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As other inflation hedges enjoy moment in the sun, bitcoin stays stuck in the doldrums – Yahoo Finance

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Investors are increasingly looking to snap up safeguards for their portfolios to hedge against rising inflation a trend that could benefit assets spanning gold to bitcoin.

Indeed, reporting from the Financial Times last week noted that money has been pouring into funds that invest in TIPS (Treasury inflation-protected securities). According to the publication, more than $5 billion has moved into funds invested in the bonds, which aim to protect investors from spikes in consumer prices. Gold is also enjoying a moment, trading up more than 19% since the beginning of the year and recently crossing $1,800 for the first time since 2011.

The thinking among investors is that inflation could pick up as a result of recent monetary policy actions from various central banks. Other factors include a further decline in the price of the U.S. dollar, as noted by the FT's Michael Mackenzie. U.S. consumer prices rebounded in June after three months of declines, the highest increase in more than eight years.

Still, the Federal Reserves' flagship inflation gauge declined to 1.7%, below the Fed's 2% target.

The average expected inflation over the next five years stands at 1.57%, far below the 2.2% post-financial crisis average. The expected breakeven inflation, meanwhile, stands at 1.35%, below the post-recession average of 1.7%. Typically, a rising breakeven inflation rate is associated with a rosier economic outlook among investors. It also can be "interpreted as the inflation rate that market participants anticipate to hold in the future," specifically over five years.

In any case, bitcoin appears stuck in an extended period of doldrums the digital asset has traded within a tight range between $9,000 and $9,300 since the end of June.

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Opinion | Data nationalism could hobble the worlds progress – Livemint

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In my last column, I wrote that the European Union (EU) has been leading the way in data privacy, China in censoring and surveilling citizens, and America in having legislative hearings to determine how much US Big Tech can get away with.

Last week, Mint reported that the European Unions top court struck down a key method called Privacy Shield, used by Facebook Inc. and other companies to transfer data across the Atlantic, amid fears over potential surveillance by the United States. With impeccable comedic timing, news simultaneously leaked out that US President Donald Trump has secretly given the Central Intelligence Agency more powers to launch cyberattacks against countries like China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. This could include other nations as well, at least according to a former US government official quoted in the news report here.

The scrapping of Privacy Shield means that over 5,000 businesses that ship useful European data to the US will have their activities in disarray. They will have to structure a new arrangement for such data to continue to flow. It is worthwhile to note that Privacy Shield was itself put together after the earlier arrangement called Safe Harbor was struck down by the same court for the same reasons in 2015.

As long as computing clouds" were small, such free data transfers by companies between nation states they operated in did not pose a threat. No one noticed until leaks by Edward Snowden revealed widespread cyber spying by Americas spooks. It was only after those 2013 leaks did individual governments start to understand the relevance of such data infrastructure to their security and data economies. The original Safe Harbor for trade in EU-US data was itself a result of increased EU activism after Snowdens revelations.

Enough has been written and said about Indias decision to ban 59 Chinese apps that were collecting data from Indians to train Chinese Big Techs algorithms. People have poked fun at this decision on social media platforms. Yet, the truth is that the Indian governments decision is brilliant. If the ban stands, it will have a significant negative impact on the speed at which Chinese Big Tech is catching up with US Big Tech. Indian digital data is very valuable to both US and Chinese Big Techand, of course, to home-grown data giants such as Reliances Jio Platforms.

Speaking of data generation and collection, the fact that many builders of data algorithms are still very dependent on manual labour is not something that Big Tech likes to admit. I have written before of the tribulations faced by human beings who act as filters and have to pore over horrific videos to keep them off social media sites such as Facebook.

But manual labour in the digital space does not stop with real-time censors. All sorts of artificial intelligence algorithms, such as those needed for self-driving cars, need to be trained by humans who can exercise judgement to label pictures. Manual processes are also needed for, say, exceptional cases of mundane matters such as invoices that automation vendors offerings are unable to deal with. The Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, which should by now have been automated out of existence, is still alive due to this. In fact, BPO still thrives because it has used the automation of lesser tasks to pivot into tasks that are less repetitive and therefore less amenable to automation.

Countries such as those of the European bloc, the US, Russia, China, India and several others are all likely to respond with uncoordinated national moves around data protection. This has not escaped the attention of international associations. For instance, last July, the Osaka track" was formed after the G-20 met in Osaka, Japan, to thrash out global rules that could govern data traffic in a way that would allow the free flow of data with trust"whatever that means.

