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************* Date – Ongoing updates 250+ Places That Accept Bitcoin Payment (Online and Physical Companies). Has an interactive Map to Find Bitcoin ATM Locations Near You. https://icoholder.com/blog/places-accept-bitcoin/
************* Date – Ongoing updates Who Accepts Bitcoin as Payment? A 2020 survey by HSB reveals that 36% of small-medium businesses in the US accept Bitcoin. The most popular companies accepting Bitcoin payments worldwide today are: Wikipedia Microsoft Expedia AT&T Or, you can use this search engine https://spendabit.co/ that allows you to search for vendors by products. Read more: Who Accepts Bitcoins in 2020? List of 20+ Major Companies | 99Bitcoins https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin/who-accepts/
************* 05/17/2020
Bitcoin has outpaced traditional markets and more than doubled the gains for gold throughout the first half of the year. Despite the global economic unrest caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Bitcoin has managed to surpass traditional equity markets and precious metals in terms of gains. While gold has been touted as a hedge asset against looming economic turmoil, Bitcoin has proven to be the more fortuitous asset. https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/2020/05/bitcoin-vastly-outperforming-gold-so-far-in-2020/
************* 05/16/2020 Elon Musk Reveals BTC Holdings in Bitcoin Discussion With J.K. Rowling While Elon holds a small amount of Bitcoin, the fact that he is liquidating every but Bitcoin is a sign. Musk also indicated that Tesla “might get into mining” last year. Another sign. Also sounds like J.K. Rowling is interested in Bitcoin, perhaps one of her upcoming books or movies or as an investor all of it, not to mention all her 14.6 million Twitter followers. https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/elon-musk-reveals-btc-holdings-in-bitcoin-discussion-with-jk-rowling-2174451
************* 05/12/2020 JPMorgan Extends Banking Services to Bitcoin Exchanges. JP Morgan has decided to extend banking services to cryptocurrency exchanges, including Gemini and Coinbase. The crypto crowd is sure to crow about the 180 turn from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s comments about the legitimacy of bitcoin. What is shown is a maturation of the sector, which now features two different futures contracts, bitcoin and ether. https://ih.advfn.com/stock-market/NYSE/jp-morgan-chase-JPM/stock-news/82434265/jpmorgan-extends-banking-services-to-bitcoin-excha
Cryptocurrency Exchange to Buy Bitcoin and Ethereum | Gemini https://gemini.com
Coinbase is a secure platform that makes it easy to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and more https://www.coinbase.com
************* 05/07/2020 References to Bitcoin on social media site Twitter are up 313% since January, as interest driven by the upcoming Bitcoin halving heats up. • Bitcoin’s Twitter presence more than quadrupled in 2020. • Google Trends data also demonstrates heightened interest in Bitcoin https://decrypt.co/28104/twitter-going-gaga-for-bitcoin-pre-halving
************* 05/07/2020 New data from the crypto analytics platform Glassnode shows that the number of active Bitcoin addresses is now at levels not witnessed since the parabolic bull run of 2017, suggesting “an increase not just in activity, but also in adoption” is underway. Bitcoin (BTC) Active Addresses Reach Levels Not Seen Since 2017 Bull Market https://dailyhodl.com/2020/05/07/bitcoin-btc-active-addresses-reaches-levels-not-seen-since-2017-bull-market/
************* 04/23/2020 Binance Spinoff “Bundle” Aims To Be Bitcoin-Powered Venmo Of Africa Bundle is essentially a social payments app, similar to Venmo or Square’s Cash App. Last year, Bademosi became a director at the venture capital arm of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which trades $1.5 billion in crypto assets each day. And today he is excited because he’s launching Bundle, one of six African startups the Malta-based crypto exchange is now funding, and the first it launched. The startup is being run by Africans in an effort to get people on the continent to use cryptocurrency, not as an investment vehicle, but as a global means of exchange. Bundle is essentially a social payments app, similar to Venmo or Square’s Cash App. The new app lets users send, receive and spend bitcoin, ether, and Nigerian naira with little more than the recipient’s phone number. