Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Sleepless In Payments
Sleepless In Payments
March 07, 2016  |  Payments Innovation

The world is increasingly sleep deprived. Nearly 70 percent of adults in the U.S., 75 percent in the U.K. and nearly a third of the world’s...

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Biometrics Meets Blockchain
Biometrics Meets Blockchain
March 02, 2016  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

HYPR, a biometrics security firm, and BitGo, a bitcoin security platform, joined in a partnership to bring biometric authentication to the blockchain space. The BitGo-HYPR...

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Cybercrime’s Biggest Deterrent: Old People
Cybercrime’s Biggest Deterrent: Old People
February 20, 2016  |  News

There was a popular Internet scam going around the Web about five years ago that preyed on middle-aged and older people in particular. The individuals...

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Payments-Focused Cybercrime Startup Locks Deal With Europol
Payments-Focused Cybercrime Startup Locks Deal With Europol
February 19, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Chainalysis, a cybercrime startup that’s focused on payments fraud across the digital currency space, has secured a deal with Europol’s European Cybercrime Center. Because bitcoin is...

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