In my opinion, it is unlikely that in the post-covid scenario, nations will arrive at a coordinated plan on how to handle data. It is even less likely that they would follow the rules, even allowing for a fairy-tale scenario that they could actually create a coordinated set of data tenets to live by.

It is more likely that we will see a greater wave of nationalism over each countrys data throw-off" from its citizens. Data is now synonymous with national interest, and we will see a protectionist environment in the short to medium term. This does not bode well for global trade. The 5,000-plus firms that are dependent on the shipping of data from the EU to the United States might find a workable solution to the problem that the EU courts 16 July decision has created for them. But there is nothing to stop the same court from dismantling the new agreement in future.

Meanwhile, China began censoring what its citizens can read, see and hear on the web and shut down data flows from that country long before Snowdens 2013 expose. In hindsight, Chinas censors now look like expert long-range economic planners. After some years of protracted negotiations between data trading blocs and nations, we might see the equivalent of the World Trade Organization, which was set up for the trade of goods, come into being for the information age. Until then, we may have to live with the lowest common denominator of tit for tat.

Siddharth Pai is founder of Siana Capital, a venture fund management company focused on deep science and tech in India

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OPM Wealth Shares Top Tips On High Risk and High Reward – GlobeNewswire

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Los Angeles, CA, July 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (via Blockchain Wire) We have all known the saying, high risk equals high reward. This method of thinking has been around for ages since risking your entire savings on a business that could either succeed and make you a fortune or fail and cause you bankruptcy used to be your only two options of investments. This used to be the only method of thinking, until now. A new company OPM Wealth is trying to change that way of thinking with its low-risk high rewards wealth plan. Instead of managing your own costly business or sinking all your funds into stocks, they set you up with a unique wealth plan to ensure high payouts without using your own money.

Yes, thats right, you use other people's money to invest. With OPM Wealth's professional coaches they can help you refer people and profit off of the commission. The commission can come as fast as 24 hours after you meet the minimum. By utilizing other people's money and cryptocurrency OPM Wealth sets up a secure and safe way of investing. Do not let the cryptocurrency defer you, the professional coaches at OPM Wealth will be there to guide you through the lucrative currency. With their help you learn helpful tactics such as phone closing skills, contact management, multiple traffic sources, and automatic presentation funnel as well as a high ticket digital franchise. Instead of dealing with the weight of a traditional business all on your own, you are guided through the lucrative world of digital franchises. A high ticket digital franchise is basically a very profitable online business which as we have seen through examples like Amazon, is very profitable.

If you are simply looking for a secure income to fix your credit or gain financial stability this service is perfect for that too. OPM Wealth can help you can get set up on a road to achieve your financial goals and start making money anywhere in the world. Whether youre looking to save up or get the cash necessary to begin your next venture, OPM Wealth is there. Of course, as stated before you will never have to worry about your own finances being compromised since you will be gaining cryptocurrency off of other people's money. This system is made for the hungry and eager who want a way out of their normal life and are ready to take on the world of business and marketing. As amazing as all this sounds, there is no catch. OPM Wealth is the modern way to legitimately earn cryptocurrency and provide a digital franchise so that their customers continue to succeed and thrive.

This company does not play games or make false promises it simply provides results. OPM Wealth is the modern way of doing business by providing the opportunity for anyone to make money anywhere in the world. Although it sounds like an offer that is too good to be true all it takes is one call and a free OPM Wealth account to set yourself up with a road to financial success and freedom.

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Tech Leaders and Health Authorities from Around the Globe Collaborate to Combat COVID-19 – FOX5 Las Vegas

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Linux Foundation Public Health launches with open source exposure notification apps being deployed in Ireland, Canada, and multiple U.S. states

SAN FRANCISCO, July 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today launched a new initiative to use open source technologies to help public health authorities (PHAs) around the world combat COVID-19 and future epidemics. The new Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) initiative is launching with seven Premier members Cisco, doc.ai, Geometer, IBM, NearForm, Tencent, and VMware and two hosted exposure notifications projects, COVID ShieldTM and COVID GreenTM, which are currently being deployed in Canada, Ireland, and several U.S. states.

LFPH will initially focus on exposure notification applications that use the Google Apple Exposure Notification (GAEN) system and will be expanding to support all aspects of PHA's testing, tracing, and isolation activities.

