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

FIS Teams With NYDIG To Allow Bitcoin Purchases From Bank Accounts
FIS Teams With NYDIG To Allow Bitcoin Purchases From Bank Accounts
May 05, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The FinTech company FIS said it can provide banks with an “industry-first solution” to give customers the ability to buy, sell and hold bitcoin using...

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Why Dogecoin’s Meteoric Rise Should Sound More Alarms 
Why Dogecoin’s Meteoric Rise Should Sound More Alarms 
May 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

We’re in rarefied territory when the price of anything that is traded – on Wall Street, on exchanges, on eCommerce platforms, heck, even tulips of...

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Tala and Visa Partnership Seeks To Ignite Stablecoin Use In Emerging Markets
Tala and Visa Partnership Seeks To Ignite Stablecoin Use In Emerging Markets
May 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Call it an ignition play for cryptocurrency — specifically, making crypto spendable, not just a store of value — across borders with the unbanked populations...

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Bitcoin Daily: Sotheby’s Teams With Coinbase To Accept Crypto At Auction; Binance CEO: CBDCs Will Be More Restrictive Than Current Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Sotheby’s Teams With Coinbase To Accept Crypto At Auction; Binance CEO: CBDCs Will...
May 05, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In a partnership with Coinbase, art marketplace Sotheby’s now accepts bitcoin and ethereum payments for art, beginning with Banksy’s Love is in the Air picture....

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Unpacking The Token Economy – Beyond Bitcoin
Unpacking The Token Economy – Beyond Bitcoin
May 04, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In any field, when disruption comes, vocabulary gets scrambled a bit. New words enter the lexicon. Sometimes nouns are used interchangeably – shorthand that short-circuits,...

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Bitcoin Daily: eBay Is Considering Taking Crypto As Payment, Allowing Sale Of NFTs; Thailand To Require ID To Open Crypto Accounts
Bitcoin Daily: eBay Is Considering Taking Crypto As Payment, Allowing Sale Of NFTs; Thailand To...
May 03, 2021  |  Bitcoin

eBay CEO Jamie Iannone told CNBC that he is optimistic about the future for his company, including with the potential for the eCommerce site to introduce...

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Today In Payments: EPI Looks To Topple US FinTechs; Sweden’s Trustly Scraps $950 Million IPO Plans
Today In Payments: EPI Looks To Topple US FinTechs; Sweden’s Trustly Scraps $950 Million IPO Plans
May 03, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the European Payments Initiative aims to take on U.S. FinTechs with a new pan-European payments firm, and Trustly is scrapping its...

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PayPal Earnings To Ride Connected Economy (And Crypto) Tailwind 
PayPal Earnings To Ride Connected Economy (And Crypto) Tailwind 
May 03, 2021  |  Earnings

Consumers feel flush, and ready to open their wallets – and especially their digital wallets. Earnings season is showing, in numbers and dollar signs, a...

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Big Banks See Challenges, Opportunities In Central Bank Digital Currencies
Big Banks See Challenges, Opportunities In Central Bank Digital Currencies
May 03, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) may be a certainty – in other words, they’ll appear, here and there, depending on which nation you’re looking at,...

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