Not exact matches
The two announcements also acknowledge that «the function of
digital tokens has evolved beyond a virtual
currency» and point out use cases, such as representation of ownership or a security
interest over a token seller's assets or property, or a debt owed by the seller.
Having seen the rapid gains in the price of bitcoin
over the last two years,
interest in litecoin has expanded exponentially and many individuals are now looking to mine this alternative
digital currency.
A little
over a month after Japan declared the
digital currency bitcoin (BTC) to be an officially recognized legal payment method, the Japanese bitcoin exchange Coincheck has announced the first
interest - paying bitcoin deposit accounts for the Japanese market.
In a statement, Bitwage's president, Jonathan Chester, explained the reason for adding the options, saying, «With the recent
interest in
digital currencies over the last year, there has been tremendous growth in users who want to receive their wages in or through
digital currency.»
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One of the more
interesting presentations at the Scaling Bitcoin workshop at Stanford University
over the weekend was MIT
Digital Currency Initiative Research Scientist Tadge Dryja's talk on discreet log contracts.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin saw massive gains in value
over the course of 2017 and the demographic
interested in the
digital currencies already skews young.
In an article from Bitcoinist, they said «Japan and South America have become much more involved in
digital currency,» stating that regional
interest across the globe may push the price higher
over time.
Considering the many innovative Chinese companies doing
interesting things with bitcoin, the amount of Chinese capital flowing into
digital currency, and the relative upward stability of the bitcoin price
over the past three months, BitGo stated that it «expects this trend to continue.»