February 15, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Woos Merchants With New Crypto Tools, Most...

It will now be easier for retailers to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment, Bloomberg reported. Through a Coinbase service called Coinbase Commerce, retailers will be able to accept...

February 13, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: LoopX’s Exit Scam, BitGrail’s Suspicious Nano Hack

Some of America’s leading universities are adding a new course to their roster – call it Bitcoin 101. Graduate classes at schools such as Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of...

February 12, 2018
Investors Caught In Two Crypto ‘Exit Scams’

Following an announcement from an Italian cryptocurrency exchange that $200 million worth of virtual currency was stolen from its servers, investors and developers are taking in the news with skepticism, RT...

February 09, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Binance Goes Black, Japan Readies For More Crypto...

One of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) top policymakers is the latest in a host of leaders calling for regulation of digital currencies, Reuters reported. Cryptocurrencies — and the financial institutions...

January 31, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Facebook Bans Crypto Ads, SEC Halts ‘Illegal’ ICO

While interest in digital coins may be surging, Facebook is not interested in running cryptocurrency ads, according to Recode. The social networking site will ban ads that promote “financial products...

January 26, 2018
Bitcoin And The Bitter Tax Bite

The taxman cometh. And the cryptos plummet. By now you know South Korea is a prime mover for cryptocurrencies — be it up or down. This past week saw a wild ride....

January 24, 2018
Gig Workers And Instant Pay

Workers in the gig economy don’t always get paid as quickly as they’d like. Drivers for Uber, for example, have their payments calculated on a weekly basis that begins and...

January 23, 2018
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Hacks Top $400M

Cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea will be gearing up for a massive tax bill as the country seeks to clamp down on its booming digital currency sector, Fortune reports. According...

January 22, 2018
The Try New Things Edition: Amazon, Bitcoin And Airbnb

It’s never a bad idea to try a new thing — and this week was full of a lot of players in payments trying new things. Amazon is trying out some new pricing...