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: NFT-Focused Startup Raises $10.3M; Crypto Watchdog Formed

Today in Crypto: NFT-Focused Startup Raises $10.3M; Crypto Watchdog Formed
Today in Crypto: NFT-Focused Startup Raises $10.3M; Crypto Watchdog Formed
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

ScienceMagic.Studios on Tuesday (June 14) announced it has raised $10.3 million from pre-seed investors. The group, according to the company, includes Liberty City Ventures, Digital...

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Ripple Lawyer Critical of SEC Push to Regulate Crypto
Ripple Lawyer Critical of SEC Push to Regulate Crypto
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The general counsel for Ripple, which provides cryptocurrency and other blockchain-related services for businesses, said in an article published Monday (June 13) that the Securities...

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Digital Asset Firms Put Deals on Ice as Crypto Market Freefalls
Digital Asset Firms Put Deals on Ice as Crypto Market Freefalls
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital asset firms are putting deals on ice as the cryptocurrency market continues freefalling amid a stock market retreat that pushed Wall Street into a...

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BitPay Hires Lawyer Allison Raley as Compliance Chief
BitPay Hires Lawyer Allison Raley as Compliance Chief
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency payment firm BitPay hired Allison Raley to the position of general counsel and compliance chief, replacing Eden Doniger, who left BitPay in April. Get the...

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SEC’s Gensler Says Most Crypto ‘Likely to Fail’
SEC’s Gensler Says Most Crypto ‘Likely to Fail’
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Federal Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler on Tuesday (June 14) repeated his warnings that the crypto world is full of high-risk investments and...

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Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

How the fast-growing number of new crypto buyers who aren’t seriously invested, emotionally and financially, will react to the market’s collapse and respond is still...

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OCC Seeks Data on Crypto Assets and Identity Theft 
OCC Seeks Data on Crypto Assets and Identity Theft 
June 14, 2022  |  Regulation

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published last week, on June 7 and 8, two notices seeking comments about the agency’s plans...

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Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
June 14, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

In today’s FinTech news, margin calls are on the rise as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall, meanwhile digital payments in Africa are expanding further across...

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For Coinbase, Crypto Winter Is Here
For Coinbase, Crypto Winter Is Here
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Top cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase’s stock is crumbling faster than bitcoin as crypto winter hits the one-time Wall Street darling. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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