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The price of bitcoin has hit a new high for 2015, with the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI) peaking at $333.75 this morning.
Nearly 20% of attendees at this year’s Money20/20 conference in Las Vegas believe that blockchain technology will have the greatest impact on the financial services space over the next three to five years, according to a survey by US banking giant Capital One.
Months after a partnership with BitPay, leading merchant payment services firm Heartland is still treading the waters when it comes to distributed financial technologies. However, in a new interview CEO Bob Carr reveals his vision for how he sees the industry developing, starting with high-end transactions.
Coloured coins startup Colu has revealed it is embarking on a partnership with multinational consulting firm Deloitte. A Monday blog post from the Tel Aviv firm, which launched its open beta in August, said the collaboration will bring blockchain technology to "big new markets".
San Francisco-based blockchain startup Blockstack.io has entered into an acquisition agreement with Digital Asset Holdings. The deal, announced this morning, marks the latest acquisition by Digital Asset, which announced that it had purchased blockchain startups Bits of Proof and Hyperledger earlier this year.
Be it through direct investment, partnerships with companies in the space or publicly commenting on bitcoin and its underlying technology, here's a round-up of some of the most notable interactions between payment giants and the world of crypto.
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