"To catalyze this open source development, Linux Foundation Public Health is building a global community of leading technology and consulting companies, public health authorities, epidemiologists and other public health specialists, privacy and security experts, and individual developers," said Dan Kohn, LFPH general manager. "While we're excited to launch with two very important open source projects, we think our convening function to enable collaboration to battle this pandemic may be our biggest impact."

COVID Shield was developed by a volunteer team at Shopify and is in the process of being deployed in Canada. COVID Green was developed by a team at NearForm as part of the Irish Government's response to the pandemic. Since being deployed by Ireland's Health Services Executive two weeks ago, it has achieved extraordinarily high adoption of over 1/3rd of the country's adults. Both apps are available for other PHAs and their IT partners to use and customize and will soon be joined by other open source projects hosted by LFPH. Covid Watch, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, and US Digital Response have also joined as nonprofit associate members.

"During this grave global crisis, I'm committed to having all parts of the Linux Foundation community support LFPH," said Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin. "Open source provides an architecture for global collaboration and that's what's needed to build, secure, and sustain critical components of our stressed public health infrastructure. The Linux Foundation has long enabled cross-industry collaboration in over a dozen verticals and Dan Kohn, who led the Cloud Native Computing Foundation to rapid growth that defined a multi-billion dollar industry, is an ideal choice to lead this effort."

Particularly in the U.S., PHAs have suffered from decades of underinvestment and urgently need to scale their capabilities to engage with the entire public during the worst pandemic in a century. Many companies and individuals in the technology industry are eager to assist PHAs in meeting these challenges and LFPH provides a forum and toolset for them to engage in constructive ways.

"We are pleased to contribute COVID Green, the open source code behind Ireland's COVID Tracker app, to LFPH," said Fran Thompson, Chief Information Officer of Ireland's Health Service Executive. "This app is a great demonstration of innovation within the Irish health sector combined with the IT capabilities of the Irish software industry. We're immensely proud of the work we've undertaken in partnership with NearForm in responding to the pandemic. We are looking forward to collaborating with other public health authorities around the world via LF Public Health to assist them in quickly replicating our approach while learning from their experiences."

COVID Shield was developed by a volunteer team of more than 40 developers from Shopify, along with members of the Ontario and Canadian Digital Services. While not an official Shopify project, the efforts were supported by Shopify CEO Tobi Ltke. "We're very happy to host COVID Shield with LFPH and we welcome contributions from other developers to make it as easy as possible for PHAs to get started with exposure notifications," said Aaron Olson, COVID Shield volunteer.

In addition to COVID Shield and COVID Green, an earlier cross-industry collaboration effort, the TCN Coalition, is merging into LFPH. The TCN Coalition is a global community of technologists supporting the development of privacy-preserving and cross-compatible exposure notification apps during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially founded to ensure cross-border interoperability and to reduce duplication of development efforts, the TCN Coalition has evolved to include supporting public health authorities in their engagements with app-building teams and IT providers.

"The leadership and members of TCN are proud to join forces with the Linux Foundation to establish the new LFPH initiative," said Andreas Gebhard, Co-Founder and COO of TCN Coalition. TCN Coalition Executive Director Jenny Wanger added: "This is a logical next step for the work we've been doing since our inception. We look forward to an even wider collaboration to help navigate this fast-moving and essential endeavor." Wanger is now serving as the Head of the Implementer's Forum for LFPH, where she coordinates implementation teams around the world that are building COVID-19 tools, while publicly documenting best practices.

Last week, LFPH gathered representatives from nearly every country building a GAEN app at its GAEN Symposium and will host similar events in the future as well as ongoing special interest groups focused on areas like user interface/user experience (UI/UX), localization, and security and privacy. LFPH has also developed a landscape (shown below) to allow tracking the open and closed source applications in the COVID-19 response ecosystem and the current status of application rollouts around the world. Information on participating in LFPH activities and/or joining as a member is at lfph.io.

Quotes from Founding Premier Members:

Cisco, Vijoy Pandey, VP, Emerging Technologies and Incubation:

"Cisco is proud to be a founding Premier member of this initiative and to contribute to this global effort to develop open source software to help fight the biggest pandemic in a century, by enabling open technology for public health. As we have experienced at Cisco many times, technology and open source communities do some of their best work when they collaborate on such a socially relevant common cause."

doc.ai, Walter De Brouwer, CEO:

"We're proud to be a founding member of this consortium and contribute our deep experience in the digital health ecosystem to better improve open-source software that will help public health authorities around the world combat this and future epidemics. As a digital health company, we realize the critical need for privacy-first infrastructure to lead the way in mobile health development and will bring that focus to our work with the Linux Foundation Public Health community."

