Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum Merge

Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum Merge
Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum...
August 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

India’s Enforcement Directorate, which works on probing financial crimes, announced Friday (Aug. 12) that it has frozen assets worth around 3.7 billion rupees ($46.4 million)...

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Brazilian Crypto Platform BlueBenx Suspends Withdrawals, Reports $31M Hack
Brazilian Crypto Platform BlueBenx Suspends Withdrawals, Reports $31M Hack
August 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Brazilian cryptocurrency investment platform BlueBenx has become the latest crypto company to suspend withdrawals, citing an alleged hack that cost the company over $31 million....

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Tornado Cash Arrest Signals Gathering AML Storm for DeFi Developers
Tornado Cash Arrest Signals Gathering AML Storm for DeFi Developers
August 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The arrest of a Tornado Cash developer in the Netherlands just days after U.S. authorities blacklisted the crypto mixing service for its alleged use by...

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46% of Merchants Say They Accept Crypto, but Nonnative Wallets Rule
46% of Merchants Say They Accept Crypto, but Nonnative Wallets Rule
August 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The number of merchants who accept cryptocurrency payments in some form is high, but far and away the most common source of those payments are...

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Anchorage Digital, AngelList Partner to Facilitate Investments with USDC
Anchorage Digital, AngelList Partner to Facilitate Investments with USDC
August 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital asset platform Anchorage Digital and digital asset venture capital firm AngelList have partnered to enable investors to invest with USDC stablecoin.  Get the Full...

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The Growing Ambitions of Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto’s Would-Be King
The Growing Ambitions of Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto’s Would-Be King
August 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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EMEA Daily: Barclaycard Payments Joins BT to Offer Benefits to UK Microbusinesses; Virtual Surgery Firm Raises $20M
EMEA Daily: Barclaycard Payments Joins BT to Offer Benefits to UK Microbusinesses; Virtual Surgery Firm...
August 11, 2022  |  emea

In today’s news from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Barclaycard Payments has joined the BT partnership network to help grow U.K. small businesses,...

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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Stablecoins
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: Stablecoins
August 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and in...

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Today in Crypto: S. Korea Financial Watchdog Eye Fast-Tracking Crypto Laws; DOJ Seeks More Oversight of Celsius’ Bankruptcy Plans
Today in Crypto: S. Korea Financial Watchdog Eye Fast-Tracking Crypto Laws; DOJ Seeks More Oversight...
August 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The South Korean finance watchdog is looking at fast-tracking a review of proposals for new crypto laws, a Coindesk report said. Get the Full Story...

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