More Merchants Should Accept #Cryptocurrency, Consumers Tell Survey: 75 percent of #cryptocurrency holders would spend their coins in Point-of-Sale (PoS) transactions if they could, a new study into crypto consumer habits reveals. ‘Real Demand For… https://t.co/4z8MCZiZnG
GMO's New Internet Bank Will Settle #Payments With Blockchain: Japanese digital services firm GMO Internet has just launched a new web bank that it says will soon use blockchain to facilitate #payments. https://t.co/W8i1WptKLi
World's First Bank-Backed Crypto Exchange Finally Opens to the Public: #VCTRADE, the new crypto exchange built by financial giant #SBI_Holdings, is finally open to all Japanese residents after months of delays. https://t.co/Jpo8TVICyv
#The_Daily: Blackrock Probes Market, #Coinbase to List Securities, #Bitpay Gets a Bitlicense: In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover the news that the world’s largest asset manager Blackrock is examining the crypto market, #Coinbase is approved… https://t.co/Dk38ZeTJzy
Mueller’s Indictment Could Increase Regulatory #Bitcoin Oversight: #Bitcoin may face increased regulatory scrutiny following recent events. Special counsel #Robert_Mueller indicted 12 Russian officials of using cryptocurrency and large-scale hacking to… https://t.co/KQm8mDTZJu
Slowly but Surely: In a country that has seen an estimated 99% devaluation of their currency over the last year, even $1 is seen as a lot of money. These images that recently surfaced on Reddit are reportedly showing a donation of just $230 that has been… https://t.co/XqwMRtPCtQ
#Augur Betting Volumes Just Topped $1 Million (And They're Accelerating): Data shared with CoinDesk shows a rapid spike in betting on #Augur, a decentralized platform that's been live for just a few days. https://t.co/qmPp2JOPUu
The #Kodak KashMiner's Flashy Debut Ends In Failure: The much-publicized partnership that would have resulted in digital media brand #Kodak's name appearing on a series of #bitcoin miners is no more. https://t.co/rtw4h2Kp33
#UK#Mosque Collects Four Times More #Donations in Crypto Than Fiat: A #British#Mosque has collected four times more #donations in cryptocurrencies than fiat, showing another example of the growing importance of the innovative instruments in #charity.… https://t.co/Vy2kz2OcsR
SA Purple Group Confirms Adding #Cryptos to Its Online Trading Platform: South African financial company Purple Group has confirmed the addition of two #cryptocurrencies, #bitcoin and ethereum, to its online trading platform. According to a… https://t.co/mG68V8cpic
Sex Workers Have Serious Issues With a Crypto-Powered 'Uber for #Escorts': Describing itself as the "Uber of escorting," PinkDate is one of several #sex_industry startups launching a cryptocurrency-fueled booking app. https://t.co/fGUsJZjcNd
Germany’s #Lufthansa Airline to Award Hackers at Unibright Hackathon: One of Europe’s largest airlines, #Lufthansa AG will reward #blockchain developers participating in an event partnership with Unibright, the “Hackathon without a single line of code”… https://t.co/tbCtEPjjIA