December 22, 2021
As Crypto Crime Grows, Exchanges Like Coinbase are Key to...
A British al-Qaida supporter was just sentenced to 16 months in jail for cryptocurrency trading and using bitcoin to buy stolen credit card information. Coinbase helped put him there. The...
December 21, 2021
PYMNTS DeFi Series: DeFi’s Very Real Risks
Welcome to the seventh installment of PYMNTS’ eight-part series on decentralized finance (DeFi). Over the coming days, we’ll be looking at every part of DeFi — the biggest, hottest, most...
December 07, 2021
Metal Payment Cards May Be Key to Unlocking Cryptos’ Commercial...
If you’ve got a metal payment card in hand, you’re likely familiar with the “plunk” factor. There’s a certain satisfaction inherent in removing the tangible card from your wallet, presenting...
December 06, 2021
$196M BitMart Hack Puts Crypto’s Weakness on Display
Well, crypto got hacked again. This time it was the exchange BitMart, which announced a hack of at least $150 million on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 4. Blockchain security...
December 06, 2021
Crypto Company to Hackers: Give Back Our $119M
The blockchain company BadgerDAO has a message for whoever stole $119 million in cryptocurrency from its platform: Please give it back. As Vice reported on Monday (Dec. 6), a hacker...
November 23, 2021
Bitcoin Daily: MercadoPago to Allow Bitcoin Buying, Selling in Brazil;...
MercadoPago will soon let Brazilian customers buy, sell and hold bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine reported. MercadoPago is the digital payments app of MercadoLibre. MercadoPago Vice President and Country Manager Tulio Oliveira...
November 19, 2021
IRS Seizes $3.5B in Crypto in FY 2021
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seized $3.5 billion in cryptocurrencies during the fiscal year 2021, accounting for 93% of the assets seized during the year. That’s according to the agency’s...
November 17, 2021
Cash No Longer King in Latin America
Colombia’s digital banking space expanded by 59% between 2019 and 2020. Other nations in Latin America are following that lead, Kushki Chief Revenue Officer Madeleine Clavijo said in an interview...
November 08, 2021
Legitimate Online Gambling Sites Bet on Digital ID and Data...
Online gambling has had big payoffs for legitimate operators thanks to pandemic boredom, growing from a $64 billion market in 2020 to roughly $72 billion in 2021. Hidden within those...