Target just spent $550 million to acquire same-day delivery service Shipt in an effort to compete more effectively with Amazon online. With Walmart’s free two-day shipping, e-commerce is getting much more competitive, although Amazon still dominates the market. It’s Target’s biggest acquisition ever and it ...
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Today’s newsletter highlights the opening day of bitcoin futures trading on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). There was lots of interest. There were also outages and volatility. What more would you expect when crypto meets Wall Street? We also take a look at the growing ...
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As cryptocurrency values grow so does the cybersecurity problem of phishing. ...
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Bitcoin futures began trading for the first time on the Cboe with strong interest despite several exchange outages due to heavy demand. ...
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Our Friday fintech newsletter starts with a look at UK banking disruptor Revolut and its new cryptocurrency trading and payments offer in partnership with Bitstamp. The convergence of cryptocurrency and payments is going to be bumpy but Revolut just moved the bar for competitors. Jehan ...
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Revolut and Bitstamp partner to allow customers to buy, sell and hold bitcoin, litecoin and ethereum within Revolut's mobile banking services. ...
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan compares bitcoin to the "Continental" currency issued in 1775 and which became worthless by 1782. ...
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Jehan Chu, managing partner at Kenetic Capital in Hong Kong offers an Asian perspective on bitcoin and blockchain technology investment. ...
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