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

Payward Looks to Build Financial Infrastructure Beyond Kraken Exchange

Payward Looks to Build Financial Infrastructure Beyond Kraken Exchange
Payward Looks to Build Financial Infrastructure Beyond Kraken Exchange
September 27, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Kraken’s parent company is making a multibillion-dollar bet on its future as a financial infrastructure provider. That’s according to a report Sunday (Sept. 27) by...

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Bitget Suffers Year’s Largest Crypto Hack as Losses Top $387 Million
Bitget Suffers Year’s Largest Crypto Hack as Losses Top $387 Million
September 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitget said in a Friday (Sept. 25) post on X that assets equivalent to about $387.5 million were stolen in an attack the...

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Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
Three Regulators Give Banks Three Paths to Issue Stablecoins
September 25, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The Federal Reserve’s stablecoin proposals on Thursday (Sept. 24) put a third federal bank regulator’s plans on the table. Banks can now see how the Fed,...

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DOJ Seizes $84 Million From Payments Firm Capstone
DOJ Seizes $84 Million From Payments Firm Capstone
September 25, 2026  |  Legal & Regulation

The Justice Department seized bank accounts of Montana-based payments business Capstone, alleging that the company was unlicensed, misrepresented its business to U.S. banks and may...

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5 Things to Know as Banks Connect Tokenized Deposits
5 Things to Know as Banks Connect Tokenized Deposits
September 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Tokenized deposits have reached the point where banks can begin finding out what works and what needs work. Seven banks in the United Kingdom participated...

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Stablecoins Changed the Rails but Haven’t Captured the Economics
Stablecoins Changed the Rails but Haven’t Captured the Economics
September 24, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins spent years trying to prove they could move money better than banks, and they have succeeded. Announcements this week from banks, card networks, cryptocurrency...

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SoFi Bets $25 Billion on Putting Stablecoins Behind the Card Swipe
SoFi Bets $25 Billion on Putting Stablecoins Behind the Card Swipe
September 23, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Consumers and merchants were supposed to be the silver bullet driving scalable digital asset adoption. The cryptocurrency industry is mature enough for that to have...

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Credit Unions’ Crypto Plans Outpace Their Progress
Credit Unions’ Crypto Plans Outpace Their Progress
September 23, 2026  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions may be debating how much member demand exists for cryptocurrency, but some institutions have already moved well beyond that debate. PYMNTS Intelligence’s August...

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