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Markets

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has launched an ATM that allows departing travelers to exchange their remaining euros for bitcoin or ethereum.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 21, 2018

Markets

More than a million people signed up to trade cryptocurrencies after Robinhood first announced the feature, co-CEO Vlad Tenev said Wednesday.

By Nikhilesh De, David Floyd, Madeline Meng ShiJun 20, 2018

Markets

Retail giant Walmart is exploring a way to let households manage their electricity bills with prepayments in cryptocurrency.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 15, 2018

Tech

The partnership between American Express, Ripple and Santander Bank that began back in November of last year is reaching new heights.

By Christine KimJun 11, 2018

Markets

South Africa startup Wala is using microraiden for high volume, low-value, off-chain ethereum transactions. And people are using it in the thousands.

By Leigh CuenJun 11, 2018

Markets

Several leading institutions are working towards producing tokenized digital central bank money, a more viable approach than unbacked crypto-assets.

By Julio FauraJun 9, 2018

Markets

A patent filing from Mastercard explores how to use public blockchains to securely verify card credentials at the point of sale.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 8, 2018

Markets

Alibaba's Ant Financial has raised $14 billion in a new funding, part of which will be used to continue its development of blockchain technology.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 8, 2018

Markets

Blockchain technology isn't yet a beneficial addition to the payment system in the Netherlands, according to the country's central bank.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 7, 2018

Markets

Thailand's central bank is examining how a blockchain-based digital currency could make interbank settlement both faster and cheaper.

By Wolfie ZhaoJun 7, 2018