Bitcoin Can Change America’s Energy Destiny

While Russia sends out hopeful hypotheticals, major companies are making real progress in the Bitcoin industry in America.

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“Half-Mast Forever” — How Bitcoin Can Reverse America’s Disaster Fatigue

The decentralized nature of Bitcoin can serve to provide a source of security for communities in America.

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“Half-Mast Forever” — How Bitcoin Can Reverse America’s Disaster Fatigue.

The decentralized nature of Bitcoin can serve to provide a source of security for communities in America.

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Bitcoin of America’s Chief Financial Officer Reports Record Company Growth

PRESS RELEASE. Bitcoin of America (BOA), a popular virtual currency exchange, is reporting record growth. Bitcoin of America is registered as a money services business with the United States Department of Treasury (FinCEN).

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5 Key Takeaways From Bank of America’s Bitcoin Report 

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America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon follows suit by introducing Bitcoin custodial services

An amazing week for Bitcoin has become even better as America’s oldest bank, BNY Mellon, jumps on board the crypto bandwagon. The post America’s oldest bank BNY Mellon follows suit by introducing Bitcoin custodial services appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Bitcoin Now the Most Crowded Trade – Labeled a ‘Bubble’ in Bank of America Survey

According to findings of a recent Bank of America (BOA) survey, buying bitcoin has now surpassed tech stocks as the most crowded trade. This new ranking means tech stocks have been relegated into second place for the first time since October 2019.

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Bitcoin Becomes Most-Crowded Trade After Passing ‘Long Tech’: Bank of America Survey

Bank of America's January survey of fund managers indicated bitcoin is now seeing the most capital inflow.

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The Daily: Revolut to Launch in North America, US Startup Presents Telegram Alternative

Digital bank Revolut is planning to expand its operations in America and Russia. Also, payment card provider Fuzex signs an agreement with Dash, a US-based startup offers an alternative to Telegram, and crypto firm Smart Valor receives approval as a financial operator in Switzerland.

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Bittrex to Launch Caribbean and Latin American Crypto Exchange

The US-based exchange Bittrex has announced a partnership with Cryptofacil, a new cryptocurrency trading platform designed to accommodate citizens in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company explains the new exchange will be powered by Bittrex and offer customers in those regions accessibility to over 200 digital assets.

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Where To Buy A Bugatti With Bitcoin

You can now buy a Bugatti, Bentley or Rolls-Royce in bitcoin if, for some bizarre reason, you believe this is the perfect time to shovel your crypto into fiat.* “Post Oak Motor Cars is the first Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Bugatti dealership in America to accept bitcoin and bitcoin cash,” claims the company, owned by billionaire Tilman […] The post Where To Buy A Bugatti With Bitcoin appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Starbucks, Microsoft Back Bitcoin ETF And Stakes Are Huge

Investors may want to mark their calendars on Sept. 30 and Nov. 5 for potential spike in Bitcoin’s value because wider acceptance of BTC could be on the line. On Sept. 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will rule on whether to approve the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Trust Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

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Colombia Could Follow Malta’s Footsteps and Become the Blockchain Nation of South America

In the eyes of crypto investors, one way to categorize the nations of the world is by their stance on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. Some countries ban the use of digital currencies declaring them as illegal; others embrace both cryptos and blockchain wholeheartedly while the rest are somewhere in between.

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Bitcoin vs. Fiat: The Cryptocurrency Outperformed 3 National Currencies in 2018

As many countries in South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe are in the midst of an economic crisis, depreciating national currencies don’t come as a surprise. What did come as a shock was the fact that bitcoin would be the first to challenge the stability of fiat currencies, outperforming three different national currencies in 2018, as research from Pension Partners...The post %%POSTLINK%% appeared first on %%BLOGLINK%%.

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Bitcoin’s Rise Reflects Governments’ Failure To Stabilize National Currencies

Bitcoin is digital gold for a digital generation. Libertarian proponents of cryptocurrencies, like America’s Founding Fathers before them, argue that fiat currencies are nothing but Monopoly paper: Why does fiat cash have value when it’s not backed by any real asset, such as gold or silver? In 1786, Thomas Paine wrote: “Gold and silver are the emissions of nature: paper is the emission of art.

