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

Circle Needs More Regulatory Guidance Before Releasing DeFi API Product
Circle Needs More Regulatory Guidance Before Releasing DeFi API Product
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency payments infrastructure provider and stablecoin issuer Circle on Friday (March 4) pushed off the launch of its decentralized finance (DeFi) application programming interface (API)...

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Volatility, Political Turmoil Put El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Plans in Further Jeopardy
Volatility, Political Turmoil Put El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond Plans in Further Jeopardy
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Proof-of-Work Ban Removed from Europe’s Proposed Crypto Reg
Proof-of-Work Ban Removed from Europe’s Proposed Crypto Reg
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

A phrase that threatened to ban crypto companies from relying on energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) mining has been removed from the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA)...

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Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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Ukraine Receives $20M From Bitcoin, Ethereum Donors
Ukraine Receives $20M From Bitcoin, Ethereum Donors
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Ukraine’s government has received $20 million in donations in bitcoin and ethereum in the wake of Russia’s invasion of the country. Get the Full Story...

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Shake Shack Tests Crypto Rewards to Gauge Customer Interest
Shake Shack Tests Crypto Rewards to Gauge Customer Interest
March 04, 2022  |  Restaurant innovation

As restaurants continue to look for rewards that they can offer that will make customers truly want to keep coming back, some are turning to...

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Russian Flight to Cryptocurrency Hasn’t Happened, Analysis Shows
Russian Flight to Cryptocurrency Hasn’t Happened, Analysis Shows
March 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The narrative that Russians have been evading sanctions through cryptocurrency in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine may not be true, Bloomberg reported Thursday...

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Ukraine to Sell NFTs to Fund Its Military
Ukraine to Sell NFTs to Fund Its Military
March 03, 2022  |  NFTs

Ukraine plans to be the first developed country to issue its own collection of nonfungible tokens (NFTs), capitalizing on cryptocurrency donations coming in to support...

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NFT Insurance Is Coming, but Is There an Industry to Support It?
NFT Insurance Is Coming, but Is There an Industry to Support It?
March 03, 2022  |  NFTs

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are a $41 billion business, and where there’s several zeros behind any product, there are usually insurers. However, that’s not the case...

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