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Bitcoin wages are becoming more common globally, particularly among “borderless” remote workers and in certain regions like Latin America.
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Paying employees in bitcoin offers several benefits and there are numerous desirable payment attributes for remote workers.
2022-2-1 03:00 | |
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Getting at least partially paid with cryptocurrency is a great way to enter the digital asset market without having to do any trading. If you are looking to earn your favorite crypto asset, Bitwage now allows American, European and British companies to pay workers in bitcoin cash following demand for more payment options.
2019-10-31 15:30 | |
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The banking sector continues to suffer drastic layoffs as the global economic outlook remains uncertain. The latest financial institution reported to be set for cutting a massive amount of workers is HSBC, which has already announced firing thousands of people just a few weeks ago.
2019-10-8 04:25 | |
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Banks are laying off workers across the globe as revenue declines throughout the sector. According to reports, banks have announced nearly 60,000 job cuts so far this year, with most of the layoffs happening in Europe, especially in Germany.
2019-9-30 13:08 | |
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Bitwage, a firm working to normalize crypto by allowing workers, freelancers, and contractors to receive their salaries in cryptocurrencies, has announced that interested parties can now receive payment in Ether, as per a blog post June 10, 2019.
2019-6-13 13:00 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin has managed to gain the support of an ally on one of America’s most televised platforms. Russell Okung, a two-time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl Champion, has become one of the most vocal advocates for bitcoin and digital currencies.
2019-5-31 21:30 | |
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This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Vincent He. Although China has shut down bitcoin trading platforms and deemed them illegal, its attitude toward bitcoin mining is still ambiguous.
2019-5-31 20:14 | |
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By CCN: Hackers infiltrated Microsoft Outlook email users’ accounts in order to steal crypto, including bitcoin. The scope of the cyber-theft is still as-yet undetermined, but it appears to be more expansive than first thought.
2019-4-30 19:45 | |
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A series of op eds by Kyle Torpey addressing some of the oft-repeated arguments against BitcoinBitcoin’s core value proposition is that it is an uncontrolled, apolitical money.
2019-4-30 20:16 | |
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Crypto wallet provider Coins. ph has partnered with U. S. financial service company Western Union to enhance cross-border transfers to the Philippines. The partnership will grant over 5 million Coins.
2019-4-10 00:19 | |
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The Indian Institute of Management, (IIM) has joined forces with TalentSprint, a digital platform involved in placement of banking workers, teachers, and technical education, to roll out an advanced programme in financial technology (fintech) and blockchain technology for management and finance professionals, this according to local news source The Asian Age on February 27, 2019.
2019-3-1 00:00 | |
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If employers want to compensate workers in an unconventional way, they may think about doing so with bitcoin. It’s an option some companies have pursued, but it’s not always as straightforward as some enterprises may assume.
2019-2-23 15:00 | |
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One of the latest trends in the blockchain world is former government workers taking up positions in blockchain firms after their public service careers come to an end, reported by Barron’s on February 11, 2019.
2019-2-13 14:00 | |
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Frequent Bitcoin commentator and t-shirt salesman Anthony Pompliano told Bloomberg this morning that two Fairfax County, Virginia pension funds have gone in on Morgan Creek Digital’s new fund for cryptocurrency companies.
2019-2-12 19:27 | |
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It has already been a tough few months for the crypto industry and nobody is feeling that more than crypto-related employees who have been dropping like flies in recent weeks. Canadian based cryptocurrency exchange Coinsquare is the next crypto firm to lay off workers as the market goes through difficult times.
2019-2-7 12:37 | |
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This is the seventh instalment of reporter Colin Harper's "Living on Bitcoin" experience in San Francisco. Find out what happened to him earlier on Day 1 , on Day 2 , on Day 3 , onDay 4, on Day 5 and on Day 6.
2019-1-29 01:51 | |
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According to a press release published on January 24, 2019, a think tank comprising of Harvard University’s public health graduate school, New America, Levi Strauss Foundation, and blockchain startup ConsenSys have been awarded a federal grant worth $800,000 to develop DLT-powered solutions to track health and well-being records of factory workers.
