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Remitting money is colloquially defined as the act of sending money to someone, typically to the home nation of the remitter who works in another nation. Sending money across borders, across oceans, and entire continents is an enormous industry, totaling almost $600 billion in...

Imagine never seeing an online advertisement again, unless you want to. It’s a fair assumption that most online users don’t want to, and that’s the mindset that micropayment firms are adopting as the impetus for their business model. Instead of seeing an ad, they posit, why not...

Brian Forde, director of the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, announced this week that Michael Casey will join the Media Lab as Senior Advisor to the Digital Currency Initiative on September 1st. Casey has spent nearly 25 years...

Blockchain venture firm Block26 announced Friday it has invested $450,000 in digital wallet platform Airbitz. Block26 joins Airbitz’s Board of Directors while leading a $1.25-million seed round slated to close later this summer. The $450,000 contribution marks the first...