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Today in Crypto: Crypto Rally Slows After Bump Over Ethereum Upgrade; BitGo Eyes Legal Action Over Galaxy Digital Deal
Today in Crypto: Crypto Rally Slows After Bump Over Ethereum Upgrade; BitGo Eyes Legal Action...
August 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency values remained unchanged with the cooling of a rally in bitcoin and ether, Bloomberg wrote Monday (Aug. 15). Bitcoin was down less than 1%...

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Galaxy Digital Cancels $1.2B BitGo Acquisition
Galaxy Digital Cancels $1.2B BitGo Acquisition
August 15, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Investment firm Galaxy Digital has ended its $1.2 billion acquisition agreement with digital assets platform BitGo. Galaxy terminated the deal after BitGo missed a July...

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Bitcoin Daily: Galaxy Digital Buys BitGo; Blockchain.com Acquires AiX
Bitcoin Daily: Galaxy Digital Buys BitGo; Blockchain.com Acquires AiX
May 05, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Financial services and investment manager Galaxy Digital has agreed to acquire BitGo, which works in digital asset infrastructure, according to a press release. With the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes Cryptocurrency For Digital Subscription Payments
Bitcoin Daily: Binance.US Names Former Head Of OCC As New CEO; Time Magazine Now Takes...
April 20, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Brian Brooks, who was acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) under the President Donald Trump administration, is now slated...

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami’s Reserves In Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct...
January 01, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Indian FinTech Cashaa and the country’s United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society teamed up to launch what they say is the world’s first cryptocurrency bank branch...

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy
Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy
January 01, 2021  |  Data

This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and...

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Today In Payments: Trump Signs Stimulus Bill; Square Said To Mull Buy of Jay-Z’s TIDAL Music-Streaming Service
Today In Payments: Trump Signs Stimulus Bill; Square Said To Mull Buy of Jay-Z’s TIDAL...
December 28, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, President Trump signed the pandemic relief bill Congress passed last week, and Square CEO Jack Dorsey is reportedly interested in buying...

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Report: PayPal, Crypto Firm BitGo Acquisition Talks Fall Through
Report: PayPal, Crypto Firm BitGo Acquisition Talks Fall Through
December 27, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

PayPal has dropped its bid to acquire bitcoin wallet purveyor BitGo but remains interested in investing in the cryptocurrency space, Fortune reported. PayPal’s pursuit of...

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BitGo On Securing Digital Assets
BitGo On Securing Digital Assets
December 09, 2020  |  AML

There are currently more than 5,500 different cryptocurrencies in circulation, but the biggest name in the business — and often a metonym for the industry...

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