Sentences with phrase «first digital currency company»

In 2017, It became the first digital currency company to be valued over $ 1.5 Billion.

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This is the first time that Pornhub's official website has accepted digital currencies, but subsidiaries of the site's parent company, MindGeek, have accepted cryptocurrency payments in the past.

PayPal's flirtation with Bitcoin integration has been percolating for months, with eBay CEO John Donahoe dropping hints at the company's annual shareholder meeting last May that it was getting more serious about the world's first digital currency.

Users of digital currency bitcoin more than doubled in the Philippines in the first half of last year from a year earlier, Espenilla said, while bitcoin transactions purportedly passing through registered companies in the country range from $ 2 million to $ 3 million per month based on available estimates.

On Dec. 4, the California - based company announced it had launched the first phase of trading operations and platforms for digital currencies.

First she was the VP of development at Digital Currency Group, a venture capital company she helped launch that invests exclusively in cryptocurrency and blockchain projects.

Silbert first became interested in the digital currency while working as the CEO at SecondMarket, a secondary market for company shares.

The Crypto Company describes itself as «one of the first publicly traded technology companies in the digital currencies and blockchain sector, offers a portfolio of digital assets, technologies, and consulting services to the blockchain and cryptocurrency markets.»

In fact, DECOIN stands out in the crypto ecosystem as an investment tool for crypto traders because it is the first company that has developed sophisticated wallets and credit cards that let clients spend their digital currency from anywhere.

DECOIN is the first company to develop sophisticated wallets that allow its users to spend digital currency whenever they want and wherever they are.

BTCS Inc. («BTCS») is an early mover in the blockchain and digital currency ecosystems and the first «Pure Play» U.S. public company focused on blockchain technologies.

From our early roots of being the first company in the world to build a fully - integrated Bitcoin pilot system for a major bank, over the subsequent few years launching consumer wallets, exchanges, and merchant services to become the market leader in Southeast Asia and Africa, starting to build our UK presence in 2016 and now finally launching across the wider Europe: we are now one giant leap closer to our goal of bringing digital currency to everyone, everywhere.

While select franchise locations of other restaurant chains accept Bitcoin as payment, this appears to be the first time a parent company has embraced the digital currency.

Whenever a company in the Bitcoin space reaches a significant milestone of investment, there are those who oppose the entire idea of using digital currency in the first place.

Speaking further, Sahil said, «We are proud to be backed by people like Roger Ver (who has single handedly funded the seed rounds for the entire first generation of Bitcoin businesses), Amit Bhardwaj (who is leading the march for Bitcoin Adoption in India), Michael Terpin (he co-founded BitAngels, the first angel network for investments in bitcoin / digital currency companies) and more Bitcoin Pioneers.

Nearly two years after the U.S. CFTC first granted bitcoin startup LedgerX temporary registration as a swap execution facility, the regulator on Monday approved the company's landmark application to clear and settle fully - collateralized derivative contracts for digital currencies.

The new series follows The Hobbit leading man Martin Freeman as an FBI agent tracking the growth of a digital currency company founded by The OC star Adam Brody, Otmara Marrero (Graceland) and Edi Gathegi (X-Men: First Class).

Smart contract pioneer Agrello has become the first dedicated legal tech company in the world to launch its own digital currency, known as Delta.

AirAsia may become the first airline and biggest company in the South East of Asia to launch its own digital currency and token sale.

The bitcoin space just got a bit more user - friendly as Glidera, a Chicago - based digital currency company, launches the first service to allow wallets to use an API that will allow users to buy and sell bitcoin directly from their applications.

On September 12 and 13, the first of two Bitcoin scalability workshops «for Bitcoin's engineering and academic community» will be held in Montreal, Canada, sponsored by a dozen digital currency companies, to try and find consensus on the best block size for bitcoin.

Fineqia stated it joins New York - based Digital Currency Group (DCG), the world's top investor in blockchain companies in 2017 according to market research firm CB Insights, in Nivaura's first institutional financing round.

Another company, LaxmiCoin that describes itself as India's first digital currency, claims in its website that it has yet to start offering Initial Coin Offers (ICOs) while warning investors not to get duped by exchanges that go by similar names.

On August 23, the SEC suspended trading in shares of First Bitcoin Capital Corp., a company involved in developing digital currencies and other blockchain technology, due to «concerns regarding the accuracy and adequacy of publicly available information about the company including, among other things, the value of [its] assets and its capital structure.»

Mr. Jordaan, a former CEO of First National Bank (FNB) who now heads private investment company Montegray Capital said that digital currencies are likely to make central banks obsolete.

In an unprecedented foray into cryptocurrencies, Angus Taylor, the Assistant Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, awarded the government's second largest grant in its Smart Cities and Suburbs program to the first Australian company to list itself on digital currency exchanges on Digital Transformation, awarded the government's second largest grant in its Smart Cities and Suburbs program to the first Australian company to list itself on digital currency exchanges on digital currency exchanges on Friday.

As reported by Bloomberg, Soros» firm is the third - largest shareholder of the e-commerce company — which, in addition to notably becoming the first major retailer to accept digital currencies as a valid form of payment in August 2017, plans on starting its own cryptocurrency exchange and offering its own digital coins.

The company noted that the first Bitcoin payments it accepted was from local companies involved in digital currencies and Blockchain technology.

Though at first it seemed like the introduction of digital currency was aimed at displacing the traditional banking system, financial institutions like banks and insurance companies have begun to see...

«First Global Credit is one of the earliest, though certainly not the only company that has entered the digital currency market to develop services needed to fill these gaps in the bitcoin ecosystem.

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Isilines is the first company in its sector to accept a digital currency.

GBT aims to become the world's first publicly traded company that invests in vertically integrated originators and managers oftop - tierr blockchains and digital currencies.

The companies claim that H.I.S. is the first major company in the Japanese travel industry to accept the digital currency.

Jaymart subsidiary J Ventures is set to become the first SET - listed company to sell its own digital currency, releasing «JFin» through a token sale.

Other stories in the news: - A hotel bookings company based in Australia has developed a blockchain proof - of - concept in partnership with Microsoft; OKcoin launches Blockchain remittance network in Korea; China's first online insurance company starts blockchain R&D and the Department of Justice is looking to hire attorneys to assist it with developing digital currency regulations.

Forward - looking information includes, but is not limited to the Company's goal of streamlining the current arduous, lengthy and complicated process that interested investors need to undergo in order to gain exposure to the cryptocurrency space with a view to becoming the first vertically integrated originator and manager of top - tier blockchains and digital currencies.

«Since making our first investment in Unocoin, it has been tremendous to see the company solidify its position as the leading Bitcoin company in India, as well as emerge as one of the fastest growing companies in DCG's global portfolio of 80 Bitcoin and blockchain companies,» observed Digital Currency Group Founder and CEO Barry Silbert.

They're aiming to become the world's first publicly traded company that invests in vertically integrated originators and managers of top tier blockchains and digital currencies.