Sentences with phrase «form than a currency»

Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital says bitcoin is more like gold in digital form than a currency.

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An oddity outside China's borders less than a decade ago, the renminbi (which translates as «the People's currency») is quickly becoming one of the world's most commonly used forms of payment.

True to its origins as an open, decentralized currency, bitcoin is meant to be a quicker, cheaper, and more reliable form of payment than money tied to individual countries.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Bitcoins have become one of the most popular forms of alternative currency with more than $ 1 billion in circulation around the world.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

This net position in turn consisted of foreign currency asset holdings equivalent to about 20 per cent of GDP, with more than three - quarters of this in the form of equity investment (including direct investment by multinational companies in their offshore operations).

The currency pairs that are formed by popular and liquid currencies other than the USD are called cross pairs.

Since Bitcoin is a relatively new form of currency that hasn't still hit the mainstream, many people don't really know why they should use Bitcoin rather than their current currency.

For example, if Bitcoin is not a currency, then Bitcoin forwards and Bitcoin swaps that involve the exchange of Bitcoin for another currency will not fall under the statutory definitions of the more lightly regulated foreign exchange forwards or foreign exchange swaps.10 Likewise, retail trading of Bitcoin derivatives will be limited to designated contract markets, rather than subject to the retail foreign exchange dealer regulations.11 Treating Bitcoin as a commodity that is not a currency dovetails with the stances taken by other U.S. regulators such as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)(virtual currency does not have all of the attributes of real currency) 12, the Securities and Exchange Commission (Bitcoin investments are investment contracts because Bitcoin is a form of money) 13 and the Internal Revenue Service (treating Bitcoin as property for tax purposes).14

It is the Registrant's view that Bitcoins should not be regarded as coins, or otherwise as collectibles, for purposes of section 408 (m), because Bitcoins are a virtual, rather than a fiat currency (see «Bitcoin Value,» above) and, as such, do not take the form of tangible personal property, in contrast to a coin or any of the other items defined as a «collectible» under Section 408 (m).

Disclaimer, since the United States continues to plead ignorance to the fact that gambling is happening everywhere around them rather than regulating it, all bets will be in the form of bagel currency.

If Scotland were to choose to go down the independence route, not only would there be more than enough oil income to make every single Scot better off by considerably more than # 500 a year, but also for its new government to close down the submarine bases in the Clyde without having to submit to any form of blackmail on currency issues, to increase the gap in health and education funding relative to the rest of the UK, to keep the ship yards open, and a great deal more besides.

If you deposit more than $ 10,000 in cash or other negotiable instruments, you'll be asked to complete a form called a Currency Transaction Report (here's the US Government's guidance for consumers about this form).

It runs on a completely different leveling system than the core game experience and it also uses a different form of currency, but equipment earned in either place can be used inside and outside The Dark Zone.

There are only two fundamental differences between bitcoin and national currencies: (1) bitcoin is issued by an algorithm rather than a central bank so predictable machines rather than arbitrary humans control the «printing» and the total amount of bitcoin; (2) creditors can sue you if you present bitcoin to settle a debt denominated in national currency but if you present the currency it will be a defence to the creditor's suit under some form of a «legal tender» statute (Currency Act, RSC 1985, c C - 52 in Canada; 31 U.S. Code § 5103 in currency but if you present the currency it will be a defence to the creditor's suit under some form of a «legal tender» statute (Currency Act, RSC 1985, c C - 52 in Canada; 31 U.S. Code § 5103 in currency it will be a defence to the creditor's suit under some form of a «legal tender» statute (Currency Act, RSC 1985, c C - 52 in Canada; 31 U.S. Code § 5103 in Currency Act, RSC 1985, c C - 52 in Canada; 31 U.S. Code § 5103 in the US).

The issue of taxation and cryptocurrencies has always been someone of a contentious topic, ever since the U.S. Internal Revenue Service announced in 2014 that it would treat such assets as a taxable form of property rather than, say, a currency.

Ulmart, Russia's largest online retailer, plans to start accepting bitcoin as a form of payment from 1 September, 2017 as technology has continued to evolve and blockchain has arguably become even more important than the currency it created.

Ongoing tensions in Asia created a positive stimulus in boosting the Bitcoin price as investors would any day prefer holding on to digital equivalents when the first missile flies rather than any regional currency form.

This delay means that people simply revert to more traditional forms of payment rather than using the benefits of digital currencies to their full intended extent.