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PayPal customers will now be able to use their Venmo accounts to make purchases on Amazon.

PayPal reported its “strongest first-quarter results” in company history on Wednesday, posting $6.03 billion in revenue and a 46% increase in total payment volume.

Tesla is focusing on making more cars, securing battery cells and finishing gigafactories in Texas and Germany. The Semi is again in the background.

PayPal has enabled the ability for customers on Venmo to buy and sell cryptocurrencies within the app.

PayPal announced it will allow consumers to make online payments with cryptocurrencies through its Checkout with Crypto offering.

PayPal is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire Curv, a cryptocurrency and digital asset security provider.

As cryptocurrencies gain in popularity, more e-commerce brands and payment platforms are incorporating the coins into their payment systems.

Andrew Cox and Seth Holm debate the resurgence of bitcoin and the value of buying new trucks as a fleet.

A U.S. man living in Singapore illegally presented technical information at the Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference in April on how North Korea can use blockchain technology to evade sanctions.

Spanish capital Madrid is working on a blockchain-powered transport application that unifies all mobility systems across the city and provides high levels of data security to its users.

Ben Thrower writes about the potential of Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.

It appears that Chinese retail investors are moving capital out of the country in response to the devaluation of the yuan.

Minnesota’s Tom Emmer sees blockchain hype giving way to reality and more widespread use of the technology taking hold – as long as Congress helps clear a path.

We may have seen one of the most important legal decisions in the short life of cryptocurrencies. The precedent has been set that they can be regulated as securities.

Once blockchain technology reaches a tipping point—with or without tokens—there should be another infusion of funding in the digital ad startup space and, as a result, innovation.

ShipChain, a South Carolina-based blockchain logistics startup, successfully resolved a dispute with the Securities Division of the South Carolina Attorney General’s office. A cease and desist order entered in May was vacated yesterday.

In a speech attacking the very premises of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges, BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes laid out what traders really care about, and what makes futures exchanges successful.

Audits of Bitcoin transactions make it clear that a significant percentage of transactions are related to illicit activity, and the FBI is on the case. New technologies like cryptocurrency tumblers and coins like Monero are making it harder on law enforcement.

SEC’s Jay Clayton has dismissed the idea of amending securities law to suit ICOs and mentioned that if IPO comes with a token it should be considered a security.

The top managers in the space are acknowledging that cryptos are a thing, but just how much of your net wealth should you put into them?

How can it be possible that the government—the source of the lawmaking regulatory bodies—would actually praise a technology that is being censored from major internet platforms?

Uber AV kills pedestrian in Arizona; XPO Logistics takes its app to Europe; CSX has no apologies; China COSCO building methanol fuel plants in Louisiana; air cargo markets may see slower growth; Covenant stock hits a 52 week high.

While blockchain and Bitcoin were invented simultaneously, there are a lot of applications of blockchain technology in transportation and logistics that don’t depend on cryptocurrencies.

Crytpcorurrencies got three mentions in Bank of America’s 10-K. Is that a big deal?

Thousands of European cryptocurrency debit card users were left in the lurch when Visa suddenly discontinued their services to crypto debit card issuer WaveCrest earlier this month.

The value of Bitcoin may fluctuate, but the level of energy consumption needed to mine the currency is shooting straight up. This begs the question- will countries with cheap electricity reconsider this as they are forced to look at dirty forms of power? 

The value of Bitcoin may fluctuate, but the level of energy consumption needed to mine the currency is shooting straight up.

With its ICO in mid-January, Shipchain is poised to present the transportation industry with a new way of doing business.

Could the bitcoin bust be good for blockchain technology?

The failure of the venture capital sector to catch up to the innovations happening at break-neck speed might speed up its imminent demise with the involvement of blockchain-based start-up companies, claims a leading advocate of initial coin offerings.

Long Island Iced Tea Corp. today announced that the parent company is shifting its primary corporate focus towards the exploration of, and investment in, opportunities that leverage the benefits of blockchain technology.