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Eco, Zero Hash Team to Offer USDC Financial Services
October 03, 2022

Consumer finance app Eco has joined forces with Zero Hash — a crypto-as-a-service infrastructure provider — to offer stablecoin-powered financial services to customers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Coinbase Payments Outage Compounds Crypto Market’s Confidence Challenge
October 03, 2022

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SEC Sounds Alarm on Crypto Endorsements With $1.3M Kim Kardashian Fine
October 03, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s celebrity crypto touting campaign reached the A-list on Monday (Oct. 3), as Kim Kardashian agreed to a $1.26 million fine. She also “disgorged” $260,000, including her $250,000 fee, plus interest. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Today in Crypto: Eco to Convert Balances From Dollars to USDC; Crypto Neobank Juno Raises...
October 02, 2022

Eco, a FinTech savings and spending app, plans to convert its users account balances to a U.S. digital currency that then will be Zero Hash, CoinDesk reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Celsius Founder Reportedly Withdrew $10M in Weeks Before Bankruptcy
October 02, 2022

Celsius Network founder Alex Mashinsky withdrew $10 million from the cryptocurrency lender in the weeks before the company froze customer accounts and unraveled on its way toward seeking bankruptcy protection. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Programmable Money’s Private Problem
September 30, 2022

Programmable money has become one of the latest buzzwords as people talk about the rise of cryptocurrencies that are actually used for payments — like privately issued stablecoins — or central bank digital currencies like a digital dollar or euro. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Report: CFTC Files Complaint Against Digitex Head Adam Todd
September 30, 2022

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has reportedly charged Adam Todd, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange Digitex, with running an illegal crypto derivatives trading platform, failing to implement required know-your-customer (KYC) practices and attempting to manipulate the price of Digitex’s native token called DGTX....

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Strike CEO: El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment Isn’t Over
September 30, 2022

In an interview this week, bitcoin payments firm Strike’s CEO said that El Salvador’s bitcoin-as-legal-tender experiment hasn’t hurt his company in any way, noting that its only involvement with the project was him giving President Nayib Bukele advice. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Complaints to CFPB About Crypto Rose During Market Shakeup
September 30, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has seen a surge in consumer complaints about cryptocurrency as the crypto market has turned more volatile. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...