The prestigious MIT Technology Review has published a Business Report on “The Future of Money.”The report surveys emerging digital money and online payment technologies, including Apple Pay, Alibaba’s Alipay...
Rakuten announced that it plans to enable customers to choose bitcoin as a payment option by integrating Bitnet’s payment processing platform on a number of its marketplaces.The Internet services...
The Isle of Man wants to become a leading Bitcoin hub and attract digital fintech businesses, entrepreneurs and developers, Business Insiderreports. The government of the tiny island is about...
IBM is considering adopting the blockchain technology behind Bitcoin to create a digital cash and payment system for major currencies, Reutersreports.The rumor is attributed to “a person familiar with...
The Wall Street Bitcoin Alliance (WSBA) is a new organization formed by business and technology executives and leaders within the financial industry, including banks, broker-dealers, institutional investors and hedge...
Digital economy startup Digital Asset Holdings will allow its clients to trade financial assets using bitcoin as operating currency for cheaper, faster and fully traceable transactions, Financial Timesreports. Former...
Counterparty founders have joined with MathMoney f(x) and its founder Mark Smith as co-founders of the new fintech company Symbiont. Symbiont will focus on fostering the symbiotic relationship between...
Abine announced the release of Bitcoin Anywhere, a new service that lets users spend bitcoin at all online merchants that accept MasterCard. The service, currently in an invite-only beta, permits funding...
A group of researchers from Princeton University, Stanford University and the City University of New York, have announced a new ECDSA threshold signature scheme that is particularly well-suited for...
Commentary by Giulio Prisco.Google has announced an upcoming mobile payments framework called Android Pay, Forbesreports. Android Pay will not be a separate payment app, but a platform that enables...