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Taiwanese Airline to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments for Flight Tickets

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Asia is probably the most cryptocurrency receptive part of the world where, in addition to a strong bitcoin trading mania, you can already find many regular companies accepting crypto payments to attract new clients. Asian consumers now have yet another way to spend their bitcoin: buying flight tickets for travel around the region. Also Read: … Read more

Amelie Arras Prepares to Defend Bitcoin’s Title at Money 20/20 Asia Race

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It has been announced that the Marketing Director of Adastra Marketing, Amelie Arras, will look to defend bitcoin’s crown in the upcoming Money20/20 Asia Payments Race. Mrs. Arras is hoping to repeat her performance from last year, where she defeated four other participants to claim victory for bitcoin in the Money20/20 USA Payments Race. Also … Read more

PR: How Viola.AI Uses Blockchain to Tackle the Billion Dollar Love Scams Industry

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Viola.AI leverages on blockchain technology to change the dating and relationships landscape in the world. One of the questions the team at Viola.AI gets asked frequently — why does the dating and relationships industry need blockchain? One of the key problems that blockchain help to solve is trust. There’s a huge trust problem in the dating industry — online … Read more

Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan on the Crypto Radar

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Several Central Asian countries have taken steps to embrace cryptos one way or another. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan are some of the less conspicuous former Soviet republics, but now they are starting to appear on the crypto radar. With certain inherent advantages and some clever new policies, they try to attract investors and integrate into … Read more

George Soros: Bitcoin is Propped Up by Dictators

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Legendary currency trader, hedge fund titan, philanthropist George Soros, 87, delivered his yearly talk at The World Economic Forum 2018 in Davos, Switzerland. At the end of his remarks, an audience question asked the mogul his thoughts on cryptocurrencies generally and bitcoin in particular. Also read: Tezos Swiss Foundation Concept is “Old, Inflexible and Stupid” George … Read more

Coincheck Faces Pressing Questions in the Wake of the World’s Biggest Hack

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It was, by any reckoning, a huge haul. Between $400 million and $534 million dollars of NEM stolen, depending on whether you go on its value at the time or once the market had reacted to the news. At a press conference on Friday afternoon, the stunned Coincheck team painted forlorn figures as they came … Read more

Neo Approaches Record High But Centralization Concerns Persist

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After gaining 2,300% in six months and launching a string of eagerly anticipated ICOs, Neo is quite the success story. It’s that rare thing in the crypto space: a blockchain that’s actually seeing use. A bitcoin price equivalence of $580 per token (if Neo had a 21m supply) suggests there’s still plenty of room to … Read more