Tag "bitcoin"
Twitter reacts to Bitcoin reaching $5000
So, you may have heard Bitcoin passed the $5000 mark this weekend: $BTC officially over $5000 on @coindesk #Bitcoin5000 #Crypto pic.twitter.com/BeMwfikWCC — Ross 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@12ossT) September 2, 2017 And it got the Twittersphere very excited: We’re about to hit
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Blockchain’s Legal Conundrums
R3’s director of research Antony Lewis believes banks using blockchain for data sharing require stronger privacy regulations and guidelines. As the author of the paper Blockchains and Laws, written in collaboration with Baker McKenzie, the Singapore-based Lewis said in his
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Experts, Regulators Warn Of Risks Associated With ICOs, Token Sales
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have become a popular way for tech startups to raise funding and a lucrative investment opportunity for investors. Yet, regulators are warning the public about the risks associated with ICOs and cryptocurrencies, reminding investors that scams
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5 Unexpected TravelersBox Discoveries for Business
In my previous article, I provided a guide on how to change your spare foreign currency into merchant credits in Changi Airport. In this article, I am providing some unknown insights into Travelersbox that I discovered from their media event
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Top Fintech Vietnam News from February 2017
Read here all the important fintech news around Fintech in Vietnam from January. You can subscribe to the monthly Fintech Vietnam Newsletter here. Fintech Saigon Meetup, March 9th Save the Date: Fintech Startup Investments Firechat with Eddie Thai from 500
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Bitcoin Remittances Book Highlights Growing Traction in Asia
Remittances has long been recognized as one of Bitcoin’s most obvious use cases. Sending money from one Bitcoin wallet to another is about as easy as sending an email. The impact on the 230 million migrants sending $430 billion in
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Bitcoin Guru A. Antonopoulos Kicks Off Southeast Asian Tour in Cambodia and Vietnam
Andreas M. Antonopoulos, a technologist, serial entrepreneur and one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in the bitcoin space, is about to begin a Southeast Asian tour, starting with Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Antonopoulos
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The Truth About Bitcoin Remittances
We are about 7 years into Bitcoin and ‘the Blockchain’ now and its time we evaluated where we are in terms of remittances, what works and what doesnt. As a founder of Bitspark we know a thing or two about
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Vietnam To Regulate Digital Currencies / new Bitcoin ATMs
Vietnam is working on a regulatory framework for virtual properties, electronic money and virtual currencies like bitcoin amid concerns of their use in illegal activities. A report by local media outlet VNEconomy says that the government is looking to take
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The History of Money in Cambodia and The Potential of Bitcoin
Cambodia’s monetary history can be traced back to the ancient Khmer times. According to Michael Trané, a specialist in Khmer culture and civilization and former under-secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, “a lot of evidence has been
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