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15 Feb 2021 2 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk
How long will Uncle Sam allow US Corps to ditch $ for BTC? Its one thing for foreign Governments to pivot away from the US$ to other non-$ based trades, but the gall of US enterprises shifting to BTC away from the $. Makes one question how long will...
12 Feb 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk
Love Apple Pay? Now BitPay will support it As we transition further away from our pocket based wallets to phone based wallets (apps) aka Digital Transformation. Most phone users are familiar with Apple Pay or Google Pay (sync Credit Card) and go a...
11 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk
Mastercard not being left behind Visa Recall just two short weeks ago Visa jumped into the Crypto Fray with both feet. Not to be left behind Mastercard is preparing for the future by adopting Crypto and payments now. Mastercard is developing the n...
10 Feb 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk
IBM executes first Bank Blockchain Guarantee Updated late on 02/10/21 per Astute Reader Crypto Eric - I want to ensure is not mislead by the Title of the post that IBM is in any manner making a Guarantee. That would be incorrect. The actual guaran...
5 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk
Transition from Banks and Wallets to Electronic Age Have you stopped and really thought about how much you have NOT missed going to the bank in the past year? For me that was right up there with going to the DMV. Have you processed we have moved t...
4 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk
LL Cool J going back to Crypto My inspiration for that wording was way back in 2018 LL's character on the TV Show NCIS Los Angles was investigating missing Cryptocurrencies. Yes, I am sorry had to go there - yeah I ripped off his going back to Cali v...
4 Feb 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk
SWIFT flips the script and set up a joint venture with the Chinese central bank’s digital currency research institute and clearing center. So the Global Financial Giant SWIFT signed a joint venture with the Chinese central bank’s digital currency r...
3 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk
USDC is now live on Stellar Blockchain With this Go live event USDC (aka USD Coin) now is live on four (4) Blockchains! You may recall that USDC is the second largest stablecoin behind Tether. USDC was launched in '18 and it currently has $6 tokens...
1 Feb 2021 1 minute read 1 comment Keith Thuerk
Kraken is running own Chainlink Node! Kraken my favorite Crypto exchange is currently ranked 4th based upon trading volume. Today they announced they are running their own Chainlink Node! Why would Kraken want to run own Chainlink Node? Recall Chainl...
31 Jan 2021 1 minute read 2 comments Keith Thuerk
Visa and Crypto a long standing partnership Update 2/3/21 - VISA is piloting their API Suite known as Visa Crypto Services which will allow banks to offering Bitcoin services. First up bank is... the Digital Bank First Boulevard. Let's jump in t...
