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First ‘Bitcoin Diploma’ Recipients Graduate From El Salvador’s New BTC Education Program

El Salvador is handing out the first-ever batch of “Bitcoin Diplomas” as students graduate from the nation’s cutting-edge Bitcoin (BTC)…

April 5, 2024

$1,000,000,000 in Unclaimed Assets Sitting in Bank Accounts and Owed to Customers in One US State: Report

The amount of unclaimed cash and property unwittingly owned by Americans has surpassed $1 billion in one US state. Stats…

January 5, 2024

Ripple Competitor and MoneyGram Roll Out Zero-Fee Money Transfer Service Using USDC Stablecoin

Ripple challenger Stellar (XLM) is teaming up with money transferring service MoneyGram to launch a new global crypto-to-cash protocol featuring…

June 11, 2022

Bank for International Settlements Says Cryptocurrencies Have One Huge Disadvantage to Traditional Finance

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) says that crypto assets may have one massive downside compared to the traditional financial…

June 8, 2022

Square CEO Jack Dorsey Says Mobile Fintech Plus Bitcoin Can Replace Trips to Your Local Bank Branch

Billionaire philanthropist and tech entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is mapping out how smartphone features are putting increased pressure on bank branches.…

May 13, 2020

Big Money Taps Emergency Coronavirus Funds Intended for Small Businesses As US Loan Program Runs Dry

The financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic has already made a multi-billion dollar relief fund run dry. The US Small…

April 17, 2020

Mayors Lock Down NYC and LA, Fed Reduces Interest Rates to Zero, Launches $700 Billion QE Program As Coronavirus Outbreak Continues

In a series of tweets, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that he will sign an executive order…

March 15, 2020

Trading App Robinhood Blames Major Outage on Traffic Deluge During Historic Trillion-Dollar Market Ride

Robinhood says that an "unprecedented load" is to blame for a system-wide failure that knocked its free-trading app offline on…

March 4, 2020