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As long as the general public views stablecoins as merely a detour back into fiat currency, they will remain a niche option for payments. origin »
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AiX agrees to use Zero Hash to settle OTC crypto trades - CryptoNinjas Zero Hash, a digital asset and fiat currency settlement subsidiary company of institutional bitcoin exchange company Seed CX, today announced that digital asset trading platform Artificial Intelligence Exchange (AiX), has agreed to use Zero Hash to settle its OTC trades.
2019-9-26 15:08 | |
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Fold’s new app allows users to spend fiat via a credit debit card and earn bitcoin back on purchases with select retailers. The post Fold Launches New App to Provide Sats Back for Fiat Purchases appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
2019-9-26 22:43 | |
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In its letter to German politician Fabio de Masi, Facebook revealed the percentage breakdown of the global currencies that would back its cryptocurrency project Libra, reported German newspaper, Der Spiegel.
2019-9-23 18:46 | |
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Coinspeaker Facebook Releases Full Details of Libra’s Basket of CurrenciesFacebook has finally released the full list of the fiat currencies which will back Libra. While it may not come as much of a surprise, what remains yet to be seen is how France and Germany will be encouraged to accept Libra.
2019-9-23 11:43 | |
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The French government has finally decided how to tax crypto trading. According to the French economy minister Bruno Le Maire, all trades between cryptos are exempt from taxes but the gains will be taxed when they are converted back into fiat currency.
2019-9-13 23:36 | |
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The basket of fiat currencies in the line up to back Facebook's Libra "cryptocurrency" may not include the Chinese Yuan. According to Bloomberg, the likely backers include the US Dollar, the Euro, the British pound, The Japanese Yen, and the Singapore dollar.
2019-9-10 14:02 | |
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Ever since Bitcoin (BTC) was birthed, its early adopters have dreamed of a world where cryptocurrency is the go-to medium of exchange, not fiat currencies. But, ten years since Bitcoin was released, this dream has not been had.
2019-9-9 23:30 | |
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Walmart, the US retail giant has submitted an application to patent a use-case for a digital coin that would be backed by fiat currency and linked to customer records.
2019-8-6 10:00 | |
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Yesterday, the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem marked 2 years since Bitcoin Core split to birth Bitcoin Cash. This important milestone was celebrated with an announcement by Roger Ver citing the imminent launch of a BCH- fiat cryptocurrency exchange.
2019-8-3 12:10 | |
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50,000 victims of the Japanese crypto exchange Bitpoint’s recent hack will have their stolen wallet holdings reimbursed in crypto. This was revealed in a press conference in Tokyo, where reporters were informed that the company had decided to pay back victims in crypto using a 1:1 ratio, as against fiat payouts.
2019-7-18 10:56 | |
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With Zimbabwe Dollars being brought back from the dead, citizens of the country are facing a lot of problems. Additionally, the fiat currency is facing rejection by citizens and it is getting problematic for Bitcoin enthusiasts in the country to buy BTC due to an enormous premium on it.
2019-7-3 17:30 | |
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Square is a company best known for its disruptive card payment technology. Founded in 2009 by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the company sells affordable mobile-based point-of-sale systems. But beyond the world of traditional fiat currencies, the firm is making cautious steps into the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency.
2019-6-14 15:20 | |
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Zest proposes the first ‘decentralized syndicate’ which aims to provide access to the pre-ipo opportunities of Silicon Valley. Zest disrupts the traditional boundaries by using a cryptocurrency as a medium of exchange into a venture capital fund.
2019-6-11 21:03 | |
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BTC slides 2. 1 percent Bitcoin is a safe haven, a Satoshi now worth more than several fiat currencies. Hardly surprising, a single Satoshi, the smallest unit of Bitcoin, is more valuable than several fiat currencies.
2019-6-11 20:00 | |
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A sharp rejection of resistance above $9k was not entirely unexpected. Bitcoin price has been poised to pass this level for the best part of the week. When it did, an instant fake out occurred and crypto prices plunged back a thousand dollars in a matter of hours.
2019-5-31 10:00 | |
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For the best part of the last month Bitcoin has been relentlessly chomping into the altcoin markets as its dominance surged to a seventeen month high of 60 percent. An inevitable cooling off and pull back for Bitcoin is expected, but will traders be putting their profits back into fiat or choosing low priced alternatives.
2019-5-15 11:30 | |
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Tether has taken a lot of heat for admitting it is running a fractional reserve. There’s no doubt that Tether’s unregulated nature makes this approach risky and that its lack of transparency is unsettling, but the entire modern banking system is architected on fractioned assets.
