Bitcoin reaches 18-month high as Facebook’s Libra spurs interest
Bitcoin jumped to an 18-month high on Wednesday, a surge analysts said was caused by nervous traders looking for safety in alternative investments and expectations...
Facebook crypto plans turn up heat on EU banks over real-time payments
The euro zone could have an instant payments system shared by all banks in the bloc by the end of 2020, finance industry officials said,...
India’s RBI says foreign firms can process abroad, but must store data in India
Foreign payment firms such as Mastercard and Visa can process transactions made in India outside of the country but the related data should be brought...
Global chipmakers rally on Micron’s upbeat results, Huawei shipments
Shares of chipmakers rose on Wednesday after Micron Technology Inc forecast a recovery in chip demand in the second half of the year, easing concerns...
U.S. bitcoin ATM operator to add Dai stablecoin, launch remittance service
Coinsource, a Texas-based bitcoin ATM operator, will make the Dai stablecoin available on its machines this summer, in preparation for the launch of a full...
Israeli startup NeuroBlade raises $23 million to develop AI chip
Israeli startup NeuroBlade said on Wednesday it has completed a $23 million early funding round, led by Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies,...
Trump suggests EU is out of line with lawsuits against U.S. tech firms
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested the European Union was out of line bringing lawsuits against U.S. technology companies like Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s...
G20 will discuss minimum tax for IT companies: Germany
A compromise position on minimum levels of corporate taxation for IT companies will be discussed at this weekend’s G20 meeting of leading economies in Japan,...
EU hits Broadcom with interim demands in antitrust probe
EU antitrust regulators want U.S. chipmaker Broadcom to scrap its exclusivity clauses with TV and modem makers to avoid irreparable harm to the market while...
Qualcomm’s security-boosted smartphone chip wins German certification
U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm has won certification from Germany’s cyber watchdog for a next generation chip that boosts the security of smartphones, as applications such as...