2019-1-27 14:00 | |
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CoinSpeaker Bitcoin Bull John Mcafee to Lead 2020 Presidential Campaign While Fleeing IRS Indictment Cryptocurrency proponent John McAfee revealed that the IRS has convened a grand jury to charge him, his wife, and four of his campaign workers, with ‘unspecified’ crimes of felonious nature.
2019-1-24 13:41 | |
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U. S. Government Shutdown & Crypto Twenty-eight days ago, the entirety of the U. S. government partially shut down. Negotiations between the Democrats and Republican incumbents have yet to procure results, and hundreds of thousands, if not millions of federal workers have had to provide governmental services without pay.
2019-1-20 00:12 | |
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On January 16, 2019, BitWage announced their partnership with Simply Efficient HR, a Texas-based payroll and human resources company to enable the payment of W2 employee and payroll taxes in bitcoin or ether.
2019-1-19 19:00 | |
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Major U. S. furniture retailer Overstock announced that it will pay taxes in bitcoin for the Ohio-based portion of its business under the state’s novel taxpayer platform, Ohiocrypto. com. Leading Crypto Adoption The 34th largest U.
2019-1-6 14:06 | |
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The crypto-winter is affecting billion-dollar players in the cryptocurrency market. After the much-publicized layoffs at ConsenSys, SpankChain, and Steemit, mining equipment manufacturer Bitmain is reportedly cutting down 50 percent of its total workforce, alongside shutting down its entire Bitcoin Cash (BCH)-focused division.
2018-12-27 05:04 | |
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Singapore Polytechnic will offer a beginners course on blockchain technology in February 2019 to help meet the rising demand for workers knowledgeable in the sector a December 22, 2018, report states.
2018-12-24 03:00 | |
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Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain. io has partnered with tokenization platform STASIS to enable euro-backed crypto paychecks for its European Union (EU) users with the EURS stablecoin.
2018-12-1 21:00 | |
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Japan’s shipping line powerhouse Nippon Yusen KK is set to introduce its own digital currency for internal use, specifically to pay its seafaring workers, reports Bloomberg, November 20, 2018. The move is aimed towards minimizing the hassle and costs of the process of managing, sending and converting money to their respective local currencies.
2018-11-21 18:00 | |
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In a bid to curb the menace of tax evasion and ensure workers pay their correct tax amounts, Thailand’s Revenue Department has announced it would use distributed ledger technology (DLT) and machine learning for tax avoidance probes, according to a Bangkok Post report on November 5, 2018.
2018-11-6 12:00 | |
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The New-York headquartered insurance firm Marsh has allied with Evident, a data-security company, in a bid to provide a blockchain-based application for clients in the sharing and gig economies, per a November 1, 2018, report by Digital Insurance.
2018-11-3 10:00 | |
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Are Wages Paid in Bitcoin the Key to Mass Retailer Adoption? Francis Pouliot, CEO of Canadian Bitcoin startup Bylis, discussed whether retailers would be more keep to adopt Bitcoin payments if people were paid in bitcoin.
2018-10-22 20:43 | |
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With the advent of new technologies, the global freelancer market is expanding. Today many people are leaving their day jobs and taking up gig assignments as they can work flexible timetables and have the freedom to pick up projects they feel they can execute at best.
2018-10-22 01:00 | |
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Bitcoin’s technology combined with the power of the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence are intersecting with self-driving vehicles. And they are confronting a common problem: Talent shortage.
2018-10-19 10:00 | |
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Glassdoor Economic Research is delivering much needed good news to the crypto community saying that despite extreme price volatility and regulatory uncertainty, the number of crypto jobs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector has risen by 300 percent since the same time last year.
2018-10-19 21:27 | |
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When the prices of cryptos skyrocketed in 2017, hundreds of crypto exchanges sprung up as the number of people interested in trading cryptos shot up. However, the market has cooled off significantly, Bitcoin is trading at a third of its December high price and the exchanges are feeling the heat.
2018-10-9 18:00 | |
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Ripple has previously been associated with social initiatives and educational ventures. From helping teachers get their projects approved for school supplies to bringing immigrant workers on the blockchain infrastructure for seamless cross-border payments, Ripple has done it all.
