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US e-cash: Bill proposes digital currency that replicates cash, bypasses the Fed
28.3.2022
A United States House bill proposes a Treasury-issued, hardware-secured and anonymous form of digital cash
Crypto Settlement Startup Zebec Gets $15 Million to Craft Programmable Cash Stream Payments
24.2.2022
The multi-signature treasury management and settlement startup Zebec has revealed the company has raised $15 million in order to bolster a continuous and programmable cash stream protocol on the Solana blockchain. Zebec says the company aims to be the “payment solution for DAOs, crypto...
ECB Chief Lagarde Says Digital Euro Will Not Replace Cash — But Could Offer Convenient, Cost-Free Means of Payment
15.2.2022
The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, says that a digital euro will not replace cash but would complement it. “A digital euro would give you an additional choice about how to pay and make it easier to do so, contributing to accessibility and inclusion,”...
13 Years Ago Today, Satoshi Nakamoto Published the First Forum Post Introducing Bitcoin
11.2.2022
13 years ago today, the creator of the Bitcoin network, Satoshi Nakamoto published the inventor’s first forum post on the P2P Foundation website. The forum post called “Bitcoin open source implementation of P2P currency” introduced the e-cash system to the members of...
Federated E-Cash Can Act as Bitcoin Scaling Solution
27.10.2021
David Chaum first introduced the concept of E-cash in 1983. Since then, it has been considered as one of the cornerstones to promoting honest transactions. The Federation of E-Cash is an entity constituted by independent members who act as distributed custodians for the creation of a multi-sig...
Relief Fund Has a Difficult Time Cashing Out the $1B Worth of SHIB Vitalik Buterin Donated
28.7.2021
In mid-May, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, donated $1 billion worth of shiba inu (SHIB) tokens to India’s Crypto Covid Relief Fund (CCRF). Close to three months later, the CCRF organizers say they have been having issues cashing out the SHIB tokens and so far, only $20 million...
Milking the cash cow: NFTs seen as investment opportunity by VCs
24.3.2021
The NFT sector is growing rapidly, with NFT marketplaces seeing a huge increase in volume. Investors and analysts explain what’s coming next
CBDCs won’t entirely replace cash if the US Fed gets its way
18.3.2021
The U.S. does not want cash to go extinct in the presence of a CBDC, according to the Fed’s chairman
How To Use Cash at Canada Post to Fund MyBTC.ca Account
26.2.2021
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How can you buy bitcoin if you’re only using cash?
With MyBTC.ca, it’s much easier than you think.
Funding your account with Canadian dollars at a local Canada Post branch is one of the most convenient ways...
Central Bank Digital Currencies May Drive Cash ‘Shadow Economy’ to Crypto: Reuters
17.2.2021
"Shadow economy" participants, those who use deal mostly in hard cash for anonymity's sake, are unlikely to be drawn to using a CBDC, according to a Reuters column
Noise.cash: Social Microblogging App Fueled by Bitcoin Cash Tips Gathers Traction
18.1.2021
For quite some time now, bitcoin cash users have been leveraging the web portal read.cash in order to write blog posts, connect with like-minded individuals, and earn bitcoin cash for providing popular content. Now the creators of read.cash have introduced another application called noise.cash...
Fund Manager Bill Miller Lauds BTC- Says ‘Bitcoin Could Be Rat Poison, and the Rat Could Be Cash’
7.1.2021
Fund Manager and founder of Miller Value Partners, Bill Miller says holding bitcoin is better than holding cash because the digital asset is immune to the bad policies of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Writing in the 2020 Q4 Market Letter, Miller explains that some companies are already converting...
Grayscale dumps XRP: Here's where it's putting the cash
5.1.2021
Grayscale Investments is the latest major crypto player to drop its association with Ripple's token
Ripple Is Cashing Out a Third of Its Stake in Surging MoneyGram
28.11.2020
It is the first such sale of MoneyGram stock since the startup invested in the remittance giant in 2019
Deutsche Bank: central bank digital currency will replace cash in long term
12.11.2020
Deutsche Bank has called on Europe to accelerate the development of central bank digital currencies
Square Reports $1B in Quarterly Bitcoin Revenue for First Time: Q3 Earnings
5.11.2020
"Cash App generated $1.63 billion of bitcoin revenue and $32 million of bitcoin gross profit during the third quarter of 2020."
A legal asset after all? Governments are cashing in on seized crypto
1.9.2020
The way law enforcement agencies deal with seized crypto could indicate their de-facto acceptance of the asset class
BIS Report: CBDCs Are on the Way, But They Won’t Replace Cash
25.8.2020
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has talked up central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) again, but insists that state-issued tokens would not make cash obsolete – and will instead work alongside fiat.
These were the findings of a new paper entitled “Rise of...
Tahinis Restaurants Convert Entire Cash Reserves into Bitcoin
19.8.2020
Popular Middle Eastern cuisine restaurant chain, Tahinis Restaurants announced on Twitter that they have converted all their cash reserves into Bitcoin, which were otherwise used as savings. In a long thread, they tagged influencers and platforms that helped them along their journey of embracing...
Square’s Cash App Bitcoin Revenue Surges 600% to $875 Million in Q2, Profit Up 711%
6.8.2020
Square Inc. has reported a significant bitcoin revenue increase in the second quarter. Its Cash App generated $875 million in revenue, a 600% increase from the previous year. In addition, Square’s bitcoin gross profit jumped 711%. Square Cash App’s Bitcoin Revenue Square released...