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeldelcastillo/2020/04/23/binance-spinoff-aims-to-be-bitcoin-powered-venmo-of-africa/#b1777a85209d
************* 04/03/2020 Revolut Brings Bitcoin Without Private Keys to 10m+ Users USD 5.5bn fintech Revolut has decided to open crypto trading feature to their "standard" customers earlier than planned, thus helping crypto adoption and securing another revenue stream during the global financial and economic turmoil, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. https://cryptonews.com/news/revolut-brings-crypto-without-private-keys-to-10m-users-6201.htm
************* 03/28/2020 Binance Launches Crypto Card The company has stated that the Card operates similarly to the existing debit cards but It will empower consumers to make payments for services and shopping with digital currencies. https://www.coincurb.com/news/binance-launches-crypto-card/
************* 03/30/2020 Number of Addresses with BTC 1 Rising, while Bitcoin is Leaving Exchanges
Crypto market researcher Glassnode said that on March 29, more than two weeks after the crash, the number of addresses with at least one whole coin reached yet another all-time high of 797,632. And this seems to be a relatively stable trend, as just one day before, it hit an all-time high as well, reaching 797,580. To put it in perspective, this is 52 more wallets in a day reaching that coveted wholecoiner status. https://cryptonews.com/news/number-of-addresses-with-btc-1-rising-while-bitcoin-is-leavi-6154.htm
************* 03/27/2020 Venezuelans Use Bitcoin as Gateway to Buy Foreign Fiat - Research
************* 03/26/2020 Japanese Investors Taking Advantage Of Bitcoin Sell-Off – Exchange According to a blog post by Yuya Hasegawa, market analyst at the Japanese crypto exchange bitbank, the number of new account registrations on their platform rose by about 40% compared to the 2020 average the week after the major crypto market crash on March 12. https://cryptonews.com/news/japanese-investors-taking-advantage-of-bitcoin-sell-off-exch-6135.htm
************* 03/16/2020 French court officially recognizes Bitcoin as money
According to lawyer Hubert de Vauplane from Kramer & Levin, this decision means that Bitcoin is legalized as money. In his view, the number of Bitcoin transactions from France could now increase significantly. In addition, Bitcoin can be linked to investment and savings products. For example, loans could be provided with Bitcoin as security. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=154370066
************* 03/16/2020 Bitcoin GAME CHANGER
Bakkt Raises $300M Series B From Microsoft, Pantera. The Bitcoin Consumer-Retail app answer backed by Microsoft. Summer delivery is just around the corner to unlock nearly $1 trillion of digital assets. Just a matter of time. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=154363188
************* 03/04/2020 Cryptocurrencies now legal in India. The economy of India is the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the third-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_India
************* 02/22/2020 Payments provider Square has won a U.S. patent for a new network that enables seamless crypto-to-fiat transactions.
“The present technology permits a first party to pay in any currency, while permitting the second party to be paid in any currency,” reads Square’s application. The network itself can automatically exchange the sender’s payment into the asset specified by the receiver...... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jack-dorsey-square-wins-patent-160000239.html
************* 02/21/2020 Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin-Buying Cash App Is Blowing Up On TikTok. The Surprising Way Millions Are Being Introduced To Bitcoin.
************* 02/20/20 Morgan Stanley buying digital stock brokerage E*Trade for $13 billion.
It may also bring the wealth management giant closer to cryptocurrency markets. E*Trade reportedly toyed with launching a bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) trading platform in April 2019. That service could now get wrapped into Morgan Stanley’s, though there’s no word yet on what that would look like. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/morgan-stanley-buys-e-trade-173405328.html
