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Ripple to Invest in Japan’s SBI Subsidiary MoneyTap

Ripple plans to invest in MoneyTap, the blockchain payments app birthed through a joint venture between the San Francisco-based firm and SBI Holdings.

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Crypto Long & Short: Why the PayPal Rally Isn't What It Seems, and Why That’s OK

PayPal opening its network to bitcoin and crypto is a game-changer, but the announcement hides a bigger and more important message.

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Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Says It's Missing $2.1B in 'German Enron' Scandal

Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet.

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Mastercard Wins Patent for Speeding Up Crypto Payments

Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies.

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Could the Bitcoin Lightning Network Solve Blockchain Scalability?

Could a decentralised system where off-blockchain bitcoin transactions are sent over a network of micropayment channels solve blockchain scalability?

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Coinapult Launches LOCKS, Aiming to Eliminate Bitcoin Price Volatility

Coinapult's LOCKS service allows consumers to reduce their exposure to bitcoin's volatility by pegging their BTC to another asset.

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Innopay Report: Is Bitcoin Fad or Future of Payments?

The report explores how banks, consumers and investors may embrace bitcoin, should it succeed, over the next few years.

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Could mobile payment Lemon Network be fruitful for bitcoin?

Could a processor-agnostic mobile wallet be a helpful tool for bitcoin adoption?

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Altcoin partnership UNOCS launches Bridge service for instant merchant payments

UNOCS has announced a new payment system to enable instant payments between consumers and merchants.

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