IBM, Theodore Tanner, Global CTO and Chief Architect Watson Health:

"To meet the global challenge of COVID-19, the world must quickly come together and collaborate in innovative ways while applying best practices from past experience. IBM's commitment to open source communities spans over two decades, and during this worldwide pandemic we see real value in working with public health authorities and the larger healthcare ecosystem as part of Linux Foundation Public Health. IBM has resources to share supercomputing power, code, and AI and we look forward to taking an active role working with leaders across the industry to solve the complex challenges ahead."

NearForm, Cian O'Maidin, CEO:

"We are thrilled to be a part of the Linux Foundation Public Health consortium in partnership with the Irish Government. As the fulfillment of a lifelong goal to improve the lives of people across the world, our partnership across nations will enable the creation of a new connective tissue for public health where we can work as one team globally to fight COVID."

Tencent, Dr. Alexander Ng, Vice President, Tencent Public Health:

"Tencent is very glad to be a founding member of LFPH. We hope to improve global public health by participating in open-source initiatives for public health. Tencent is looking forward to bringing more value to the global society. Through open-source cooperation, Tencent will continue to advocate technology for social good."

VMware, Ajay Patel, senior vice president and general manager, Modern Applications Platform Business Unit:

"VMware believes in the power of open source software and open ecosystems to deliver incredible software to solve today's challenges. The charter of the LFPH aligns with our values, our mission, and our purpose and we are proud to be a founding member of this effort. We believe LFPH will ultimately help us rally and contribute key work VMware has been doing to date for customers around the world ranging from: mobile apps to integrate state response and communication; managing PPE inventory; back-to-work attestation and beacon systems; digital and human contact tracing using GAEN and non-GAEN approaches; integrating testing systems and more."

About Linux Foundation Public Health

Linux Foundation Public Health (LFPH) uses open source software to help public health authorities (PHAs) around the world combat COVID-19 and future epidemics. LFPH projects include COVID Shield being deployed in Canada and COVID Green, which has been deployed in Ireland. As more projects are contributed, LFPH will expand its scope into software support for all phases of PHA's testing, tracing, and isolation activities. LFPH is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit lfph.io.

The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see its trademark usage page: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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Mastercard Expands Cryptocurrency Program for Crypto Card Issuers – Cointelegraph

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Mastercard is reaching out to cryptocurrency firms and encouraging them to apply to become partners as part of its newly-expanded cryptocurrency card program.

On July 20, Mastercard said it was simplifying access to its Accelerate program for crypto card issuers, allowing applicants to be onboarded as partners in a matter of weeks.

Now enhanced for crypto card applicants, the Accelerate program gives partners support with their market entry, continued growth and international expansion.

New crypto partners will be assisted in integrating Mastercards technology and will be in a position to benefit from the firms cybersecurity expertise and market research.

While it is streamlining access to its program for crypto firms, Mastercard has emphasized that all partners must comply with its core principles.

These include providing robust consumer protection (ensuring privacy and security for users), operating in compliance with relevant laws and regulations, such as Anti-Money Laundering rules, and establishing a level playing field for all stakeholders, such as financial institutions, merchants and mobile network operators.

Raj Dhamodharan, executive vice president of digital asset and blockchain products and partnerships at Mastercard, said:

The cryptocurrency market continues to mature, and Mastercard is driving it forward, creating safe and secure experiences for consumers and businesses in todays digital economy.

Parallel to reaching out to crypto card partners, Mastercard has also announced that London-based crypto payment processor Wirex has become the first native cryptocurrency platform to be granted a Mastercard principal membership, which will allow it to directly issue crypto payment cards.

Thanks to the membership, Wirex card users will be able to immediately convert their crypto holdings into fiat currency, which can be spent at points of sale that accept Mastercard. Currency will thus enter Mastercards network in the form of fiat, not cryptocurrency.

Wirex CEO and co-founder Pavel Matveev has said that the membership represents a growing interest and recognition in the acceptance of cryptocurrency by leading bodies and regulators. He added that partnering with Mastercard will help the firm to realize its vision of empowering everyone to experience a world where all currencies, traditional and crypto, are equal.