2019-5-13 16:37 | |
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Today, bitcoin is so precious that its hodlers are prone to locking their keys away inside nuclear bunkers, bank vaults, and military grade hardware wallets. But things weren’t always that way.
2019-5-12 14:45 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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With cryptocurrency markets back to life, hodling sounds like a smart strategy once again. Cryptocurrency owners are now more likely to pledge coins to borrow fiat if they need it, rather than sell their appreciating digital assets.
2019-5-10 05:31 | |
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Two of the world’s most infamous Bitcoin naysayers hit the headlines for the wrong reasons yet again May 6 amid global financial market turmoil. Stiglitz: Crypto Attention ‘Disturbed Me’ As stocks plummeted on the back of fresh threats of a US-China trade war, Joseph Stiglitz, the former World Bank head who has recently become known for his distaste for cryptocurrency, said the whole phenomenon “should be shut down.
2019-5-6 20:00 | |
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A few weeks ago, it emerged that the U. S was investigating Bitfinex, for supposedly using Tether to cover up an $850 million hole. This brought back the never-ending issue of Tether and its fiat backing.
2019-5-6 12:05 | |
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By CCN. com: Bitcoin played a role in staging the Easter Sunday suicide bombing in Sri Lanka that killed 253 civilians, according to Israeli blockchain intelligence firm Whitestream. The agency revealed that the ISIS used Canada-based payment gateway CoinPayments to convert bitcoins to fiat money.
2019-5-2 11:02 | |
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Grayscale Investments is weighing in on the gold versus bitcoin debate. Its two sats? Drop the bars, buy the bits (and the dip). The Digital Currency Group off-shoot has launched a “Drop Gold” campaign that encourages investors to ditch the old asset for its digital counterpart, bitcoin.
2019-5-2 23:21 | |
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Bitfinex and Tether’s legal counsel has written a response to the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) ex parte order, which claims that Bitifinex used Tether’s reserves to cover some $850 million in losses.
2019-5-1 01:22 | |
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In an affidavit containing the subheading "Tether Holders Are Not at Risk,” Stuart Hoegner, a lawyer representing Tether, admits that the company only has the fiat reserves to back about 74 percent of its coins.
2019-5-1 21:04 | |
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Tether does not have the fiat reserves to back its tokens, lawyers say
2019-4-30 19:36 | |
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The latest edition of “Targeting scams,” an annual report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that the country saw a 190 percent increase in cryptocurrency scams, with a total of $6.
2019-4-30 20:07 | |
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Domitai is a Cryptocurrency Exchange in Mexico, a trading platform for digital and traditional currencies between users. Our mission is to change the way commerce and financing is done in Mexico, and work to become one of the top financial institutions in Latam and Worldwide.
2019-4-15 06:03 | |
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Testnet Launched By Anchor Stablecoin Anchor is a stablecoin describes itself as a coin “backed by $1 Canadian held securely in Canadian Financial Institutions. Anchor Coin is always tradeable back and forth with Anchor Financial for $1 Canadian.
2019-4-9 20:42 | |
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New announcements around Bitcoin’s Lightning Network have been coming almost nonstop lately, with new exchanges, wallets and other services popping up seemingly every day.
2019-4-8 18:21 | |
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Stablecoins, for all the drama that surrounds them, have continued to thrive in the crypto market. Despite being called manipulation tools, they continue to appeal to investors due to their affiliation with fiat currency and their reputation of being more secure than traditional cryptos.
2019-4-2 21:09 | |
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Depending on what country you live in, your cryptocurrency will be subject to different tax rules. The questions below address implications within the United States, specifically, but similar issues arise around the world.
2019-3-29 18:20 | |
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Despite widespread innovation and technological development over the past couple of years, the biggest problems with cryptocurrencies today are the same as they were back then. It’s safe to say that most people who are going to adopt cryptocurrencies for ideological reasons or as speculative investments have already done so.
2019-3-20 18:22 | |
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“The biggest problem I could think of was distribution. How do you share and educate both consumers and merchants on the power of bitcoin? I learned how much consumers loved earning and why merchants make decisions to adopt new technology.
2019-3-19 23:06 | |
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Despite widespread innovation and technological development over the past couple of years, the biggest problems with cryptocurrencies today are the same as they were back then. It’s safe to say that most people who are going to adopt cryptocurrencies for ideological reasons or as speculative investments have already done so.
