Sentences with phrase «currency platforms]»

In Bitcoin's case, that data represents currency, but Buterin proposed to build a platform that would keep track of everything from money and memberships to legal agreements and share certificates.

The fund managed over $ 25 million and traded primarily in the G - 10 currency markets.

Known as a self - proclaimed geek who said he was uncomfortable in his native France and hadn't been back in years, Karpeles became interested in bitcoin when a customer of his web - hosting services wanted to pay in the virtual currency.

«Blockchain is a technology that allows anyone to send anyone else a piece of information, currency or data in a secure, transparent and anonymous way,» explained Boneparth, president and founder of Bone Fide Wealth.

(It should be noted that DogeCoinDark has no relation to the currency Dogecoin, which was created one year earlier.)

The market for Ether cratered on news of the theft, with the price of the digital currency dropping from a peak of over $ 21 yesterday to around $ 12.93 as of this writing, as tracked by CryptoCompare, on surging volume.

The flawed Euro currency continues to wreak havoc throughout the region.

In the short term, the widespread distribution of Bitcoin Cash is likely to intensify the speculative mania surrounding crypto - currency, which some are warning is a bubble.

«Available information indicates that, once issued, the Petro digital currency would appear to be an extension of credit to the Venezuelan government,» the Treasury department said in a statement to Reuters.

As Camilla Sutton, currency strategist with Scotiabank, has pointed out though, it's still important for Canada to keep a watchful eye on the Fed's next steps due to our reliance on both the American economy, and global growth in general.

Councillor Michael Oshry, elected for the first time in October, founded a currency - exchange company in Edmonton that now operates in five countries.

The CFTC has charged Patrick McDonnell and his company CabbageTech for engaging in a fraudulent virtual currency scheme.

The Platinum Card from American Express earns Membership Rewards points, the currency in AmEx's loyalty program.

Bithumb, the second largest virtual currency operator in South Korea, was also raided by the tax authorities on Wednesday.

Spotify reported first - quarter revenue of 1.139 billion euros ($ 1.36 billion), up 26 percent from a year earlier, or 37 percent excluding currency effects.

Chris Giancarlo, Commodity Futures Trading Commission commissioner, discusses regulating bitcoin and whether the coin is a security or a currency.

Instead of correcting course to avoid further catastrophe, the Maduro regime is attempting to circumvent sanctions through the Petro digital currency — a ploy that Venezuela's democratically - elected National Assembly has denounced and Treasury has cautioned U.S. persons to avoid,» Mnuchin said in a statement.

Currency that moves as freely as email and converts into local currency just as emails convert into words on a page: That makes sense to me.

«Bitcoin and a lot of its other virtual currency counterparts really have elements of all of the different asset classes, whether they're meeting payment, whether it's a long - term asset,» Giancarlo told CNBC on «Fast Money» Monday, live from the annual Milken Conference in Los Angeles.

Most analysts assume Brexit will keep the Fed from raising interest rates, in part because that would put more upward pressure on the currency.

Pornhub's statement says that the currency allows for anonymous transactions «by obfuscating the IP address and geolocation of its users so that they are untraceable.»

The companies were selected based on a combination of factors: their prodigious revenues or assets, their social currency, their deep connection to our daily lives, and (particularly for the newer and smaller companies), their disruptive impact.

They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).

Farmers in Tanzania can do all the Google searches they like right now, he says, but buying Google ads to sell their crops is a challenge because of currency translation issues.

Gold fell 1.2 percent on Friday after stronger than expected U.S. payrolls data shored up expectations that a pick - up in inflation will spur further U.S. interest rate hikes this year, boosting the U.S. currency, in which it is priced.

the Company is also subject to a number of additional risks associated with its business outside the United States, including foreign currency exchange fluctuations and restrictive regulations as well as the risks and uncertainties associated with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union;

Among the simple ways of implementing personalization are automatically changing language and currency settings based on geolocation data and launching push notifications reminding customers of the items they browsed.

The unit in Ghana has declared losses over the last three years and has uncollectible trade debts due to tough economic conditions and a currency devaluation in the cocoa - rich country.

As well as their impact on the currency markets, rising interest rates weigh on gold in their own right, as they increase the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding bullion.

Credit Suisse's Thiam agreed the U.S. currency would keep strengthening, although he put a limit on how high it could go.

Bitcoin and a lot of its other virtual currency counterparts, really have elements of all of the different asset classes, whether they're meeting payment, whether it's a long - term asset, says CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo.

«Social capital is the most important currency in the world» is the core message of an upcoming book I was recently privileged to read before its release.

Bitcoin, the most popular digital currency, jumped from $ 997 on January 1st to over $ 19,000 in mid-December.

It's essentially a clone of the original currency, which was created in 2009, but with «blocks» that are twice are as big.

In this exclusive conversation, Kelly, a regular panelist on CNBC's «Fast Money,» also shares his views on the U.S. dollar, currency wars, oil, his investment approach and much more.

It hit a three - year low earlier this year, weighed by comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin that indicated a preference for a weaker currency.

«The main issue with Bitcoin itself is that the community around it right now is kind of too polarized,» Karpelès says, citing the split between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash over a disagreement in how best to scale the digital currency.

The idea for it came from a paper published online nine years ago that unveiled bitcoin, the digital currency.

«Currency has the highest sensitivity to sentiment,» Lian says.

IIF noted in a recent report that plans to privatize several state - owned enterprises beyond the Aramco deal, a doubling in the size of the domestic stock market and the trading of local currency government bonds on the Saudi exchange, which began this month, all deepen the kingdom's capital markets.

The country's decades - old currency peg to the dollar means it «must heed the Fed» as it shakes up the economy, one analyst told CNBC.

our operations in foreign countries expose us to political and currency risks and adverse changes in local legal and regulatory environments;

But if you bought Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, or another digital currency at its peak and you're still holding it, you've suffered losses.

Leader Pauline Marois also drew media attention for musing about Quebec's currency if the province was to separate from Canada — Quebec would use the Canadian dollar, she said, and hopefully get a special seat at the Bank of Canada.

Greek and European leaders hoped that joining the currency would force the country to adopt growth policies that would keep it from needing to devalue its currency just to stay competitive.

It takes a lot of computing power to «mine» a bitcoin or other digital currency coin.

Since work wouldn't hold the same social currency or cultural importance as today, intrinsic motivations and labors of love might become the benchmark of a life well spent.

But it has become so spectacularly rampant - and the fiat currency amounts so large - that it has made its way into the mainstream media.

And even if Larsen could easily convert the vast majority of his XRP coins into a traditional currency, like U.S. dollars, the influx of so many tokens into the market provoked by such a sell - off would no doubt greatly depress the value.

NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs agreed Tuesday to pay a combined $ 109.5 million in fines to federal and New York state authorities to settle charges that the investment bank's currency traders unlawfully shared customers» order information with other banks in order to take advantage of the market.