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Recent changes to Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) in iOS may have killed burner wallets for iPhone users.Burner wallets are non-custodial wallets that store a user's private key in the browser’s local storage. A change made by Apple to Safari’s Webkit engine meant to enhance user privacy may jeopardize this
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The world’s largest technology companies have made concerted efforts to investigate and integrate blockchain technologies over the past few years. Partly driven by a massive boom in interest caused by Bitcoin’s stellar bull run in 2017, blockchain technology quickly became the new catchword in tech. A swathe of startups
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Opera browser is now allowing U.S. customers to buy Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) via Apple Pay or debit cards. Opera Browser Debuts Bitcoin Purchase Option According to ChainNews, Opera Browser has debuted Bitcoin and Ether purchase options for its U.S. customers. The move comes following a successful partnership with Wyre —
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NTSB thinks Apple should shoulder some of the blame in a fatal Tesla Model X accident. The victim in the Silicon Valley freeway accident was playing a video game on a mobile device. It’s ludicrous to blame Apple for a distracted driver’s stupidity. Regulators make unintelligible decisions and incoherent
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The bitcoin payments startup OpenNode just gained access to Apple Pay, according to the startup’s head of marketing, Ryan Flowers.This could be a boon for the small subset of merchants who want to hold bitcoin, because it allows people to spend dollars through their regular fintech accounts yet still have
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Apple surprised stock market investors on Monday as it lowered its revenue guidance amid the coronavirus crisis. Dow futures fell after the note was released, as investors brace for more downgrades from other U.S. companies with exposure to China. A new report from the Chinese CDC claims several worrying facts about the
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An executive formerly working on Apple's payments products has joined Banco Santander.Trish Burgess joins the Spain-based multinational as the new global head of Peer-to-Peer Payments and will direct its expansion of digital payments services globally, according to an announcement Thursday.Burgess worked at Apple for 4.5 years, her LinkedIn profile indicates,
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The cryptocurrency sector has many criticisms. One is that it can appear impenetrable to newcomers. Another is that it is probably easier to lose money investing in crypto than in most other areas of finance. What’s more, these issues can combine to create a lucrative environment for hackers with
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After Google removed Ethereum-based decentralized application (DApp) browser MetaMask from its Android application store, Apple may now force Coinbase to remove the DApp browser feature from its crypto wallet application.According to a Reddit post published on Dec. 28, United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase warned its users that in order
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Apple has no intention to follow Facebook in creating its own digital currency, the company’s CEO Tim Cook has said.Cook “not comfortable” about firms creating moneySpeaking in an interview with French media magazine Les Echos on Oct. 4, Tim Cook poured cold water on the idea that Apple could
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