Coinbase Commerce just passed $200 million in total transactions processed over its two-year history, with bitcoin as the preferred payment method… evidence that more e-retailers are warming up to the idea of cryptos as payment.

Bitcoin has already seen price gains following the Fed’s suggestion it could print an infinite amount of cash. According to Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, bitcoin will ride this wave all the way to $100,000...

BitGo is the first crypto asset custodian to allow its customers to purchase an excess limit above its standard $100 million policy. As demand for crypto insurance increases, protecting crypto holdings is becoming a mainstream choice.

The price of bitcoin dropped to $3,600 overnight, marking its biggest daily drop in the last seven years... Here’s what traders are saying about the recent plunge, and what it means for investors in the weeks ahead.

Square says the proposals must improve user experience, scaling, privacy, security or “something else we haven’t thought of." Applicants must also be in good standing within the bitcoin community to be considered.

Zhao said that a lower bitcoin block reward means less inflation, leading to a rise in bitcoin prices... and that the effects of lower coin production will be augmented by more investors in the space.

By obtaining the reports, the Coinbase custody arm is able to prove its compliance with a variety of security and reporting standards... The announcement follows reports of the company’s imminent expansion to Europe.

Given the dollar’s important role in global markets, Fed chair Lael Brainhard argued that it is essential for the Fed to remain “on the frontier of research and policy development regarding a central bank digital currency”...

In a letter to investors, Overstock CEO Saum Noursalehi provided a recap of the company’s 2019 progress and highlighted tZERO’s goals for 2020... including the rollout of a digital assets broker-dealer for retail crypto and token investors.

In a January 2 post, the CEO notes bitcoin’s 10-year history of success... That despite any doubts about the crypto’s survival, the digital currency has actually thrived. He also discusseds key moments for bitcoin in the last decade, including failed ICOs and the evolution of blockchain.

More than 80 Japanese banks intend to join JPMorgan’s blockchain-based payment network in 2020… the largest number of participants from a single country. The firms see the platform as a way to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering measures due to its “fast and efficient” tracking of cash recipients and transactions.

Former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chair Chris Giancarlo, aka “Crypto Dad,” will divide his focus between assisting clients in worldwide commercial ventures and advocating for digital innovation in cryptos and blockchain…