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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: From Store Of Value To Value At Store?

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Headed into the end of 2016, bitcoin trades on the high end of $700, and much has been made about the price appreciation in the wake of geopolitical surprises, such as Brexit and, of course, the U.S. The question remains, however, just how bitcoin should be viewed and used. Said Kavner: “Bitcoin is a commodity.

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The Websites Of 35 Unicorn Startups Before They Became Billion-Dollar Companies

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Website as of: June 2012. Website as of: August 2012. When Instacart was founded in 2012, there were already other apps trying to push the disruption of grocery delivery forward. Website as of: September 2012. Coinbase, a cryptocurrency wallet and exchange, had this website back when the price of bitcoin was around $13.

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Will The Stars Align For Facebook’s Project Libra?

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It shut down in 2012, 15 months after its official launch. And this plan is a way for Facebook to leapfrog them by using cool, modern tech and stablecoins tied to fiat currency – today’s hot payments play – and keeps them out of the bitcoin fray. A Cryptocurrency Play in Three Acts. One dollar purchased 10 Facebook Credits.

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PayPal Taps into Bitcoin by Adding Wences Casares to Board

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PayPal announced today it has selected Wences Casares, founder and CEO of bitcoin wallet Xapo, to its Board of Directors. Casares will serve on PayPal’s Compensation Committee and is the ninth member of PayPal’s board. PayPal debuted its Instant Account Creation at FinovateEurope 2012.

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President Obama On The ‘Cyber Arms Race’

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Quartz reported that the site Rambler was targeted by hacks dating back to 2012, and as a result, roughly 98 million accounts were compromised. Fraudsters are posing as PayPal’s own customer service representatives on Twitter in order to perpetrate phishing attacks against unsuspecting PayPal users.

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Innovation Project Has Arrived

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Payments have always been about what’s next, Karen Webster recently noted, from the first exchanges made for seashells to bitcoin and beyond.