YouTube Introduces Fan Sponsorship Service
YouTube Gaming fans will now be able to directly donate money to their favorite eligible creators with sponsorships, the company announced. A monthly $4.99 payment gives fans perks such as custom...
View ArticleVenmo Payments Comes To Retailers This Week
PayPal Holdings Inc announced that more than two million U.S. retailers will be able to accept payments through its mobile app Venmo starting this week, seeking to broaden its reach with a brand that...
View ArticleBitcoin Breaks Another Record, Hits $6000
Bitcoin surged to a record high of more than $6,000 on Friday, breaking past its market capitalization to $100 billion at one point, as investors continued to bet on an asset that has a limited supply...
View ArticleBitcoin Keeps Breaking Records, Surpasses $7,000 Mark
Digital currency bitcoin took another leap higher on Thursday, soaring over $7,000 for the first time after a more than tenfold increase in its value over the past year. Bitcoin has seen eye-watering...
View ArticleIs Bitcoin’s Rising Value Finally Over?
Bitcoin fell below $7,000 on Friday to trade more than $1,000 down from an all-time high hit earlier in the week, as some traders dumped it for a clone called Bitcoin Cash, sending its value up around...
View ArticleSquare Allowing Bitcoins For Payments
Payments company Square Inc announced that it has started allowing select customers to buy and sell bitcoins on its Cash app, as it looks to tap into a craze that has sent the cryptocurrency up nearly...
View ArticleRetailers Lure Shoppers, But Buying Continues Online
U.S. stores offered huge discounts, entertainment and free gifts to attract bargain hunters on Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday retail season, but some shoppers said they were just...
View ArticleFacebook Ends Transaction Fees For Online Donations
Facebook Inc canceled transaction fees on donations made to non-profit organizations on its platform, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday, a change that could help the world’s largest...
View ArticleIs The EU Setting The Stage To Tame Bitcoin
Meanwhile, the popular UK tabloid, The Sun, reports that a Brit dumped a laptop with over 7,000 "coins", worth an estimated £74 million now.
View ArticleEU Possibly To Regulate Bitcoin
The European Union needs to consider regulating bitcoin, European Central Bank rate-setter Ewald Nowotny announced, citing the risk of money laundering. The cryptocurrency has surged from $1,000 at the...
View ArticleBitcoin Hits Another Record High
Bitcoin sailed past another record of almost $18,000 on the Bitstamp exchange on Friday, up 9 percent on the day, as warnings grew over the risks of investing in the highly volatile and speculative...
View ArticleDoes CryptoCurrency Have Staying Power
Meanwhile, according to CNBC, the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth described bitcoin as wild, uncontrollable and dangerous.
View ArticleSouth Korea To Ban Crytocurrency Trading
South Korea’s government has announced it will ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil as the nation’s police and tax authorities...
View ArticleBitcoin Continues Slide Over Banning Fears
Bitcoin fell 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week trough close to $11,000, after reports that a ban on trading of cryptocurrencies in South Korea was still an option drove fears grew of a wider...
View ArticleBrave Browser To Give Out $1M In Crytocurrency
Browser maker Brave is doling out about $1 million worth of cryptocurrency-backed tokens it hopes will help develop a better online advertising system. Brave developed a technology called the Basic...
View ArticleCould Cyber Attacks On Nuclear Facilities Lead To Disasters
As an example of what is possible, Chatham House points to a Washington Post report published in March 2017 that said the US had infiltrated parts of North Korea's missile systems and caused test...
View ArticleIBM And Maersk Joing Forces For Blockchain Venture
A shipment of refrigerated goods from East Africa to Europe can go through nearly 30 people and organizations and involve more than 200 different communications, according to Maersk. Documentation and...
View ArticleBlockchain Spending Set To Double in 2018
Spending by big businesses and other entities on blockchain networks is expected to increase to $2.1 billion this year, more than double what was spent on the distributed electronic ledger technology...
View Article‘Jackpotting’ ATM Cash Theft Hits America
ATM makers are sounding the alarm that a scheme in which cyberthieves force machines to spit out cash like a winning slot machine has arrived in the United States. It’s not the first time we’ve heard...
View ArticleCybercriminals Increasingly Focusing On Crytocurrencies
Bitcoin’s burgeoning popularity and the emergence of about 1,500 other digital coins or tokens have drawn more hackers into the red-hot cryptocurrency space, expanding opportunities for crime and...
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