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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Andreessen Horowitz Considers $1 Billion Crypto Investment Fund

Andreessen Horowitz Considers $1 Billion Crypto Investment Fund
Andreessen Horowitz Considers $1 Billion Crypto Investment Fund
May 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Andreessen Horowitz, one of the highest-profile Silicon Valley venture capital firms, will be looking at a new investment fund for investing in cryptocurrency, which could...

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Ripple Could Have IPO In Sight, Post-SEC Spat
Ripple Could Have IPO In Sight, Post-SEC Spat
April 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Wait for the smoke to clear – and then go public. To that end, as reported this week, crypto firm Ripple might be headed to...

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IRS Seeks Ways To Access Digital Currency Wallets Under Criminal Investigation
IRS Seeks Ways To Access Digital Currency Wallets Under Criminal Investigation
April 30, 2021  |  Taxes

U.S. tax authorities want assistance with accessing digital currency hardware wallets, Vice reported Thursday (April 29), citing a document published on the agency website in...

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Coinbase Closes Busy Month With Acquisition Of Data Analytics Platform
Coinbase Closes Busy Month With Acquisition Of Data Analytics Platform
April 30, 2021  |  Acquiring

Coinbase capped a busy April on Friday with its announcement that the cryptocurrency exchange will acquire skew, a data visualization and analytics platform for crypto...

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Ripple CEO Calls US Crypto Rules ‘Frustrating’
Ripple CEO Calls US Crypto Rules ‘Frustrating’
April 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Facing charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the CEO of Ripple fired back on Friday (April 30), saying that cryptocurrency regulations offer...

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Today In Payments: Amazon Q1 Profits Triple; Mastercard Says Domestic Spend At Pre-Pandemic Levels
Today In Payments: Amazon Q1 Profits Triple; Mastercard Says Domestic Spend At Pre-Pandemic Levels
April 30, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon reported record profit in its first-quarter earnings, and Mastercard’s quarterly earnings showed a continued surge in debit spending. Plus, PayPal...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ether Hits Record High; Paxos Closes $300 Million Series D
Bitcoin Daily: Ether Hits Record High; Paxos Closes $300 Million Series D
April 29, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Ether has hit a new record high, stealing the limelight from popular cryptocurrency bitcoin, CNBC reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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Today in Payments: FIS Launches RealNet To Boost Real Time A2A Payments; Apple’s Subscriptions Surge By 40M
Today in Payments: FIS Launches RealNet To Boost Real Time A2A Payments; Apple’s Subscriptions Surge...
April 29, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, FIS launched a real-time, account-to-account (A2A) payments platform, and Apple reported subscriptions and services were up in the first quarter of...

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PayPal Users Can Link Wallets To Coinbase To Buy Crypto
PayPal Users Can Link Wallets To Coinbase To Buy Crypto
April 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In the bid to make digital currencies more widely available and embraced by consumers, perhaps … make them easier to buy.  To that end, PayPal...

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