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.

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Crypto Compliance Officers Face Added Pressure

Crypto Compliance Officers Face Added Pressure
Crypto Compliance Officers Face Added Pressure
August 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Increasing focus on the cryptocurrency industry has placed new pressure on crypto compliance officers and legal professionals, who worry regulators will hold them personally responsible...

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Ethereum 2.0 May Be Greener, but Is It Scalable Enough for Payments?
Ethereum 2.0 May Be Greener, but Is It Scalable Enough for Payments?
August 08, 2022  |  Blockchain

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Economist: Tougher Regulation Needed While Stablecoins Make Their Case for Innovation
Economist: Tougher Regulation Needed While Stablecoins Make Their Case for Innovation
August 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins may be able to help crypto’s hot potato problem, but they aren’t going to stop investors from getting burned. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Regulators Fail to Rein In Risk of Shadow Banking, Former BoE Official Says
Regulators Fail to Rein In Risk of Shadow Banking, Former BoE Official Says
August 07, 2022  |  Bank Regulation

U.K. financial regulators haven’t tackled risks adequately, ex-Bank of England governor Paul Tucker says, and now they should construct a “comprehensive” new policy. Get the...

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Today in Crypto: deBridge Attack Attributed to N. Korean Hackers; Crypto Traders Look to Stocks for Market Stability
Today in Crypto: deBridge Attack Attributed to N. Korean Hackers; Crypto Traders Look to Stocks...
August 07, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

DeBridge Finance, a cross-chain protocol which became a victim of an email-based cyberattack, said the attack likely came from North Korea’s Lazarus Group, Coindesk wrote...

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Taken a Beating on Bitcoin? How ’Bout a Weekend in Vegas?
Taken a Beating on Bitcoin? How ’Bout a Weekend in Vegas?
August 06, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

What’s highly resistant to 40-year high inflation and malingering COVID-19 (and now monkey pox) fears? The idea of winning money, of course, explaining the 2022...

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El Salvador Weekly: Tourism Minister Says Bitcoins Led to Spike in Visitors
El Salvador Weekly: Tourism Minister Says Bitcoins Led to Spike in Visitors
August 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

It’s hard to know whether they were spending bitcoins or dollars, but the amount tourists spent in El Salvador spiked to pre-pandemic numbers, according to...

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UK Committee to Probe Country’s Approach to Crypto
UK Committee to Probe Country’s Approach to Crypto
August 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The United Kingdom’s Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has unveiled the details of an inquiry into the British cryptocurrency and digital...

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Crypto-Spend Debit Card Rewards Go Back to Earth
Crypto-Spend Debit Card Rewards Go Back to Earth
August 05, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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