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Patent Data Reveals the Banking Sector’s Strange Relationship with Bitcoin

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Banks and bitcoin are odd bedfellows, but they do share some things in common. To its proponents, bitcoin is the future of money, but it still takes “traditional” money to purchase cryptocurrency, and right now, banks control the conduits. If these oligarchs have their way, they’ll also have a controlling stake in the crypto sphere … Read more

Some Major Canadian Banks Still Allow Cryptocurrency Credit Card Transactions

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While TD Bank has revised its policies and stopped allowing customers to purchase cryptocurrencies using its credit cards, some major banks in Canada still allow crypto credit card transactions, the banks reportedly confirmed on Friday. Also read: Indians Look to Buy Bitcoin Overseas as Regulations Tighten TD Bank Halts Crypto Credit Card Purchases Canada’s largest bank … Read more

Bank of America Acknowledges the Threat Posed by Cryptocurrency

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For all the inroads that bitcoin has made on the current financial system, it has yet to threaten their ascendancy. The CEOs of Paypal, Visa, and other legacy payment systems may have been monitoring the rise of cryptocurrencies, but they have not been losing sleep over them. Now, in a frank report to the SEC, … Read more

Bank of America Has Filed More Cryptocurrency Patents Than Any Other Company

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Think of cryptocurrency developers and names like Satoshi Nakamoto, Gavin Andresen, and Nick Szabo spring to mind. Individuals who place principles ahead of profit and are more aligned with open source principles than filing patents and closely guarding their secrets. The only secret Satoshi guarded was his identity. It may come as a surprise then … Read more