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
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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