Gradually, Then Suddenly: Mastercard, BNY Mellon, Amazon, Twitter Poised to Join the Bitcoin Party

The Bahamian Sand Dollar can now be used for payments anywhere Mastercard is accepted.Feb 17, 2021 at 3:22 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 17, 2021 at 3:32 p.m. UTCMastercard Launches Prepaid Card for World’s First CBDC in BahamasPeople in the Bahamas now have the option of loading the country’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) onto a prepaid…

feature Patrick Byrne, the CEO of Overstock, believes a market boom for its security trading platform tZERO lies just around the corner. Speaking to CoinDesk in an interview Wednesday, Byrne said he expected volumes to soar after the year-long lock-up period for the tZERO Preferred (TZROP) token ends in August and the platform opens up to retail…

news JPMorgan Chase is to start trials of its “JPM Coin” cryptocurrency in conjunction with corporate clients. According to a report from Bloomberg Japan on Tuesday, Umar Farooq, the investment bank’s head of digital treasury services and blockchain, said that customers would trial the technology with the ultimate aim of speeding up transactions, such as payments…

Nigeria's tax authority charged Binance with tax evasion, local news outlets reported Monday.The charges come after a tense few weeks during which two senior executives of the crypto exchange were detained by authorities.Local media reported that one of the two executives escaped and may have left the country.Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, was charged

“It exists everywhere.” That’s how Athens-based crypto enthusiast named “Sporos” describes faircoin – a tiny, $0.22 asset that in terms of daily trading volume, is barely a glitch on global cryptocurrency exchanges. Although it’s listed at number 1,134 on CoinMarketCap, faircoin users aren’t phased by the market’s disinterest. Instead, they pride themselves on faircoin’s utility…

Bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) options trading on Deribit are hotter than ever.As of Friday, the cumulative dollar value locked in the number of open or outstanding BTC and ETH options contracts, also known as notional open interest, was $23.6B, the highest ever, Deribit’s Chief Commercial Officer Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk.Bitcoin options accounted for 67%

Zimbabwe seeks comments from the crypto industry to understand the sector more.The South African nation is following in the footsteps of other countries that have sought to clarify their approach to the space.Zimbabwe is seeking comments on the crypto industry to establish policy for the sector, media outlets reported on Wednesday.The government has set up

May 18, 2020 at 20:52 UTCSource: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Stuck in High $9K Range as Stocks Soar on Powell CommentsBitcoin treaded water in the high $9,000 range Monday as stocks rallied and traders wondered when the cryptocurrency would break the five-digit barrier again.Stocks, meanwhile, got a boost a day after Federal Reserve…

news Russia’s capital is looking for a contractor to build a blockchain system to host the city’s administrative services. Open Media reports that Moscow’s Information Technologies Department has announced an auction to build an ethereum-based system that will host the electronic services now offered to Muscovites. The estimated cost of development is stated as 57 million…