Bitcoin as a payment method may have its critics, but apparently some state governments looking for new ways to collect taxes aren’t too concerned. Illinois is now the third state to introduce legislation that would clear the way for citizens to pay their obligations with cryptocurrency, joining Arizona and Georgia. …
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PayPal Anticipated Cryptocurrency Processing Slowdowns a Year Before They Became a Problem
The cryptocurrency world often gets feverish upon news that an established power in payments or financial services has turned its attention to matters of Bitcoin or its cohorts. Such was the case Monday when reports surfaced that PayPal Holdings Inc. had applied for a patent for a so-called “expedited virtual …
Read More »Why We’re Offering Cryptocurrency Solutions to Merchants
Solutions are coming for slow speeds and high fees, says Eric Brown, who argues that even now the advantages for merchants are too good to pass up. Unless you spent last year living under a rock, you know that cryptocurrency is a sizzling-hot topic right now. Bitcoin’s price and daily …
Read More »A Mobile Browser Aims To Thwart Smart-Phone Hijacking for Cryptocurrency Mining
As cryptocurrency values increase and draw more attention, individuals with ill intent are looking to hijack smart phones and desktop computers to mine digital currencies. Opera Software AS, a Norway-based browser developer, wants to prevent that for users of its technology. Opera introduced an anti-mining feature to its mobile browser …
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Payza Now Enables Its Customers To Buy Cryptocurrency Alternatives to Bitcoin
Online payment processor Payza announced Monday that its customers can now use funds in their Payza accounts buy alternatives to Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency market leader. The news comes six months after Payza launched a service enabling customers to sell so-called altcoins such as Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, Dash, Monero, and Zcash. …
Read More »A Canadian Startup Mates Contactless With Cryptocurrency in a Fledgling Wallet
With Bitcoin trading at $4,300 and Ethereum at $300, most of the attention in the payments world has been on the cryptocurrencies’ value as an investment rather than as a payment method. Now, a year-old Toronto-based startup hopes to change that by enabling contactless point-of-sale transactions using Ether, the Ethereum …
Read More »Researcher Expects Surging Cryptocurrency Transactions To Exceed $1 Trillion in 2017
Driven by higher prices and more usage, the value of cryptocurrency transactions could exceed $1 trillion this year, more than 15 times their level in 2016, a British research firm estimates. Hampshire, England-based Juniper Research in a new report pegs the value of cryptocurrency transactions in 2017’s first half at $325 …
Read More »A Slow-Moving Hard Fork Yields a High-Capacity Cryptocurrency Called Bitcoin Cash
Slowly but surely, a new version of the Bitcoin digital currency was emerging early Tuesday in what appeared to be the start of a hard fork in the Bitcoin code. The fork is expected to yield a parallel blockchain to support the new cryptocurrency, which is known as Bitcoin Cash. …
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