January 12, 2015
Bitcoin’s Troubled Times

“While I praise the sheer ingenuity of bitcoin and its payments innovation, it should be buried.”         Dr. David Evans, “Bitcoin Is A Brilliant Innovation, Here’s Why It Will Fail” October...

January 08, 2015
Recap: CES 2015 Taps Into Device-Driven Consumer

The combination of mobile devices, apps and  the imagination of innovators delivers exciting new opportunities for consumers and commerce to be connected like never before. And the latest and greatest...

January 05, 2015
Bitcoin’s New Year Price Plunge

Bitcoin prices took a nosedive this weekend falling a whopping 17.2 percent, in just 72 hours, from 311.05 on Friday to $257.61 on Sunday. That completes a rocky year of...

December 26, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 54

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 54     This week’s bitcoin trivia: Which bitcoin figure compared himself to a mythical Greek figure? Hint. The same guy who...

December 20, 2014
What Payments Players Want Under The Tree

The end is near!  Well at least in terms of holiday retail is concerned.  As the sun rises on Panic aka Super Saturday, American consumers can be split almost evenly...

December 19, 2014
Bitcoin Tracker | Week 53    

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index.   This week’s bitcoin trivia: How much value has bitcoin lost over the last 12 months? Answer. 51 percent. This time last year, the...

December 18, 2014
The Law Can Help – Or Hurt – Payments Innovation

The laws make it hard for payments players to innovate – but it doesn’t have to be that way. The rise of technological innovation in payments has been reciprocated with...

December 12, 2014
Circles, Blades And Windows

PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price and Volatility index. Bitcoin Tracker | Week 52     This week’s bitcoin trivia: What software company now accepts bitcoin for purchases? That would be Microsoft. It was looking...

December 11, 2014
Bitcoin Wallet Security Issues Creates More Controversy

Bitcoin Wallet Provider Blockchain is in PR hot water. Again. Trouble began recently when the firm’s product lead got in a online verbal Reddit fight with Coinbase engineer, CoinDesk reported....