Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.
Bitcoin on Track for Longest Hot Streak in Two Years
Bitcoin on Track for Longest Hot Streak in Two Years
April 30, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is on a path to increase for the fourth consecutive month, its longest streak in two years. That’s according to a Sunday (April 30)...

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Mastercard Unveils Standards to Verify Interactions Using Blockchain Networks
Mastercard Unveils Standards to Verify Interactions Using Blockchain Networks
April 28, 2023  |  Blockchain

Mastercard has unveiled standards and infrastructure that will help verify interactions using blockchain networks. The new Mastercard Crypto Credential is meant to ensure that financial...

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US Judge Fines Mirror Trading Founder $3.4 Billion in Crypto Fraud Scheme
US Judge Fines Mirror Trading Founder $3.4 Billion in Crypto Fraud Scheme
April 28, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has resolved its largest fraud case involving bitcoin with a fine for the CEO of a defunct South African...

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Proposed Stablecoin Bill Would Give States Right to Regulate Crypto
Proposed Stablecoin Bill Would Give States Right to Regulate Crypto
April 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency’s go-ahead landscape is reaching a critical regulatory inflection point. And it may be stablecoins, the backbone of the cryptocurrency economy, that help chart a...

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Circle CEO Blames US Financial Risk for Stablecoin Decline
Circle CEO Blames US Financial Risk for Stablecoin Decline
April 26, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A shaky American financial market helped lower the value of USD Coin, according to Circle’s CEO. “We are seeing a huge amount of concern globally...

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EU Is Embracing Crypto, Will Its Banking Sector?
EU Is Embracing Crypto, Will Its Banking Sector?
April 24, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The regulation approach of the European Union and the United States when it comes to the cryptocurrency sector is now oceans apart. That distance may...

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NYDFS Says ‘Dual Banking System’ Should Oversee Stablecoins
NYDFS Says ‘Dual Banking System’ Should Oversee Stablecoins
April 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

According to New York’s financial regulator, the best system for regulating stablecoins already exists. Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday (April 19), New...

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SEC Chair Gensler Defends Crypto Crackdown in Contentious House Hearing
SEC Chair Gensler Defends Crypto Crackdown in Contentious House Hearing
April 19, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler was in the hot seat Tuesday (April 18), and so was the cryptocurrency industry’s legally viable, go-forward...

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Crypto May Be Down, but Some Consumers Aren’t Counting It Out
Crypto May Be Down, but Some Consumers Aren’t Counting It Out
April 17, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Credit unions may consider pausing but perhaps not completely foregoing cryptocurrency offerings as the sector emerges from recent scandals. FTX. Gemini. Binance. With now-household names...

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