2019-3-19 22:33 | |
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Revolut, a mobile finance and payment application based in the U. K. , has launched a service that makes it possible for its clients to “auto-exchange” fiat and digital currencies on its platform.
2019-3-9 02:03 | |
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Any idea of the whereabouts of the missing QuadrigaCX coins? Kraken is offering a $100K reward if you do. Kraken Continues to Self-Police the Industry Ever since inception, Kraken has made more efforts than most in the cryptocurrency space to fight against crypto theft.
2019-3-1 14:00 | |
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Complete with the “mooning” slogan and a Astronauts in the back ground, Bitcoin investors should get ready for a moon-sling. 2019 is not the year of regulators. It is the year of adoption and Trading View is joining the fray, shifting from fiat to crypto and Bitcoin to be specific.
2019-2-16 23:52 | |
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Калифорнийский стартап BitGo объявил, что институциональные клиенты теперь могут банковским переводом депонировать средства в фиате при помощи сервиса BitGo Trust. Combining fiat with storage of crypto puts control back in the hands of traders.
2019-1-29 13:17 | |
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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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Our current economic system can be compared to a merry-go-round that has us consuming, trapped in debt and spending as quickly as we earn. What is fiat currency? Why do we use it and who controls it? And how does it compare to gold and bitcoin? It is worth going back to basics, to better understand […] The post Back to Basics: What Is Money? appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency mobile wallet provider BRD wants to accelerate its international expansion, and it has secured $15 million to do it. The Series B funding round was raised from SBI Crypto Investment, a subsidiary of Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings.
2019-1-26 20:04 | |
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This is the fourth 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 and on Day 3.
2019-1-19 00:10 | |
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Tether (USDT) remains the most popular stablecoin, accounting for more than half of all value moving from Bitcoin to fiat or fiat-denominated currencies in December. Has the sector gone back to bed with the original stablecoin? A recently published report by CryptoCompare, a cryptocurrency statistics source, found that Tether represents 75% of Bitcoin (BTC) trades […] The post In Tether We Trust? USDT Still Dominant Stablecoin appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-1-18 18:56 | |
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How much is one bitcoin worth? In fiat currency terms, that’s a constantly shifting answer, but ever since the beginning, the following has held true: one bitcoin is worth as much as the buyer is willing to pay.
2019-1-12 17:20 | |
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Technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff launched his new, Toronto-based, all-crypto legal firm on January 3, 2019, Bitcoin’s 10th anniversary, as a statement of his commitment to working for and promoting Bitcoin and cryptocurrency-based businesses.
2019-1-11 21:17 | |
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Kik might not be the only messaging app to support cryptocurrency payments if Facebook’s latest dream comes true. According to people close with the matter, the social media behemoth is looking to develop a cryptocurrency that enables WhatsApp users to transfer money to each other, reports Bloomberg.
2018-12-21 11:29 | |
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CoinSpeaker Bloomberg: Tether Has Full Fiat Reserves For Its Circulating USDT Tokens Bloomberg has recently reviewed the bank statements of Tether for different months over the lasy year and found that they hold sufficient reserves to back its ciculating USDT supply.
2018-12-19 08:26 | |
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A cluster of major US inflation and jobs reports due this week could spike volatility in stocks and crypto, with Fed policy expectations in focus as liquidity drops. A series of U.S. economic data releases scheduled for this week could…
Kraken's parent company made a first step toward an IPO, hoping to follow the path of Circle, Gemini, Bullish, and Figure Technologies
New Hampshire has once again notched the first position among other U.S. states after launching a Bitcoin-backed municipal bond. New Hampshire’s business financing agency, the Business Finance Authority, signed the approval on Nov 17 to authorize a “first of its…
United States authorities have indicted Chicago-based crypto ATM operator Virtual Assets LLC and its founder, Firas Isa, with money laundering charges involving fraud and narcotics proceeds. Isa and his firm operated Crypto Dispensers, a company whose core business involved offering…
The U. S. Senate Banking Committee will vote in December 2025 on comprehensive cryptocurrency market structure legislation, according to committee Chair Tim Scott on a recent television interview on Fox News.
Will the White House proposal give the IRS broader access to offshore crypto data as agencies push for tighter tax oversight? The White House is examining a proposed rule that would give the Internal Revenue Service access to data on…
Treasury yields, Federal Reserve policy, have put pressure on risk assets, including Bitcoin, during the government shutdown. The longest government shutdown in U.S. history is over, but the crypto markets are still in the red. Just hours after lawmakers finalized…