Wirex is regulated by the U.K.s Financial Conduct Authority and has a license to issue crypto cards in Europe. Earlier this year, it hit over 3 million active users, noting that increasing numbers of them are not typically hardcore cryptocurrency users.

Prior to partnering with Wirex, Mastercard collaborated with blockchain payments provider BitPay this June to launch a prepaid card for crypto users in the United States.

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Crypto exchanges with most valuable crypto-assets in the world – Nairametrics

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As the crypto industryevolvesat a rapid pace, few cryptocurrency exchanges stand outfromthe manyhundreds ofcryptoexchangesavailablebasedonthe total value of crypto assets in dollar terms held on theirexchanges.

Data fromPeckShield, a securityblockchaincompany,revealed thatasatJune 30, 2020, the global digital asset exchange asset balance rankings (in terms of BTC+ETH+USDT assets converted into US dollars) are:

CoinbaseExchange, withtotal assetsvalued at$11.1 billion, rankingthefirst place.

HuobiExchange total assets of$5.79 billion, ranked second.

BinanceExchange total assets of$3.45 billion US dollars, ranked third,

Bitfinextotal assets of$2.99 billion, ranked fourth, and

OKExTotal assets of$2.52 billion ranked fifth,

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BitMEX, Kraken,Germini,mtGox,Bittrex. ranked sixth to tenthrespectively.

Quick fact:Crypto exchanges are simply exchanges orplatforms that facilitate the exchange of onecryptocurrency for another, the buying and selling of crypto assets, and most times the use of normal cash(fiat currencies)in exchange for a digital coin or cryptocurrency.Crypto exchangesalso help in determining the rate of these cryptocurrencies, based on demand and supply mechanisms.

In addition, taking into consideration the number of BTC & ETH addresses,onlyCoinbaseranked first with a total of 18.52 million addresses,Binanceranked second with a total of 5.42 million addresses,Bittrexranked third with a total of 3.23 million addresses,Bitstampranked fourth with a total of 3.19 million addresses, andHuobiranked thefifth, witha total of 1.93 million addresses.

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This nearly 100 million in the address label, contains BTC address 60 Wan +, ETH address 30 Wan +, which the Exchange address labels nearly 53 million, accounting for over 75% of total coverage, including Huobi, Binance, OKEx, Coinbase Hundreds of exchanges including ZB, Bitfinex, Bitstamp, Poloniex,Bithumb, Gate.io,Upbit, KuCoin, and other head exchanges.

Recall that about a month ago,Nairametrics reported thefour biggestcryptoexchanges since 2018 (Coinbase, Binance,Huobi, andBitfinex) that received about 40% of all BTCs via exchanges this year.

The next ten crypto exchanges collected 36% in a combined volume of BTCs,leaving other smaller exchanges to share the remaining 24% of transfer volume.

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It should be noted that the process of finding the address of the exchange has a certain complexity. We first need to collect a part of the deposit and withdrawal addresses as seed addresses, and then use the Cerberus tool on the chain to crawl and store large amounts of related addresses. At the same time, we will also conduct the necessary off-chain verification of the mined addresses to ensure the accuracy of the addresses.

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Here’s why your business should start accepting payment in cryptocurrency | London Business News – London Loves Business

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It may interest you to know that it is now as easy to accept payments from customers in cryptos as it is in credit cards or eChecks.

More importantly, some customers even prefer to shop online using cryptocurrencies than to use conventional debit or credit cards because of the formers perceived superior security. So, by simply entering their wallet ID on your website payment interface, customers can now pay for any item theyre purchasing with the confidence that nobody (not even their wallet provider) can snoop or steal their wallet details.

Simply put, cryptocurrencies are a far secured means of payment, and your customers know this too. But in case you still doubt, check out the number of ways in which cryptocurrency benefits your business.

If you accept credit card or eCheck payments on your store, then you must know about the hidden fees that come with these payment systems. The reason for these hidden fees is because of the number of intermediaries that payments have to go through before reaching the merchant (card company, high-risk merchant processing company, payment processing company, etc.). Generally speaking, most credit card payments processing cost merchants an average of 3-5% of the total money paid.

Thats a lot of money!

