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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Only two days in, and December has already been good to bitcoin. This week saw bitcoin’s price jump over its previous 2016 high to reach a high of $778.14 These things can change by the minute, as all cryptocurrency users well know, but the end of November and the first few days of December appear to have been good to bitcoin holders.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Is there an alternative, profound French phrase or two that can describe what investors have seen this week with bitcoin? Bitcoin is quickly headed toward fresh three-year highs after jumping up over $100 in value since last week’s tracker. 23) morning, bitcoin had broken $1,150 in value, reaching a high of $1,153.04.

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Payments Source

MAY 13, 2019

Bitcoin jumped to almost $8,000 and didn’t look back, as its longest winning streak since 2013 continued to rekindle the global cryptocurrency market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

The crypto company operates 17 of the 67 bitcoin ATMs in Germany, according to CoinDesk. The police worked with the FBI to trace and identify the Bitcoin involved. was shut down in the Spring of 2013 over copyright infringement issues. was shut down in the Spring of 2013 over copyright infringement issues. Movie2k.to

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Bitcoin has been riding a bit of a rollercoaster in the past few weeks since hitting an all-time high of more than $4,800 per digital coin on Aug. To continue the rollercoaster analogy, the cryptocurrency’s value has been on a steep climb all year, and it stands to reason that bitcoin’s skyrocketing value must eventually slow and reverse.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

PayPal is looking at acquisition possibilities for cryptocurrency companies, including bitcoin custodian BitGo , a report from Bloomberg says. With that announcement, bitcoin surged past $13,000 for the first time since July of last year. The move would help PayPal boost its embrace of digital coins. BitGo raised $58.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

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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MARCH 3, 2020

There are said to be 42 makers responsible for the machines, and the world was introduced to the concept of a bitcoin ATM in 2013. The machine reportedly experienced $10,000 in BTC transactions on the day of its rollout, and it let users exchange bitcoin for cash as well as cash for bitcoin. in the fall of 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2016

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2017

Bitcoin’s market cap is currently well over $20 billion as value rose well over $200 in the past two weeks. At the time of writing, bitcoin was worth $1,270.86, up 3.32 As bitcoin rose, TechCrunch noted that the value of 1 BTC had actually surpassed the value of an ounce of gold — the go-to alternative asset.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Given the past few days, it seems like 2017 could be a banner year for bitcoin. Bitcoin broke past $1,000 in value on its first day of trading in 2017. At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin sat at $1,027.05. These figures are the highest bitcoin has been since its $1,216.70 Gox collapsed.

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Finovate

DECEMBER 20, 2023

With a spot Bitcoin ETF expected in 2024, crypto investors, traders, and enthusiasts are likely feeling as optimistic about digital assets as they have in awhile. BlackRock, Nasdaq, SEC Meet Again on Bitcoin ETF This week, according to reporting in Coindesk, representatives from BlackRock, Nasdaq, and the U.S.

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Green.Money

AUGUST 16, 2019

If you own a business and you are not accepting Bitcoin as a payment method, think about this for a second. Bitcoin can NOT be charged back, it cannot bounce, and there are no reversing transactions, ever. Bitcoin can be transferred from any device, to and from anywhere in the world, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Gox bitcoin exchange, who faced charges of alleged embezzlement, denied guilt in a Tokyo court during closing arguments, Coindesk reported. The cryptocurrency exchange failed after it reportedly lost hundreds of thousands of bitcoins worth $480 million. The ex-CEO of the Mt.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

On Tuesday (May 21) it was reported that the agency had awarded self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright registrations for a white paper and early computer code related to the cryptocurrency. “As And the Central District Court in Israel has ruled that bitcoin is an asset and subject to capital gains tax (CGT).

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Bitcoin has far more traders these days — particularly in China — than it has true believers. It’s the golden age to be in the bitcoin market, because it’s imperfect,” said Zhou Shuoji , a former IBM technology consultant whose firm, Fintech Blockchain Group, runs a bitcoin hedge fund and venture capital fund.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Bitcoin is ending the year on a good note, with the total value of bitcoin in circulation reaching more than $14 billion on Thursday (Dec. According to a report , the value of bitcoin increased 5 percent alone on Thursday, reaching its highest levels in three years and more than doubling in price.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Steve Chen, the mastermind behind a $147 million gemcoin fraud from 2013 to 2015, pleaded guilty of his crimes of tax evasion and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, reported on Wednesday (Feb. According to the court, Collins potentially began investing in bitcoin at an early stage, increasing his value over time.

