As was to be expected, the Black Friday shopping spree has set some new records. Early projections indicate a total revenue of US$3bn in the US alone. What is …
In the world of finance, there always seem to be some very strange evolutionary trends. Developing markets, which have an excellent opportunity to skip traditional payment methods altogether, somehow …
The sharing economy sounds like a great concept, but regulators often don’t see it that way. Both Airbnb and Homeaway have been fined by Barcelona officials, as they advertised …
With Segregated Witness signaling underway on the Bitcoin network, it appears that support for this solution is growing. Bitfury is the latest mining pool to support signaling, adding another …
Black Friday is an important “holiday” for shoppers all over the world. Scoring some nice discounts in time for the Christmas holidays can save people a lot of money. …
Switzerland is positioning itself as a region where both Bitcoin and fintech will thrive over the coming years. The government is looking to ease off on fintech regulation, although …
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency users are all too familiar with the name Stripe, as this company has been focusing on digital payments for quite some time now. News broke earlier …
An issue in the Geth implementation of the Ethereum protocol, maintained by the foundation of the same name, caused an unintentional fork in the network. Nick Johnson, an ETH developer, …
Bank ATMs are a lucrative target for hackers, as these devices can be exploited in a multitude of ways. Cybercrime is becoming more prevalent where these machines are concerned, …