With cryptocurrency, however, there are no intermediaries, meaning that payment is sent directly from the buyer to the merchant. As a result, most crypto payments attract between 0- 1% of the total money paid as fees.

Most credit and debit card payments often take days, if not weeks, before reaching the bank account of the merchant. This is because of all the various parties involved in the routing of the money. Theres no denying that this can be incredibly frustrating for a merchant, especially when you need money to keep your business ball rolling, and to pay your bills.

Thanks to the Blockchain technology upon which cryptocurrency works, there is no such thing as payment delay. The money moves directly from the buyers wallet into the merchants wallet in a matter of seconds.

We mentioned this earlier in the post. And now were going to emphasize more on it. Any business accepting credit card payments is always a target for fraudsters. But since most of them lack the resources needed to breach the security firewall of most big companies, they target SMEs, stealing customers details, and redirecting merchants funds.

Cryptocurrency, on the other hand, doesnt face this threat because any payment made with it is always an anonymous transaction. And as the saying goes, you cant steal what you dont know about, theres really no targeting customers using cryptocurrencies.

Shoppers that have this knowledge prefer to shop using crypto only. So, when they come to your store and find that you dont accept cryptocurrencies, they go away.

One of the biggest challenges facing most merchant business today is the issue of chargebacks and customers asking refund. With cryptocurrency purchasing, you can finally say bye-bye to chargebacks! Any payment made is final, and the customer cannot contest it.

Meaning that there is no refunding any payment made into a merchants wallet. If a customer is displeased with the service they got, theyre gonna have to resolve the matters in a more civilized way. Because theres no way, you can send back their money since you dont even know whether theyre the true sender or not. Remember that sender is anonymous for any crypto transaction.

Another big hurdle for selling online is the issue of accepting payments from buyers that come from specific countries. For starters, you may have to go through numerous banking procedures to accept payments coming from some countries into your home country. Not to mention, other foreign exchange challenges you might encounter on the way too.

Cryptocurrency, however, is globally decentralized and internationally accepted, which means that nobody is controlling it, and everybody is accepting it.

By simply offering the option to pay using cryptocurrency, youll be stealing customers (die-hard crypto advocates) away from your direct competitors, many of which still havent integrated crypto acceptance into their systems.

And in case youre wondering how many of these types of customers are truly there, know that one of the worlds most reputable statistics company Statista currently puts their number at around 50 million.

The only challenge with crypto acceptance for businesses is that you have to build a new payment acceptance module different from what you already have in place for debit, credit, and eCheck payments. But if you were lucky to be working with a high-risk merchant account facilitator or payment processor like iPayTotal, then your transition into the crypto world should be smooth and easy. iPayTotal, unlike other processors, have the infrastructure in place to help clients build their crypto acceptance systems.

But, in case you havent been using iPayTotal for your payment processing before, and your processor still doesnt offer the cryptocurrency feature, you can reach out to them at iPayTotal today to get your crypto game started.

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Crypterium Diversifies Its Card Offering With Their New Crypterium Card – AiThority

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The worlds most accepted card, now powered by digital assets

Crypterium, a KPMG-awarded Fintech startup, is excited to announce the launch of a new payment card the Crypterium Card VISA Edition. This card comes as an alternative to the Crypterium Card UnionPay, which is already used by over 30,000 cryptocurrency holders in over 150 countries.

The Crypterium Card VISA Edition is the latest innovation of Crypterium, a company focused on making cryptocurrencies as easy to spend as cash. As all other products of the Crypterium family, this VISA edition is seamlessly integrated into the award-winning Crypterium Wallet.

Following year-long negotiations, Crypterium is now an official partner of VISA, the worlds leading card issuer. This partnership allows Crypterium to provide its more than 500,000 customers with a globally accepted payment solution.

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Unlike all other cryptocurrency cards on the market, the Crypterium Card VISA Edition is absolutely free. The goal is simple: lowering the barriers for cryptocurrency holders.

Nowadays, most banks offer prepaid cards at no cost. At Crypterium, our goal is to make available similar (or even better) financial services for cryptocurrency holders. People using digital assets needed a truly affordable payment card. And thats what our VISA card is all about, explained Austin Kimm, Chief Operating Officer at Crypterium.

The only cost associated with the Crypterium Card VISA Edition is delivery. The express delivery option comes at a reasonable 14.99. Yet, holders of Crypteriums CRPT tokens will also benefit from free-of-charge delivery.

