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 Crushed as Bitcoin Gives up 2021 Growth

Crypto Crushed as Bitcoin Gives up 2021 Growth
Crypto Crushed as Bitcoin Gives up 2021 Growth
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin dropped below $26,500 Thursday morning (May 12), giving up all its 2021 gains in the wake of a market-wide collapse that saw nearly all...

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BIS Committee Chair Questions Crypto Benefits, Calls for Regulation
BIS Committee Chair Questions Crypto Benefits, Calls for Regulation
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

On Thursday (May 12), Pablo Hernández de Cos, chair of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and governor of the Bank of Spain, warned that...

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Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
Tether Breaks Buck as Stablecoin Panic Spreads
May 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoin panic spread Thursday (May 12), with No. 1 stablecoin tether (USDT) breaking the buck in the wake of TerraUSD’s spiraling plunge below $1 over...

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Crypto Banking Firm BVNK Raises $40M in Series A
Crypto Banking Firm BVNK Raises $40M in Series A
May 12, 2022  |  Investments

South African crypto-to-fiat startup BVNK has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round, the company said on its website Thursday (May 12). Get...

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Today in Crypto: TerraUSD Backers Seek Investors to Prop Up Token; Crypto Billionaires See Fortunes Plummet
Today in Crypto: TerraUSD Backers Seek Investors to Prop Up Token; Crypto Billionaires See Fortunes...
May 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Superscript has become the first broker from Lloyd’s of London to roll out a product to help Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), digital asset and blockchain...

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Can Coinbase Win the Wallet War Without Taking Stock of What Consumers Want?
Can Coinbase Win the Wallet War Without Taking Stock of What Consumers Want?
May 11, 2022  |  Crypto Wallet

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Crypto Regulation Weekly: Stablecoin Meltdown Focuses Regulators; SEC Gets Tough(er); EU’s MiCA Endgame in Sight; Britain and Argentina Crack Down
Crypto Regulation Weekly: Stablecoin Meltdown Focuses Regulators; SEC Gets Tough(er); EU’s MiCA Endgame in Sight;...
May 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Regulators and central bankers around the world have long had stablecoins in their sites as a potential threat to financial security, their control over economies...

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Push to Regulate Stablecoins Gains Momentum as TerraUSD Spirals
Push to Regulate Stablecoins Gains Momentum as TerraUSD Spirals
May 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Coinbase Registers With the SEC To Prevent Regulatory Setbacks 
Coinbase Registers With the SEC To Prevent Regulatory Setbacks 
May 11, 2022  |  Regulation

Coinbase reported first-quarter results on Tuesday, May 10, missing analysts’ revenue estimates and sending the shares down as much as 19% in extended trading. The...

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