Bitcoin payment processor BitPay conducts almost all its business using Bitcoin (BTC), its CEO has revealed in a marked U-turn on previous claims. BitPay Drops Bitcoin Bashing Speaking during…
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Bitcoin Will Still Bite the Dust – CoinDesk
Kevin Dowd is a Professor of Finance and Economics in the Business School at Durham University, and the co-author of the 2015 paper “Bitcoin Will Bite the Dust.” For…
Thai Finance Ministry Awards Licenses to 4 Crypto Firms, Rejects 2 – CoinDesk
Thailand’s Ministry of Finance has granted digital asset business licenses to four crypto firms, while rejecting two other applications. The news was announced Tuesday by the country’s Securities and…
RIP ICOs: 2019 Will Be the Year of Enterprise Blockchain Tokens – CoinDesk
Ajit Tripathi is a partner at ConsenSys, where he specializes in global financial services business development, corporate venturing and strategy. The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in…
The Future of ICOs: In the Hands of Regulators or Innovators? – CoinDesk
William Mougayar is the founder of Token Summit and author of “The Business Blockchain.” The following is an exclusive contribution to CoinDesk’s 2018 Year in Review. What is the…
Why You Shouldn’t Fear the Blockchain Regulators – CoinDesk
Kevin Werbach is a Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the author of “The Blockchain and the New Architecture…
GMO Reports $5.6 Million Q3 Loss on Crypto Mining – CoinDesk
Japanese IT giant GMO has reported a loss of 640 million yen (about $5.6 million) for its cryptocurrency mining business in the third quarter of 2018. Revealed in the…
Crypto Exchange BTCC Is Closing Its Mining Pool Business – CoinDesk
Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency exchange BTCC is shutting down its mining pool business, BTCC Pool Limited, after four years in operation. Citing the reason for the closure as “business adjustments,” BTCC…
Bitly Blocks 200 Links From Andreas Antonopoulos’ ‘Mastering Ethereum’ – Bitcoinist.com
Bitly (bit.ly) has come under fire from cryptocurrency circles after the business appeared to block all the links from Andreas Antonopoulos’ new book. Bitly Silent On Surprise Block Antonopoulos,…
New Ripple-Led Advocacy Group to Pay DC Lobbyists in XRP – CoinDesk
Ripple is leading a number of organizations launching a lobbying group in Washington D.C., Business Standard reported Friday. Dubbed Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition (SAIV), the group includes, apart…