Another distinctive aspect of the Crypterium Card VISA Edition is its vibrant design. Yellow and black colors on a horizontal set up make this card stand out in any wallet.

The Crypterium Card VISA Edition is loaded by exchanging cryptocurrencies on the Crypterium Wallet to fiat money. Crypteriums in-wallet exchange service instantly converts the digital currencies into euros ready to be spent. The system is integrated with the worlds top exchanges to provide competitive rates on each transaction. The top-up fee is 2%.

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Paying with Crypterium Card VISA is a smooth experience. The card offers contactless technology, allowing clients to tap it on any POS terminal. The card is also expected to support Apple Pay, so cardholders can easily pay with their mobile devices.

The Crypterium Card VISA offers high spending and withdrawal limits. On a monthly basis, a cardholder can spend up to 10,000 and withdraw 2,500 in cash.

This card is managed by the user through the Crypterium Wallet (iOS & Android). Cardholders can block and unblock the card, modify their security PIN, and keep track of spendings in a smart and clean history.

In terms of security, all Crypterium accounts are 100% insured by the leading custodian service in the cryptocurrency industry BitGo. Crypterium Card VISA holders can rest assured that their funds are protected against any threat.

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2018-2023 Global and Regional Cryptocurrency Industry Production, Sales and Consumption Status and Prospects Professional Market Research Report is latest research study released by HTF MI evaluating the market, highlighting opportunities, risk side analysis, and leveraged with strategic and tactical decision-making support. The study provides information on market trends and development, drivers, capacities, technologies, and on the changinginvestment structure of the Global and Regional Cryptocurrency Market. Some of the key players profiled in the study are Nvidia, Xilinx, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Bitfury Group, Ripple Labs, Microsoft, Alphapoint Corporation, Amazon.Com, Bitgo, BTL Group (Blockchain Tech), Coinbase & 21 Inc..

Cryptocurrency Market Overview:

If you are involved in the Cryptocurrency industry or intend to be, then this study will provide you comprehensive outlook. Its vital you keep your market knowledge up to date segmented by Peer-To-Peer Payment, Remittance, E-Commerce and Retail, Media and Entertainment & Others, , Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Dashcoin & Litecoin (LTC) and major players. If you want to classify different company according to your targeted objective or geography we can provide customization according to your requirement.

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Cryptocurrency Market: Demand Analysis & Opportunity Outlook 2025

Cryptocurrency research study is to define market sizes of various segments & countries by past years and to forecast the values by next 5 years. The report is assembled to comprise each qualitative and quantitative elements of the industry facts including: market share, market size (value and volume 2014-19, and forecast to 2025) which admire each countries concerned in the competitive examination. Further, the study additionally caters the in-depth statistics about the crucial elements which includes drivers & restraining factors that defines future growth outlook of the market.

Important years considered in the study are:Historical year 2014-2019 ; Base year 2019; Forecast period** 2020 to 2025 [** unless otherwise stated]

The segments and sub-section of Cryptocurrency market are shown below:

The Study is segmented by following Product Type: , Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Dashcoin & Litecoin (LTC)

Major applications/end-users industry are as follows: Peer-To-Peer Payment, Remittance, E-Commerce and Retail, Media and Entertainment & Others

Some of the key players/Manufacturers involved in the Market are Nvidia, Xilinx, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Bitfury Group, Ripple Labs, Microsoft, Alphapoint Corporation, Amazon.Com, Bitgo, BTL Group (Blockchain Tech), Coinbase & 21 Inc.

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If opting for the Global version of Cryptocurrency Market analysis is provided for major regions as follows: North America (USA, Canada and Mexico) Europe (Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Russia , Italy and Rest of Europe) Asia-Pacific (China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, India and Southeast Asia) South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, rest of countries etc.) Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Egypt, Nigeria and South Africa)

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Key Answers Captured in Study areWhich geography would have better demand for product/services?What strategies of big players help them acquire share in regional market?Countries that may see the steep rise in CAGR & year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth?How feasible is market for long term investment?What opportunity the country would offer for existing and new players in the Cryptocurrency market?Risk side analysis involved with suppliers in specific geography?What influencing factors driving the demand of Cryptocurrency near future?What is the impact analysis of various factors in the Global and Regional Cryptocurrency market growth?What are the recent trends in the regional market and how successful they are?

