Tag: Digital currencies

Tag Archives: Digital currencies

07Feb/22

Crypto Payments Platform Wirex Expands Services to USA

February 7, 2022FinanceBitfinex, Cryptocurrencies, Currency, Digital currencies, Foreign exchange market, Kraken, Money, Payment systems, Private currenciessmbale

Wirex, a leading digital payments platform, has launched its services in the US, giving millions of people more affordable, easy and secure access to crypto and fiat currencies in everyday life. Continue reading

06Jan/22

Metaverse to crypto: Five tech trends to watch out for in 2022

January 6, 2022EconomyAlternative currencies, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, Cryptography, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Digital currency, e-commerce, Economy, Facebook, Finance, Financial cryptography, Financial technology, Internet privacy, Meta Platforms, Metaverse, Money, Payment systems, Technology, Uberisationsmbale

LONDON, Jan 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From tackling the coronavirus pandemic to working remotely and communicating with loved ones, digital tools, platforms and policies increasingly affect how we live our lives.

Here are five tech trends to look out for in 2022. Continue reading →

26Jul/21

BitBase launches its own token internationally

July 26, 2021FinanceArticles, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Financial technology, Money, Token, Uberisationsmbale

BitBase has just celebrated the global launch of its BTBS token, an owned cryptocurrency that serves as a key to connect both the digital and physical worlds, and gives access to BitBase’s financial services ecosystem with attractive conditions. Its total issuance will be 100 million BTBS, without the possibility of being increased. Continue reading

09Mar/21

Spend local currencies, the multicurrency Wirex card is coming.

March 9, 2021FinanceBitcoin, Bitcoin Suisse AG, Click, Cryptocurrencies, Currency, Digital currencies, Economics of bitcoin, Elliptic curve cryptography, Exonumia, Legality of bitcoin by country or territory, Oxford International Academy, Payment systems, PeachPay, Point and clicksmbale

Introducing the multicurrency Wirex card

It’s the payment card that makes crypto and traditional currencies equal. Realtime point-of-sale conversion, zero exchange fees and up to 2% bitcoin rewards on all spending. Join Wirex and get yours now.


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29Jan/21

Gemini research reveals 2 in 5 crypto investors in the UK are women

January 29, 2021FinanceBitcoin, Bitcoin Suisse AG, Blair Halliday, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Currency, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Dublin, Financial technology, Gemini, Litecoin, London, Payment systems, Uberisation, United Kingdomsmbale

National survey finds 13.5% of UK population are current or previous investors in digital assets, up 152% from previous studies

LONDON, Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — New data from Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange and custodian, presents the demographic profile of existing and potential crypto investors in the UK market. The results of a nationally representative survey of 2,000 respondents challenge certain long-held stereotypes about consumer engagement with digital assets, while reinforcing other past research. Continue reading →

13Jan/18

Japan’s latest idol group chants cryptocurrency choruses

January 13, 2018MusicAlternative currencies, Bandwagon, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Currency, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Economy, Edward Baran, Entertainment/Culture, Financial technology, Japan, Legality of bitcoin by country or territory, Money, RARA NARUSE, Tokyo, Uberisationsmbale

A Japanese pop group hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon on Friday (January 12), dedicating themselves to singing and dancing about the cryptocurrencies that have taken the world by storm this last year. Edward Baran reports. Continue reading →

11Jan/18

South Korea plans to ban cryptocurrency trading

January 11, 2018FinanceAlternative currencies, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, Bitstamp, Blockchains, Business/Finance, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Currency, Digital currencies, Economics of bitcoin, Economy, Finance, Grace Lee, Legality of bitcoin by country or territory, Money, Seoul, South Korea, Virtual currencysmbale

The South Korean government says it plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual coin market into turmoil. Grace Lee reports. Continue reading →

13Nov/17

Think bitcoin’s getting expensive? Try Zimbabwe

November 13, 2017FinanceAlternative currencies, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, Blockchain, Blockchains, Country: Zimbabwe, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptography, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Economics of bitcoin, Economy, Finance, Financial technology, Harare, Hyperinflation, Legality of bitcoin by country or territory, Matthew Larotonda, Money, Zimbabwesmbale

With Zimbabwe under threat of cash shortages and hyperinflation, some are turning to highly-volatile cryptocurrencies like bitcoin as a safer haven for their money. Matthew Larotonda reports. Continue reading →

30Oct/17

Siberian entrepreneurs mine bitcoins to heat private house

October 30, 2017InternetArticles, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, bitcoin mining farm, Blockchain, City: Irkutsk, Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency and security, Decentralization, Digital currencies, Dmitry Tolmachyov, eco-friendly bitcoin mining, Economy, Geography, Geography of Asia, Ilya Frolov, Irkutsk, Irkutsk Governorate, Money, Russia, Siberia, Vladimir Putinsmbale

IRKUTSK, RUSSIA (REUTERS) – Cheap energy prices and a long winter season could make the Russian Siberian town of Irkutsk an ideal spot for eco-friendly bitcoin mining.
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23Oct/17

Big money stays away from booming bitcoin

October 23, 2017FinanceAlternative currencies, Amazon, Bitcoin, Bitcoin Attackers, Business/Finance, Craig, Cryptocurrencies, Digital currencies, Economics of bitcoin, Economy, Finance, Financial cryptography, Futures contract, Hedge fund, Institutional investor, Investment, Kate King, London, Moneysmbale

Bitcoin is booming, digital currency hedge funds are sprouting at the rate of two a week and the value of all cryptocurrencies has surged tenfold this year to more than $170 billion. But as Kate King reports, mainstream institutional investors are steering clear, taking the view that it is too lightly regulated, too volatile and too illiquid to risk investing other people’s money in. Continue reading →