All posts by George Harrison

Bitcoin-Only Charity Pledges Up To $4 Million for PTSD Research

Pineapple Fund, a Bitcoin-only charity, has promised to match up to $4 mln in donations to a non-profit...

/ January 12, 2018

OFFICIAL: No Cryptocurrency Trading Ban in South Korea, Government Says

The Blue House, the executive office and official residence of the South Korean President, has...

/ January 12, 2018

Ripple Announces Partnership With MoneyGram To Speed Fiat Settlements

Blockchain-based payments gateway Ripple announced a new partnership with payment service MoneyGram today, Jan. 11. In a blog post today, Ripple...

/ January 12, 2018

Is Bitcoin Dying as a Payment Option?

About six months ago the news was littered with companies that were looking to integrate Bitcoin as...

/ January 12, 2018

How Blockchain is Banking the Unbanked

It may be hard to believe, but two billion people in the world still do...

/ January 12, 2018

Encryption Becoming ‘Public Safety Issue’ – FBI

Encryption technology has reached a stage where even government agencies like the FBI don’t have the technology...

/ January 11, 2018

Venezuela Parliament Calls President’s $5.9 bln Petro Cryptocurrency ‘New Fraud’

Venezuela’s opposition-run parliament has denounced the emission of President Nicolas Maduro’s Petro cryptocurrency, calling it “totally...

/ January 11, 2018

Goldman Sachs Admits Bitcoin is Real Money, Cites Use Cases in Developing World

White shoe investment bank Goldman Sachs has admitted that Bitcoin and other digital currencies could...

/ January 11, 2018