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There are 15 Chapters to display the Global and Regional Cryptocurrency market.Chapter 1, About Executive Summary to describe Definition, Specifications and Classification of Global and Regional Cryptocurrency market, Applications [Peer-To-Peer Payment, Remittance, E-Commerce and Retail, Media and Entertainment & Others], Market Segment by Types , Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), Dashcoin & Litecoin (LTC);Chapter 2, objective of the study.Chapter 3, to display Research methodology and techniques.Chapter 4 and 5, to show the Cryptocurrency Market Analysis, segmentation analysis, characteristics;Chapter 6 and 7, to show Five forces (bargaining Power of buyers/suppliers), Threats to new entrants and market condition;Chapter 8 and 9, to show analysis by regional segmentation[North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific etc ], comparison, leading countries and opportunities; Regional Marketing Type Analysis, Supply Chain AnalysisChapter 10, to identify major decision framework accumulated through Industry experts and strategic decision makers;Chapter 11 and 12, Global and Regional Cryptocurrency Market Trend Analysis, Drivers, Challenges by consumer behavior, Marketing ChannelsChapter 13 and 14, about vendor landscape (classification and Market Ranking)Chapter 15, deals with Global and Regional Cryptocurrency Market sales channel, distributors, Research Findings and Conclusion, appendix and data source.

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Over the last decade, the global economy has been observed moving towards a complete digital eco-system. People are inclining more towards paperless processes, be it an investment or a money transfer. The digital payment sector has witnessed a new and promising invention cryptocurrency as well. Many experts reckon that this will play a crucial role in building the global economy in the coming years.

While many people still trade in stocks, experts say that cryptocurrency is a better alternative. If you are confused about investing in stocks or cryptocurrency, here are 5 reasons why the latter is a better option for you:

Being so new, the cryptocurrency market has witnessed a lot of short-term speculative interest. This is cryptocurrency has experienced significant volatility.

For instance, the bitcoin price rose to $19,378 after October 2017 and then fell down to $5851 by the end of October 2018. On the other hand, other cryptocurrencies were much more stable. However, it has to be taken into consideration that any new technology receives a lot of speculative interest.

However, the fact that this market is so volatile is exactly what makes it interesting. These huge ups and downs in price give traders many opportunities to earn an immense amount of profits. However, this also means that there is a greater risk involved with this type of investment. Hence, it is extremely important to do thorough research on the cryptocurrency market so that you understand how things work and develop a contingency plan in case things go south.

As it is a decentralized currency, no centralized governance over it. Also, all transactions are done directly between people on cryptocurrency exchanges across the world. However, there are time to time infrastructural updates and the market may stay down.

With the help of IG, it is possible to fiat currencies in exchange for cryptocurrencies. For instance, the US dollar between 4 a.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. on Friday (GMT).

Liquidity is the measure of the time taken and efforts made to convert cryptocurrency into cash while making no impact on the market price. For faster transaction times, and better pricing, Liquidity is considered very necessary.

Since transactions in cryptocurrencies are done in multiple exchanges, their market is believed to be illiquid. This means that the market prices may face a huge impact even because of comparatively small trades. This is why the cryptocurrency markets are considered to be so volatile.

While buying a cryptocurrency, the asset is bought upfront and is expected to increase in value. However, while trading on the cryptocurrency price, one can take advantage of the markets both when the price is falling and rising. This is referred to as going short.

For instance, if you believe that the market of coffee is going to fall and create a short CFD position on the coffee price, and the coffee market value falls against the currency, you will make a profit from that trade. On the other hand, when coffees value rises against the currency, you will incur a loss.

An average person always looks for investing in places where there are fewer complications and high returns. Traditional investments such as bonds, stocks, etc. are often considered very complicated, tiring, and time-consuming. In many cases like the real estate industry, the amount of money that a person needs to invest is very high and almost impossible for many people. They do not have such a significant sum of money to get started.

Cryptocurrencies have thankfully helped in eliminating such issues. Both joining and investing in it is simple. Unlike its other alternatives, one does not have to visit institutions, read and sign papers, and go through unnecessary trouble. For investing in cryptocurrency, all one has to do is open an account, manage a digital wallet, and keep a track of all the assets without putting much effort into it.

There are many trading platforms where one can trade cryptocurrency. However, it is always important to ensure that the trading software used is a reputed one like thebitcoincode.io so that one can expect high returns and zero risks at all times.

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