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Ikajo

JANUARY 22, 2022

Why should sellers look for bitcoin payment gateways? Cryptocurrencies, along with bitcoin, functionalize too long to ignore them. Statista shares that bitcoin’s market capitalization formed 53% of the total cryptocurrencies’ market cap in 2019. It’s by searching for the bitcoin merchant services. The answer is simple.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Craig Wright , a man who claims he invented Bitcoin, was recently ordered by a judge in Florida to surrender around $3 billion of his holdings in the cryptocurrency, according to a report by Bloomberg. Some crypto experts think Wright is a fraud, he didn’t invent Bitcoin and he doesn’t have any holdings at all.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

A Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for helping criminals process millions of dollars in illegal bitcoin transactions. Prosecutors said Murgio processed more than $10 million in illegal bitcoin transactions from April 2013 through July 2015. Murgio’s father also pleaded guilty in the scheme.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2016

While computer breaches and malicious emails are commonplace online, when it comes to bitcoin, it can also be dangerous offline in the real world. According to a report , a man in Florida was allegedly robbed at knifepoint while trying to sell $28,000 in bitcoin. The government has seized $4.5

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

But the latest from the RBI warns India to be wary of bitcoin. 3) said the RBI issued a new notice to users of bitcoin that warn them that they should be extremely cautious when transacting using the digital currency. A lack of regulation in the area of bitcoin and digital currencies isn’t going unnoticed by the bank.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Become an expert on what’s new and what’s next for blockchain, diving into bitcoin, ethereum, cryptocurrencies, enterprise blockchains, and a whole host of other topics. Two of the top early-stage tech VCs, Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures, have placed bets on blockchain technology since 2013. Key Takeaways.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

In other news, a venture capitalist believes bitcoin may be a survivor like Amazon was in the dot-com crash, CNBC reported. Of the volatility, CryptoOracle Partner Lou Kerner told CNBC that “there was a day in 2013 when we were down 70 percent overnight. Nobody likes being down like this.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. That fund was filed with the SEC for regulatory approval in July 2013.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Who knew that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, known for their early involvement in Facebook, were in love with bitcoin? You might, when you find out that they were the first to file for a bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). And do you care? They do have a point there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Luxembourg had already passed a bill to legally issue “dematerialized securities” in April 2013 through an amendment to a 2001 securities law.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

It appears, once again, that the Dark Web and bitcoin aren’t untraceable. A new court case has shown this after it was revealed in documents that two men allegedly stole 5,400 bitcoin from an underground illegal online drug site called Sheep Marketplace. Just in case there was any doubt. million, to be precise.

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BitPay

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Every four years, the oncoming supply of new Bitcoin rewarded to miners gets reduced by 50%. Historically, this four-year Bitcoin halving cycle has shown a strong relationship to the asset’s legendary booms and busts. When the price of Bitcoin rises, spending habits change. This event has come to be known as “the halving.”

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JUNE 13, 2018

University researchers have noticed an interesting trend when it came to atmospheric jump in the price of bitcoin last year: They found that about half of bitcoin price increases last year happened after another cryptocurrency, Tether, flowed from one crypto exchange — Bitfinex — to other exchanges.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

Due to high risks and “insufficient” protection, the Nordic region’s largest bank will ban its approximately 31,000 employees from trading in cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, the company said on Monday (Jan. In 2013, Silbert reported that the Bitcoin Investment Trust, which he founded , received $70 million in investments.

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

A bitcoin mining company in China is looking to raise capital in the neighborhood of $400 million and is aiming to file on the Nasdaq for an IPO, in what would be at least its third attempt to do so. His message sent shares of cryptocurrency, blockchain and bitcoin itself on a healthy upward trajectory.

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JUNE 22, 2018

And it just so happens that “21” represents the maximum number of bitcoins in millions. He (or she … or groups of people), invented bitcoin and published a paper about it in 2008. But Clear came out to publicly deny being bitcoin’s inventor in 2013. ” What do we know about Nakamoto?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

The exchange, which was rolled out in 2013, had its main focus on ethereum, bitcoin and token markets based on ethereum. In other notes, bitcoin price reached the highest intraday level since Dec. The bitcoin price as of Monday (April 1) at 8:00 p.m. 24 as it climbed to as high as $4,135.60

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MAY 5, 2020

A little-known Puerto Rican company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple , accusing the blockchain firm of breaking rules when it ran a recent securities sale, CoinDesk reported. billion XRP sale with the relevant authorities. billion sale now is more than it had in any assets otherwise.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Established in 2013, BitGo introduced a multi-signature wallet and has expanded its offerings over the years, including the establishment of BitGo Trust Company in 2018 and BitGo New York Trust in 2021, focusing on digital asset custody. In 2022, BitGo expanded its services to include institutional-grade DeFi, NFT, and Web 3.0.

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