bitcoin

Some bitcoin investors can’t resist the urge to splurge

12/15/17

With Wall Street on board, investors look to spend coins on real estate or through bitcoin debit cards.

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Another warning on bitcoin; Quantum leap

12/15/17

Bank of Canada governor says digital currencies could cause “significant disturbance”; JPM testing quantum computing's abilities.

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'Choose the harder right over the easier wrong': Comments of the week

12/14/17

Readers chime in on the GOP’s inheriting vast regulatory powers, the continuing back and forth over who leads the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the root causes of cryptocurrency hacks, and more.

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Bitcoin surge spawns startup lenders willing to accept crypto-collateral

12/14/17

Lenders on the fringe of the financial industry are now pitching a solution to bitcoin investors in need of funds but wary of cashing in: loans using a digital hoard as collateral.

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Bitcoin mania grows; Trump’s deregulation strategy

12/13/17

Interactive Brokers says it will allow customers to bet against the cybercurrency; aides to Alabama senator drafted for key regulatory positions to ease banking rules.

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Bitcoin bulls beat bears; SEC chief warns on cybercurrency risk

12/12/17

Price of digital currency jumps 24% in first day of futures trading; Jay Clayton tells buyers to beware, then halts an initial coin offering.

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Bitcoin futures trading starts off on wild ride

12/11/17

The cryptocurrency proved so popular it triggered two temporary trading halts on CBOE's Global Markets exchange.

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HSBC escapes sword of DPA; pop star Yellen?

12/11/17

The five-year window on HSBC's deferred prosecution agreement connected to a money laundering case expires; profile says outgoing Fed Chairman Janet Yellen has become "a pop culture phenomenon."

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Inside banks, bitcoin futures are riling trading executives

12/08/17

Bitcoin is coming to Wall Street on Sunday, and some executives at the world's biggest banks aren't sleeping well.

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Cryptocurrencies aren’t the problem in recent hacks, user error is

12/08/17

Tether's $31 million hack gave bitcoin skeptics plenty to crow about. But experts say bad security is to blame, not digital assets.

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