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

Turkish President Says Country Aims to Build Metaverse

Turkish President Says Country Aims to Build Metaverse
Turkish President Says Country Aims to Build Metaverse
October 21, 2022  |  Metaverse

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reportedly showed some openness to the use of blockchain and some aspects of cryptocurrency in a speech, following the country’s...

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Linking Digital Twins to Make an Industrial Metaverse
Linking Digital Twins to Make an Industrial Metaverse
October 21, 2022  |  Metaverse

In this second article in PYMNTS industrial metaverse series about the fledgling use of private enterprise virtual realities, we’ll look at how companies are building...

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Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
Bitcoin Popularity Fading Further in El Salvador
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two-thirds of Salvadoran citizens consider President Nayib Bukele’s bitcoin policy a failure and more than three-quarters have never used it, German public news outlet Deutsche...

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DeFi Regulation Needs More Than MiCA, EC Hears
DeFi Regulation Needs More Than MiCA, EC Hears
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The European Union’s (EU) Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation isn’t broad enough to cover decentralized finance, a finance professor said during a presentation to...

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Amendments Seek to Ensure UK Finance Bill Unambiguous on Crypto Assets
Amendments Seek to Ensure UK Finance Bill Unambiguous on Crypto Assets
October 21, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

The Financial Services and Markets Bill is the centerpiece of the U.K. government’s post-Brexit regulatory architecture for financial services. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
Ripple Claims Round Win in SEC Lawsuit Defining Cryptos as Securities
October 21, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cross-border payments firm Ripple has claimed it won a victory in its long-running legal battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that could help...

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Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
Paystand Allows Users of Network, Card to Get Revenue Next Business Day
October 21, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Blockchain-enabled B2B payments firm Paystand has announced that businesses using the Paystand Network and the DeFi Corporate Card can now access their revenue the next...

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Study: CBDCs, Private Stablecoins Can Work Together
Study: CBDCs, Private Stablecoins Can Work Together
October 21, 2022  |  CBDC

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Hong Kong Monetary Authority said they’ve conducted an experiment showing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) can work in...

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