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  • Bitcoin Tax Implications and the CRA

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    There are many players in the world of digital currencies, like LiteCoin, Ripple, PeerCoin and DogeCoin. But in the world of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin is king! Unfortunately, for many unsuspecting Canadians, investing or trading in Bitcoin could hold a potential risk. It could run you afoul of the Canada Revenue Agency for Bitcoin tax. A WILD…

  • Total Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization Holds Above $400 Billion

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    According to data from CoinMarketCap, the total market capitalizations of cryptocurrency market held steady above $400 billion. The sector has rebounded over 50 percent from its low of about $280 billion earlier this month. The price of Major cryptocurrency also bounced back on Monday. According to CoinDesk, bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, rose 7.46 percent…

  • New York Fed’s Money and Payment Studies on Cryptocurrencies

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    Bitcoin and other “cryptocurrencies” have been much in the news lately, in part because of their wild gyrations in value. Michael Lee and Antoine Martin, economists in the New York Fed’s Money and Payment Studies function, have been following cryptocurrencies and agreed to answer some questions about digital money. Q: Let’s start simply. What even…

  • Big Book Accepting Bitcoin for NFL Title Game Wagers With Same-Day Payouts

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    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, Feb. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The online service Big Book is announcing the launch of an unprecedented BitCoin Sportsbook experience that offers live wagering of the NFL Championship game with the surging cryptocurrency. According to the creators of the one-of-a-kind service, the biggest advantage for users is not having to worry about chargebacks from large financial institutions. In addition, the…

  • Early Coinbase And Ripple Investor Injects $57.5M Into Uphold To Advance Crypto Protection

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    Uphold Partners with Greg Kidd to Increase Loss Assurance and Crypto Protection to Industry-Leading Levels SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Uphold, the digital money platform, today announced that it has entered into a $57.5 million partnership with Greg Kidd, investor in Ripple, Square, Coinbase and others, to increase its loss assurance for consumers to around 20% of total current crypto…

  • Weiss Announces First Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Grades by U.S. Rating Agency

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    Risky Crypto Market to Get the Clarity Only Impartial Ratings (Cryptocurrency Grades) Can Provide PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Weiss Ratings, the nation’s leading independent rating agency of financial institutions, will issue letter grades on cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, Cardano, NEM, Litecoin, Stellar, EOS, IOTA, Dash, NEO, Monero, Bitcoin Gold and many others.…

  • BCX Mainnet Launches: Delivering the Future for the Bitcoin Community

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    NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BCX, operated by BitcoinX Foundation, is a promising fork of Bitcoin, today announced that it’s Mainnet launched successfully on January 15, 2018. This indicates BCX is able to offer unlimited possibilities for the Bitcoin community. With its successfully Mainnet launch, BCX now supports SegWit, Lightning Network, Replay Protection, Unique Address Format, DAA difficulty Adjustment and blake2b GPU mining. Slow transaction…

  • Same Day ACH Payments Grew 51 Percent from November to December 2017 and Totaled More than 75 Million in 2017

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    Payroll, Bill Payment and B2B Payments Are Significant Use Cases HERNDON, Va., Jan. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Same Day ACH debit and credit transactions totaled 15.2 million in December, an increase of 51 percent over November’s volume, according to data released today by NACHA—The Electronic Payments Association®. The significant increase in Same Day ACH transactions from November…

  • Bitcoin Price Holds Near the $14,000 Mark

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    Bitcoin price holds at about $14,000 on thursday after rebounding from a sell-off last week. According to data from Coinbase, the leading U.S. cryptocurrency trading platform, bitcoin price was trading near 14,204 on Thursday evening. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap, rebounded over 40 percent from a low of $10,400 it hit on Friday. The price rose…