2018-10-1 20:09 | |
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Vloggers. Sex workers. Conservatives. Iranians. People from every strata of society, with nothing in common, save for a shared grievance. All have found themselves locked out without warning by their payment provider.
2018-9-23 12:50 | |
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Whoever Satoshi Nakamoto is, he/she might be deserving of the Nobel Prize in economics for inventing Bitcoin (BTC), the nascent digital coin that is currently rescuing crypto-adopting Venezuelans from the abyss.
2018-9-22 00:00 | |
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In a new blog post, Ripple explained how RippleNet would connect with Siam Commercial Bank and SBI Remit to help foreign workers living in Japan send instant remittances home. This will help reduce transfer times and make payments more transparent and affordable.
2018-9-15 15:04 | |
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As new use cases of blockchain are being explored, Diginex, a full service provider for Distributed Ledger Technology, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with antislavery business association The Mekong Club.
2018-8-28 19:53 | |
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After the US government made federal workers declare cryptocurrency holdings in June this year, filings have begun to emerge about which politicians own which coins. Filing Reveals Up To $30K Holdings In a federal disclosure report August 14, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard became the latest national political figure to do so, revealing she bought Ether (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) in December 2017.
2018-8-24 22:00 | |
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Equi Capital’s ICO has ended in acrimony, with bounty hunters claiming to have been offered a pittance of what they were promised. The project is led by Baroness Michelle Mone, who describes herself as “one of the United Kingdom’s most celebrated entrepreneurs”.
2018-8-17 02:05 | |
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recently revealed that the nation’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, will be used as a unit of account by the state oil company PDVSA.
2018-8-16 00:26 | |
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Matt Liu, Josh Fraser and former PayPal head Yu Pan want to bring the blockchain to the sharing economy. The trio is devising a platform with an emphasis on inclusive, peer-to-peer service hubs designed to decentralize the same consumer cost-friendly business models that have made companies like Airbnb, Uber and Lyft so popular in recent years.
2018-8-16 23:25 | |
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Hackers have set their eyes on the PGA Championship’s computer system in the latest cyber heist, demanding a Bitcoin ransom. According to Newsmax, the PGA’s computer system suffered a security breach leaving some files inaccessible unless a Bitcoin ransom is paid.
2018-8-10 12:00 | |
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Misthos' new multi-signature bitcoin wallet for businesses aims to empower workers and democratize the setting of wages.
2018-7-30 13:00 | |
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For many, the complex nature of crypto investing is an unsolvable enigma. Despite the potential for great returns, many are hesitant to jump in and navigate the complexities and uncertainties inherent in this space.
2018-7-25 17:09 | |
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While some jurisdictions in the world are still sitting on the fence about crypto’s legal status, there are places like Costa Rica that are setting new standards for technology adoption. The small Latin American nation, known for its scenic beaches and perfect Caribbean weather, is now taking steps to let workers receive a part of […] Costa Rican Employees Can Get Their Salaries in Crypto was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-7-23 16:59 | |
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Employees in Costa Rica can receive part of their salary in cryptocurrency and that wouldn’t be against the law. Certain provisions in the national legislation allow companies to pay their workers not only with fiat money but also with goods, and some legal experts believe cryptos can fit in this category.
2018-7-22 20:30 | |
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Computer manufacturing company HTC says it is on the verge of releasing its upcoming blockchain phone, Exodus, which was first announced in May of 2018. Chief crypto officer at HTC Phil Chen leads the company’s blockchain and cryptocurrency initiatives.
2018-7-18 19:47 | |
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Gift cards, popular in many western countries, allow users without a bank account, credit card, or ID instant access to a wide range of products and services both on and offline. Purchase with these cards allow users to spend without their purchases showing on any statements linked to any bank or credit accounts.
2018-7-9 22:30 | |
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The Wall Street Journal has an article this morning revealing that the cohort of older workers that are set to retire in the next few years are the least financial prepared of any generation going back to the Great Depression.
2018-6-23 16:25 | |
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