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Iranian Grid Explains Electrical Costs Will Fluctuate for Bitcoin Miners                                     Throughout the course of 2019, Iran’s government and the country’s energy officials have been creating new guidelines for bitcoin miners setting up data facilities in the oil-rich nation. On Wednesday, Mostafa Rajabi, a spokesperson for Iran’s Energy Ministry, described a new price model for […]

The Bank of Google Wants Your Spending Data                                     The multinational technology giant Google has plans to get into the banking industry according to multiple reports that reveal the firm intends to work with Stanford Federal Credit Union and Citigroup. However, analysts assert that Google is not jumping into banking for revenue purposes and the […]

Cashaa Announces U.S. Dollar Bank Accounts for Cryptocurrency Firms                                Bitcoin banking platform Cashaa will soon offer U.S. dollar bank accounts for cryptocurrency-focused businesses, except those operating in sanctioned countries.  Cashaa offers banking services like International Bank Account Number (IBAN) accounts, international SWIFT transfers for fiat and credit card processing for cryptocurrency-based businesses, which often […]

A ‘Wyoming loophole’ to Carry Out Crypto Transactions Without BitLicense in New York                                There may be a new way of by-passing the tough New York laws to carry out crypto-related transactions in the world’s capital without acquiring a BitLicense, a crypto license developed by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) in 2014. […]

  Northern Trust Testing Fractionlized Bonds on Blockchain                                          Custody bank Northern Trust is testing the trading of fractionalized bonds on a blockchain.  Working with Singapore-based debt markets company BondEvalue, the bank is providing asset servicing for large, high-grade bonds that will be tokenized and divided for retail investors on Hyperledger Sawtooth. These bonds […]

Bitcoin Falls as Yuan Strengthens                                     Bitcoin has been falling slightly, dropping this week from $9,000 to $8,600 and down from last month’s $10,000. Why it has turned somewhat downwards since the 24th of June when it reached $14,000 is not too clear, but it may be just profit taking after a very fast […]

Digital Marketing – Inbound Marketing Same… But Different?  In the world of online marketing, we encounter a lot of jargon. Terms like inbound marketing, SEO, digital marketing, conversion, PPC, call-to-action, outbound, content marketing and so on. One that many find confusing is the difference between digital marketing and inbound marketing.  On the surface, the two […]

Three Fronts in the Global Digital Currency Wars                                   Jeremy Allaire is co-founder, CEO and chairman of Circle, a global financial services company that provides a platform for individuals, institutions and entrepreneurs to build businesses, invest and raise capital with open crypto technologies. The views expressed here are his own. The past several months have […]

ASX-Listed DigitalX Seeds New Fund With Half Its Bitcoin Holdings                                          The first ever cryptocurrency firm to be listed on a major stock exchange has launched a new bitcoin fund. DigitalX, which debuted on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under its previous name DigitalBTC as far back as 2015, announced the new fund […]