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IMF Head: Cryptocurrency Could Be the Future

03/10/2017(0)
Christine Lagarde sees a path ahead for cryptocurrency. The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, talked up the potential of virtual currencies to supplant traditional monies ... Read More
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South Korea bans all new cryptocurrency sales

29/09/2017(0)
South Korea’s financial regulator on Friday said it will ban raising money through all forms of virtual currencies, a move that follows similar restrictions in China on initial coin ... Read More
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Bitcoin shows that can survive and thrive without China

28/09/2017(0)
Bitcoin traders have got a couple of things right lately. The digital currency can survive and thrive without China. And government regulation is positive, not negative, for the future ... Read More
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Early bitcoin investor Palihapitiya declares ‘nobody can stop it’

27/09/2017(0)
Investors who followed Social Capital’s Chamath Palihapitiya into the early stages of two investments he advocated would have made an awful lot of money. Palihapitiya was early in both ... Read More
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The price of bitcoin rose sharply

26/09/2017(0)
The price of bitcoin rose sharply on Monday with its price spiking up 7 percent midday, according to CoinDesk market data. The price of the cryptocurrency is up nearly ... Read More
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Company and individual charged for fraud in Bitcoin investments scheme

22/09/2017(0)
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced the filing of a federal civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against ... Read More
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US bank CEOs are likely ‘very afraid’ of bitcoin, says wealth advisor

21/09/2017(0)
CEOs of U.S. banks are likely “very afraid” of bitcoin, according to a wealth advisor. Some financiers have said the cryptocurrency is an unwise investment because of its volatility ... Read More
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Here’s why the crackdown on bitcoin in China is ‘not a real problem’ for the digital currency

20/09/2017(0)
The cryptocurrency market appears to be unconcerned about a Chinese crackdown on bitcoin, the largest digital coin by market cap. On Thursday reports that Chinese regulators would require exchanges ... Read More
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South Africa’s Second Largest Supermarket Chain Pick n Pay Trials Bitcoin Payments

18/09/2017(0)
A major supermarket chain in South Africa, Pick n Pay, has started a trial to accept bitcoin payments in-store at its head office location. A payment technology company named ... Read More
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Bitcoin mining has become very big business

14/09/2017(0)
In China’s Hinterlands, Workers Mine Bitcoin for a Digital Fortune One of the largest sources of Bitcoin can be found in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, despite Chinese skepticism ... Read More
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