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Bitcoin Daily: Circle K To Add Bitcoin ATMs To Stores; Data Shows 51 Pct Of...
August 08, 2021

There will soon be new bitcoin ATMs available in New York City at Circle K locations, a report from The New York Post says. “Our goal is to provide as much access as we possibly can for consumers by putting more ATM machines in all...

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Quiznos, Bakkt Debut Pay With Bitcoin In Some Restaurants
August 03, 2021

Digital asset marketplace Bakkt’s parent company Bakkt Holdings has partnered with sandwich chain Quiznos to roll out a physical location and let Quiznos customers pay with cryptocurrency, a press release says. This will make the capability available in the Denver market, which will include the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Pennsylvania Eyes Digital Currency Task Force; Australia’s CoinJar Launches Crypto Mastercard
August 03, 2021

CoinJar Card, a Mastercard product letting users spend their crypto like cash, has been rolled out in Australia, a company blog says. With the card, users will be able to spend the money in their CoinJar to make purchases. Users will be able to select...

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DeFi Propels Crypto’s Path Toward Solving B2B Payments Pain Points
August 02, 2021

One would be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t know someone investing in cryptocurrency today. As consumers feel more comfortable in the digital currency waters, legacy financial institutions (FIs) and even regulators are beginning to show signs of support for the technology. But corporates remain...

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The Roaring 20s: Installing Decentralized Trust For Global Commerce
July 26, 2021

In A Decade of Digital Transformation in 12 Months, 46 C-suite executives spoke with PYMNTS for its Q2 eBook on what the world will look like as recovery rolls on and the next iteration of normal rolls out. In this excerpt, Aron Schwarzkopf, CEO of...

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Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Startups See Massive Funding; JPMorgan Chase Gives Clients Access To Crypto Trading
July 22, 2021

Zip Co Ltd, the Australian-based Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm, wants to give users a chance to trade in cryptocurrencies, a Reuters report says. Zip has said it plans to offer the service in the next year in the U.S. — due to the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Gets Back Above $30,000; Tesla May Reverse Ban On Bitcoin
July 21, 2021

Bitcoin could be on the way back up after a period of decline, CNBC writes. The biggest cryptocurrency was able to boost above $30,000 on Wednesday (July 21), the report says. The price of bitcoin was trading at $32,765, according to numbers from CoinMetrics. Ether...

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Synthetic Blockchain Stocks Prompt SEC’s Gensler To Caution Bankers
July 21, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler cautioned bankers to take heed regarding the proliferation of synthetic stocks on the blockchain, according to a Wednesday (July 21) speech made before the American Bar Association’s Derivatives and Futures Law Committee. Gensler warned that any business...

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Bitcoin Daily: EU Official Proposes Ending Anonymous Crypto Sales; FTX Raises $900 Million; Fidelity Reports...
July 20, 2021

With rising reports of crypto fraud, the European Commission (EC) of the European Union (EU) has proposed a rule banning anonymous transactions, according to remarks from EC Executive Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis published on Tuesday, July 20. Per the remarks from Dombrovskis, any crypto transactions...