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Bitcoin On Air: 100 Reasons to Explore the World of Cryptocurrency

In less than a year, eight months to be exact, Matt Aaron and his team have grown the Bitcoin.com Podcast Network (BPN) by 100 episodes. Covering everything from blockchain innovation and hype to the week’s hottest crypto news, all the while highlighting the ecosystem’s most interesting personalities, now BPN is expanding into Latin America with […] The post Bitcoin On Air: 100 Reasons to Explore the World of Cryptocurrency appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Which is Better for Bitcoin: ETF Approval or Bakkt by ICE and Starbucks

This past summer, the crypto community was hit with huge news: some of America’s largest corporations were teaming up to launch their own cryptocurrency exchange. Today, Bakkt is the biggest crypto news story nobody is paying attention to.

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Crypto ATM Market Ready to Swell Up to $144.5 Million by 2023

In a new research report titled “Crypto ATM Market by Type (One Way and Two Way), Automated Teller Machine Hardware (Display, Printer, QR Scanner), and Geography (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), Rest of the World (RoW) – Global Forecast to 2023,” MarketsandMarkets suggests that the Crypto ATM market will go from $16.

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Operation Cryptosweep: 200+ Crypto Cases in North America, 46 Enforcement Actions

North American regulators have revealed that more than 200 cryptocurrency-related cases are being actively investigated, with 46 enforcement actions taken. The coordinated efforts by over 40 jurisdictions in the U.

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Bank of America Planning Cryptocurrency Entry Based on Its Latest Patent Filing?

Market observers have been predicting that big institutional investors and traditional financial institutions are plotting their foray into the cryptocurrency market for some time. But if the latest speculations are correct, Bank of America, one of the world’s largest financial institutions, might already be preparing its entry into the market based on the bank’s latest patent […] Bank of America Planning Cryptocurrency Entry Based on Its Latest Patent Filing? was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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Montana Senator: Closing Coal Plant Could Hurt Bitcoin Mining Industry

The crypto industry has scored another first, as a junior U. S. Senator from Montana, Steve Daines, has lobbied against the planned closure of a coal-fired power plant in Rosebud County, arguing that its closure could harm the growing cryptocurrency mining industry in the state.

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Bitcoin Mining is Big Business in Montana: US Senator Works to Protect Industry

Bonner and Butte, Montana are home to two of the largest bitcoin mining facilities in North America. They’re also subject to a major energy producer in the state, the Colstrip power plant, which is due to be shut down.

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Bank of America Files Patent for Cryptocurrency Custody System

The Bank of America Corporation has filed with the U. S. Patent and Trademarks Office for a secure means for the storage and custody of cryptocurrencies. The filing describes a system for recording and storing data pertaining to cryptocurrency transactions designed for enterprises.

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Bitcoin of America: OTC Bitcoin Exchange Reimagined

As the world of cryptocurrency continues to grow, more and more of the general population are exposed to and interested in purchasing Bitcoin and other altcoins. Despite the massive growth of the space over the past year, methods for first purchases are still limited and largely confusing. Bitcoin of America is seeking to change this, […]

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Bank of America хочет запатентовать систему хранения криптовалюты

Bank of America подал патентную заявку для создания системы, которая управляет хранилищем криптовалюты в корпоративной среде. Сообщение Bank of America хочет запатентовать систему хранения криптовалюты появились сначала на Freedman.

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Cryptocurrency Card Issuer Wirex Granted E-Money License in the UK

European crypto card provider Wirex has been awarded an e-money license by the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK. The accreditation will allow the company to create e-money accounts in more than two dozen different currencies.

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Coinbase Seeks Patent for Security-Enhanced Bitcoin Payment System

U. S. -based digital currency exchange Coinbase has filed a patent on a new Bitcoin payment system designed to make cryptocurrency payments safer. The new platform will provide an added layer of security for users’ keys and allow them to make Bitcoin payments directly from their digital wallets.

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The Daily: Stoners Drop Crypto From IPO, Binance Launches Academy

In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover stories about the stoners’ magazine High Times which dropped cryptocurrencies from its IPO, Binance launching its own academy, an institutional investors program by Kucoin and the Cash App expanding its crypto buying service across America.

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PGA Falls Victim to Cryptocurrency Ransomware Attack

Cyber-criminals engaging in cryptocurrency ransomware have found another victim: the Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA). Suspected hackers have hijacked the computer servers of the American PGA and demanded a ransom in Bitcoin.

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Crypto Lender SALT Now Available in 35 States

SALT, one of the earliest cryptocurrency-backed lending providers in the space, announced this week it was expanding into 20 more states in the US, bringing its total market penetration to 35, including Washington DC, across America.

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Golf Association Hit by Crypto Ransomware

The Professional Golfers' Association of America got a nasty surprise with some ransomware that demands Bitcoin to decrypt files.

