigilant watch on digital asset innovation.
Dec 02 2020
PayPal CEO Is “Bullish” on Many Cryptocurrencies
Paypal CEO Dan Schulman endorsed cryptocurrency during a web summit today and expanded on his company's plans for the future. PayPal CEO Praises Crypto During the web summit, Schulman heaped praises on the advantages that cryptocurrencies bring to the world of FinTech. He...
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Celebrate Bitcoin Black Friday, Propel The Bitcoin Circular Economy
□ Nov 25 2020 □
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Bitcoin Black Friday was started by Jon Holmquist in 2012 as a way to co-opt a mainstream celebration of consumerism and help Bitcoiners promote their favorite technology. By encouraging merchants to offer discounts on their goods and services when shoppers paid with BTC, the holiday became a showcase for Bitcoin as a payments system, a tool to encourage more businesses to adopt it...
It’s Time To Join The Bitcoin Circular Economy
□ Nov 25 2020 □
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Makers of 3D-printed guns operate by the motto, “Free men don’t ask permission.” They don’t ask the State for permission to bear arms. They don’t rely on gun manufacturers to make a gun that they’d like to see developed. In doing so, 3D gun printing functions parallel to, and outside of the legacy model of regulated manufacturers producing compliant and serialized guns that...
Nov 20 2020
Japan’s Banking Giant MUFG Plans to Launch Blockchain Payment Network in 2021
Japanese banking giant MUFG plans to launch its blockchain payment network across the country in 2021 with U.S.-based fintech company Akamai.