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Mercado Bitcoin Tokenises $200million RWAs on XRPL as Sector Set for Enormous Growth

The Fintech Times

Ensuring it remains a frontrunner in this shift, Mercado Bitcoin (MB), the digital asset platform in Latin America (LatAm), is planning to tokenise over $200million RWAs on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). Launched in 2012, it enables near-instant, low-cost transactions, has processed more than 3.3

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PNC Teams with Coinbase to Offer Digital Asset Solutions

Finovate

” Coinbase was founded in 2012 and has proved resilient in offering crypto capabilities that make it easy for people to engage with crypto assets by trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and making global transfers.

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Thiel's founders fund has been quietly buying bitcoin since 2012

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Bitcoin has gained global fame in the past year, but it’s been popular at Peter Thiel’s venture firm since at least 2012.

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Ledger Fever: 95 Bitcoin & Blockchain Startups In One Market Map

CB Insights

Bitcoin and blockchain may be moving beyond buzzword status. Funding to the sector has gone from almost no investment in 2012 … Continued. Check out even more content at Future of Fintech 2017. Use code “FoFInsights” to get $1000 off your ticket.

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Winklevoss Twins Sue Charlie Shrem Over Bitcoin Theft

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The Winklevoss twins have filed a lawsuit against Charlie Shrem, accusing him of pocketing funds to purchase bitcoin for himself. The New York Times reported that according to the lawsuit —which was filed in federal court in Manhattan in September 2018—Winklevoss Capital Fund (WCF) hired Shrem in late 2012 to purchase bitcoins on its behalf.

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Coinbase Files With SEC For 2021 IPO

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This makes Coinbase the first major bitcoin company to go for the public markets, WSJ reported. The company's goal is to meld its crypto focus with the existing financial system and to make bitcoin more accessible to more people, WSJ reported. The IPO, which is set to be a major one for 2021, signals the wider acceptance of bitcoin.

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Bitcoin Investors Expect Big Returns In The New Year

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Bitcoin investors are in for a halving event in 2020 that could potentially give their currency a boost , according to Bloomberg. A halving event refers to the process in which the reward that Bitcoin creators get for creating fresh bitcoins will be cut in half. Once, in 2012, the block reward went from 50 to 25 bitcoins.

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