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Bitcoin Mining Giant Bitmain Has Big Plans for Small Texas Town

A sleepy Texas town is set to reinvigorate the local economy thanks to a multimillion-dollar project to build a cryptocurrency mining and data center in place of a recently closed coal fire power plant.

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JPMorgan Chase CEO Stands by His Dismissive Views on Cryptocurrencies

Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in America, said that he shouldn’t speak much about cryptocurrencies. In an interview with Harvard Business Review, Dimon expressed optimism over blockchain.

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Btc/Bch Payment Service Bitpay Reports Developing Application for $ 1.2 Billion Dollars

Also Read: Swissquote Reports 44% Increase in Profit After Adding Cryptocurrency Services  It Does Not Matter To Bitpay Whether It’s ”Crashing” Sonny Singh, the chief operating officer of Bitpay, recently discussed the use of bitcoin as a means of payment.

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[promoted] GXChain and the Blockchain Data Economy

Imagine a new digital economy, one that allows everyday people to take full control of their personal data. Complete with a public chain for data transactions and application development, this system would foster a trustworthy, domain-wide data exchange that capitalizes on the torrent of advancements taking place through blockchain technology.

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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: ETFs and Expansions

ETF’s are back in the news this week with the Winklevoss twins of Gemini getting rejected again, while investment firm Direxion was delayed till September on a final decision.

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Cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to be used by Iran to escape Donald Trump’s sanctions

The recent hustle-bustle between Iran and the United States of America seems to have taken a new turn. The Iranian government is all set to develop its own cryptocurrency in order to escape from the United States sanctions, as reported by a local newspaper.

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Lyn Ulbricht and the Effort to Free Ross: Looking at "the End of the Road”

The darknet site founded by Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road, has been offline for years now. But the legal questions behind his conviction and subsequent sentencing to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 2015, remain fresh, raw and real to Ulbricht’s advocates.

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Canadian Cryptocurrency Miner to Install 85-Megawatt Power Substation

DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc. , a diversified blockchain company, is in the process of installing an 85-megawatt transformer and electric substation for the company's cryptocurrency mining facility, according to a company statement.

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Yes, Stablecoins Can Secure Official Audits from Major Firms

“We have nothing to hide,” says Tory Reiss, VP of corporate development at TrustToken. Like the market’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, TrustToken's TrueUSD is fiat-collateralized.

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Japanese Yen Led BTC Bull Run, Says eToro Market Analyst

A recent boom in the price of Bitcoin may have been more the responsibility of Eastern markets than those in North America.

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Mining Giant Bitmain Offers New Policy to Boost Its Transparency

Chinese mining company Bitmain has announced it is exploring new policies that will boost the company’s transparency and communication with the cryptocurrency community.

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How Bitcoin Can Be The New Gold Due to Ongoing Political Trade Wars

Is Bitcoin the New Gold? America is diving into a trade war with some of its closest allies and economic competitors. As America’s biggest trade war in history looms, experts say the war could position bitcoin as “the new gold.

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Bank of America (BoA) Files Blockchain Patent For External Data Validation

Blockchain Patent Filed by Bank Of America to Permit External Validation of Data While many financial institutions and other entities have been rejecting cryptocurrency for their customers, Bank of America’s voice has been quite loud in their disdain.

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Japanese chat giant Line launches its cryptocurrency exchange – but not in Japan

Months after announcing it in January, Japanese messaging giant Line has finally opened their new cryptocurrency exchange – everywhere except Japan and North America. BITBOX is now hosting trade in around 30 coins, sans fiat trading for the time being.

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Blockchain Auditing and the Industry’s "Knowledge Gap"

The advent of smart contracts has long drawn interest for its potential to revolutionize business agreements. There’s just one problem, and it’s one that has affected many spheres of the cryptocurrency space: a knowledge gap.

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Donald Trump Establishes Executive Order For Consumer Protection From Bitcoin

President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, is alleged to have established an executive order with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to ensure that cryptocurrency related crime falls as part of a special consumer protection entity within the DOJ.

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Trump Invested In Bitcoin, That’s Why He’s Not Banned It Yet

Back in October 2017, the Donald Trump administration (the team heading the United States of America incase you didn’t know) made a number of anti-Bitcoin statements that suggested the President could go on to ban cryptocurrencies in the very near future.

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5 Countries Team up to Combat Tax Fraud From Cryptocurrencies

A new taskforce involving five countries’ taxation regulators was announced on Monday, July 5.  The announcement by the Inland Revenue Service (USA) will aim to increase cooperation between the United States of America, the Netherlands, Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom in order to combat crimes committed using cryptocurrencies, specifically tax evasion.

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