************* 02/11/2020 Bitcoin Price Soars as Jerome Powell Confirms Crypto’s Threat To U.S. Dollar
************* 02/11/2020 40 Banks in Germany Declare Intent to Offer Crypto Services Under New Law.
One of the first financial institutions to offer cryptocurrency services is Solarisbank in Berlin. The bank launched a subsidiary, Solaris Digital Assets, in December last year to drive the adoption of digital assets. “As a subsidiary of Solarisbank AG, Solaris Digital Assets plans to fulfill the regulatory requirements of the German market and ensure the compliant storage of digital assets, so that partners do not have to apply for a license themselves,” the company affirmed at the time. In the event of a successful application for a custody license from BaFin, the bank plans to store bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on behalf of the customer, Handelsblatt conveyed.... https://news.bitcoin.com/banks-germany-crypto/
************* 01/08/2020 5 million retail traders, custody of $6 billion worth of assets. Adoption continues.
A DeFi service and tech provider says its “Cloud SaaS” and white-label crypto trading platform solution has served more than 130 partners around the world — onboarding more than 5 million retail traders and taking custody of assets worth $6 billion as a result.
Bluehelix says it provides crypto-to-crypto trading, wealth management, over-the-counter services, as well as options contracts. Currently, it has also launched perpetual contracts to licensed brokers and exchanges with both Tether (USDT) Margin Swap and Coin Margin Swap — either on a Software-as-a-Service basis or via a white-label solution. Bluehelix states its SaaS cloud solution enables partners to establish their own trading platform business with no need to start it from the ground, and with decent liquidity for mainstream coins or even on derivative products... https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-trading-platform-to-help-exchanges-compete-with-industry-giants
************* 12/24/2019 Recently, Eligma’s GoCrypto merchant network has been joined by craft beer producer Brewdog in Hungary’s capital city, Budapest, and Burger King in Slovenia, with the latter being the first physical Burger King location in the world to accept crypto.
As such, GoCrypto now enables customers to use digital currency as a means of payment in more than 730 physical locations across the globe...
************* 09/23/2019 BAKKT went live Trading of the Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Daily and Monthly Futures contract began on Sunday, September 23, 2019. https://www.theice.com/publicdocs/Bakkt_faq.pdf
************* 08/19/2019 Japanese Giant Rakuten Officially Launches Cryptocurrency Exchange (Amazon’s rival) Rakuten, the largest e-commerce company in Japan which serves well over 1.2 billion individuals globally with its e-commerce and payments services, has officially launched a cryptocurrency exchange.
************* 08/16/2019 Bitcoin Price Surges 10% in 48 Hours as Bakkt Countdown Begins By CCN Markets: Bakkt, a bitcoin futures trading platform operated by ICE, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), finally received approval from the Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to initiate its long-awaited launch. "Our contracts have already received the green… https://www.ccn.com/bitcoin-price-bakkt-launch/
************* 08/01/2019 COINBASE CEO: Institutions deposit $ 200-400 million in cryptocurrencies per week Inflow of $200 million to $400 million per week from institutional clients..
************* 07/02/2019 TD Ameritrade-Backed ErisX Gets Green Light to Settle Futures in Bitcoin, ...from a tweet. And the beat goes on and BTC goes up! The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has cleared the way for crypto derivatives provider ErisX to offer futures contracts with a new license approval Monday... https://www.coindesk.com/td-ameritrade-backed-erisx-gets-green-light-to-settle-futures-in-bitcoin
************* 06/19/2019 MetLife Plans To Disrupt $2.7 Trillion Life Insurance Industry Using Ethereum Blockchain. Less than two weeks ago MetLife announced that it would use Ethereum blockchain to streamline the processing of life insurance claims and StateFarm and USAA are reported to be following suit. In fact, less than two weeks ago MetLife announced that it would use Ethereum blockchain to streamline the processing of life insurance claims and StateFarm and USAA are reported to be following suit. Mastercard, Visa, Bank of America, and a growing list of companies are regularly filing blockchain-related patents and hiring blockchain developers at an increasing rate. The mass adoption of blockchain by these massive insurance and banking corporations is no laughing matter as life insurance is currently a $2.7 trillion dollar industry. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenehrlich/2019/06/19/metlife-plans-to-disrupt-2-7-trillion-life-insurance-industry-using-ethereum-blockchain/#7b2f9d622770
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