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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Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers to Combat Fraud

Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers to Combat Fraud
Today in TechREG: CFTC Chair Signals Added Crypto Enforcement; UK Financial Regulator Gets More Powers...
May 19, 2022  |  Regulation

Today in technology regulation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) eyes cryptocurrency enforcement, while the United Kingdom’s financial regulator plans to use new powers to...

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CFTC’s Chair Signals More Crypto Enforcement and Oversight 
CFTC’s Chair Signals More Crypto Enforcement and Oversight 
May 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has participated in several events this week, reclaiming the position of his agency in the...

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US Senators to Release Long-Awaited Crypto Legislation Next Week 
US Senators to Release Long-Awaited Crypto Legislation Next Week 
May 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Senator Cynthia Lummis told an audience at an American Enterprise Institution forum on Tuesday that she is planning to release a long-sought crypto bill for...

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Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Falls With Powell Remarks; Coinbase Institute to Fund Research
Today in Crypto: Bitcoin Falls With Powell Remarks; Coinbase Institute to Fund Research
May 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin dropped under $30,000 in trading on Wednesday (May 18) following traditional markets in retreat, Coindesk wrote. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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Crypto Exchanges May Be Required to Keep Client Funds Separate, Report Says
Crypto Exchanges May Be Required to Keep Client Funds Separate, Report Says
May 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Biden administration will ask Congress to make it so crypto exchanges have to keep their customers’ money separate from their own corporate funds, CoinDesk...

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Today in FinTech: Bamba Snags $3.2M; Block Shifts Focus to Blockchain
Today in FinTech: Bamba Snags $3.2M; Block Shifts Focus to Blockchain
May 18, 2022  |  Investments

In today’s FinTech news, Block, formerly known as Square, wants people to stop thinking of them as a payments-only company and will now be emphasizing...

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Dorsey Says Block Is Not Just a Payments Company, It’s a Blockchain Company
Dorsey Says Block Is Not Just a Payments Company, It’s a Blockchain Company
May 18, 2022  |  Ecosystems

Block is stepping away from its identity as a payment-only platform and will increase its focus on cryptocurrency and music streaming as part of a...

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EU Regulator Launches PSD3, Open Finance Consultations
EU Regulator Launches PSD3, Open Finance Consultations
May 18, 2022  |  Regulation

The European Commission has launched a public consultation to gather information for its review of the second EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The same day,...

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SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress to Fund Crypto and AI Enforcement
SEC’s Gensler Asks Congress to Fund Crypto and AI Enforcement
May 18, 2022  |  Regulation

For the last few months, Gary Gensler, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has been calling for more regulation and promised to step...

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