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

Bitcoin Daily: US Bitcoin Ransomware Virus Shows Up In China; Crypto Thief Faces Charges For Swindling $1.7M
Bitcoin Daily: US Bitcoin Ransomware Virus Shows Up In China; Crypto Thief Faces Charges For...
July 18, 2019  |  Bitcoin

A ransomware virus that the FBI has been tracking since 2018 has been detected in China. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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eBay Chief Says Libra Is A Risk, But Shows Promise
eBay Chief Says Libra Is A Risk, But Shows Promise
July 18, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

The CEO of eBay, Devin Wenig, said his company’s support of Libra could potentially be a gamble, but that if it pays off it will...

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Treasury Secretary: US Will Police Cryptocurrencies
Treasury Secretary: US Will Police Cryptocurrencies
July 18, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said his department will use “very, very strong” regulations to ensure that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies don’t become “the equivalent...

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Why Corporates Must Be Weary Of Crypto’s Fraud Risks
Why Corporates Must Be Weary Of Crypto’s Fraud Risks
July 18, 2019  |  B2B Payments

In corporate payments, crypto was — and often still is — questionable. Though innovators and analysts often turned toward bitcoin’s underlying infrastructure, blockchain, as the...

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Bitcoin Daily: Horizon Debuts Blockchain Game, Skyweaver; BITPoint Japan Says Victims Of Crypto Hack Will Be Reimbursed
Bitcoin Daily: Horizon Debuts Blockchain Game, Skyweaver; BITPoint Japan Says Victims Of Crypto Hack Will...
July 18, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Horizon Blockchain Games announced that it has raised $3.75 million in a seed round, led by Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian’s venture fund, Initialized, with participation...

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Bitcoin Price Sinks On Libra Concerns
Bitcoin Price Sinks On Libra Concerns
July 18, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Lawmakers doubts over Facebook‘s planned cryptocurrency, Libra, is having a negative impact on bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal reported that bitcoin’s price fell to about...

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House Lawmakers Call Libra A Dangerous Threat
House Lawmakers Call Libra A Dangerous Threat
July 17, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

There was much skepticism and criticism — with some concerns raised more pointedly than others — during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Facebook’s...

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G7 Finance Leaders: Libra Must Resolve Regulatory Issues
G7 Finance Leaders: Libra Must Resolve Regulatory Issues
July 17, 2019  |  Regulation

Group of Seven (G7) finance leaders said on Wednesday (July 17) that there were numerous issues that needed to be worked out, regulatory and otherwise,...

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Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra
Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra
July 17, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

There were many questions, many comments, a few evasions and about the expected amount of histrionic blustering on display when David Marcus, Facebook’s head of...

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