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A proposed new bill in Germany will enable banks to sell and store Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies by 2020. According to reports by German news agency Handelsblatt, the bill which has successfully passed reading by the German Federal Parliament, now requires a consensus from the country’s 16 states
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United States prosecutors have announced the arrest of Virgil Griffith, who is accused of travelling to the Republic of Korea to deliver a presentation on how to use cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology to evade US sanctions. According to reports, 36-year old Griffith is a US citizen resident in Singapore and
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The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) – Netherlands Football Association has tested a new blockchain-based ticketing app during yesterday's (19 Nov) - Netherlands vs Estonia Euro 2020 qualifying match. The match played at the Johan Cruyff stadium was used as a medium to test a series of football innovative
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Popular x-rated website – PornHub has revealed that PayPal stopped servicing payments its models without any notice. Reports say before the service breach, many PornHub models worldwide had been receiving payouts via PayPal or direct bank deposit; a blog post stated: “We are all devastated by PayPal's decision to
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Social media giant - Facebook looks to have charted a new course in its payment system drive, with the announcement of a new fiat payment system dubbed ‘Facebook Pay’. Announced this week, Facebook Pay is designed to facilitate payments across the company's four platforms - Facebook, Messenger, Instagram
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A UK-based travel company – Alternative Airlines has partnered with cryptocurrency firm Utrust to integrate flight payments with cryptocurrency. The new partnership will offer customers the option to book flights while paying with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Dash (DASH), DigiByte (DGB) and Utrust’s native token (UTK). Further
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The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will utilize blockchain technology in tracking oil shipments to and from Canada. According to an official publication by the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Customs has partnered Canadian blockchain firm – Mavennet to develop a functional blockchain security platform to track
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The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) – the country's largest bank with over $965 billion in total assets, is making plans to launch a cryptocurrency trading platform. According to reports by Logic, the bank has applied for four patents in Canada and the United States, which are all focused
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A real estate magnate – Ben Shaoul has sold his Manhattan USA condo for $15.3 million in Bitcoin (BTC). According to reports by New York's A-list real estate magazine - The real Deal, Shaoul who doubles as President of Magnum Real Estate group sold the 11,400 square
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Global money transfer giant MoneyGram has revealed it processes 10% of its US-Mexico cross-border transactions through Ripple’s Payment Solution On-Demand Liquidity (ODL), using the Ripple (XRP) cryptocurrency. The announcement was made by MoneyGram Chairman and CEO Alex Holmes at the recent Ripple Swell 2019 conference in Singapore. He remarked:
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Joxnlol, an Illinois resident who won the state lottery has revealed he put half of his money into Bitcoin (BTC) back in May. As posted today with an image of himself and cheque on his Reddit page, his caption reads: “Did this...Then put half into BTC in May. Remind
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has directed that the government should finish testing its national central bank digital currency (CBDC) by end of 2020. The digital currency dubbed ‘Digital Lira’ is the country's national blockchain-based digital currency, and is planned to be issued by its Central Bank