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

Why Corporates Must Be Weary Of Crypto’s Fraud Risks

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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Bitcoin Daily: German Finance Minister Pooh-Poohs Libra Currency; Tether Created $5B In Stablecoins By Mistake
Bitcoin Daily: German Finance Minister Pooh-Poohs Libra Currency; Tether Created $5B In Stablecoins By Mistake
July 17, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Germany’s Finance Minister Olaf Scholz has joined the chorus of politicians that are worried about Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency, Libra. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Venezuela Considers Russian Payments System As SWIFT Alternative
Venezuela Considers Russian Payments System As SWIFT Alternative
July 17, 2019  |  International

Sources have revealed that Venezuela might use a Russian-operated international payments messaging system in an effort to get around U.S. sanctions. Get the Full Story...

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Supposed Swiss Libra Regulator Says Facebook Hasn’t Reached Out
Supposed Swiss Libra Regulator Says Facebook Hasn’t Reached Out
July 16, 2019  |  Regulation

The Swiss regulator that Facebook claimed will oversee its cryptocurrency hasn’t heard from the social media giant, according to a report by CNBC. Get the...

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