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CME Group to Face off With FTX After Filing for Futures Commission Merchant Status – Finance Bitcoin News

According to a recent report, the world’s largest derivatives exchange CME Group is looking to register as a direct futures commission merchant (FCM). CME Group’s decision follows the digital currency exchange FTX, as the crypto company applied to become a derivative clearing organization and awaits approval from the U.S. Commodity

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Strike Brings The Lightning Network To Every US Merchant. The Market Yawns

The Strike announcement was an atomic bomb, but the market is not impressed. Since Jack Mallers wasn’t there to reveal an Apple deal as rumored, the general public was somewhat disappointed. However, the Strike CEO announced something much bigger. The company partnered with Blackhawk and NCR to bring Lightning Network

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Afterpay tells Senate inquiry crypto could slash merchant payment costs

Australian buy now pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay believes that local merchants can slash payment costs by utilizing cryptocurrencies. In a submission to the Senate inquiry into “Australia as a Technology and Financial Center”, Afterpay stated that the use of blockchain-based transactions would cut the fees associated with traditional payment

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Bitfinex Pay to integrate U2F authentication for online merchant payments

In an effort to increase customers' security and privacy on their platform, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced the adoption of an open authentication standard U2F within its merchant payments service Bitfinex Pay.The move enables the capacity for online stores and merchants adopting the Bitfinex Pay widget to receive payments for

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Bitcoin-Friendly Square Obtains Conditional FDIC Merchant Lending License

The U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has granted conditional approval for Square to function as an Industrial Loan Company (ILC). FDIC Grants Square’s Deposit Insurance Application According to a press release issued on Wednesday (March 18, 2020), the FDIC Board approved Square’s deposit insurance application to create a “de novo industrial

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