digital currency

Digital currency is a type of currency available in digital form. It exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but can allow for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Examples include virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, and central bank digital currency.

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Dubai Debuts Own Cryptocurrency Valued At $0.17 Per Coin

Dubai Debuts Own Cryptocurrency Valued At $0.17 Per Coin
Dubai Debuts Own Cryptocurrency Valued At $0.17 Per Coin
May 24, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Dubai is debuting a digital currency called DubaiCoin with an international starting price of $0.17 per coin, according to a press release. Get the Full...

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Today In Payments: South Korea Seeks Partner For Digital Won; Twitter Teams With Stripe On ‘Ticketed Spaces’
Today In Payments: South Korea Seeks Partner For Digital Won; Twitter Teams With Stripe On...
May 24, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, South Korea is looking for a tech partner to test a digital won, and Stripe will power payments for Twitter’s new...

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Bitcoin’s Woes Spark Gov’t Probes And Clear Way For CBDCs
Bitcoin’s Woes Spark Gov’t Probes And Clear Way For CBDCs
May 24, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

You could call it the crypto conundrum: the more volatile the crypto markets get, the more attention they garner from regulators in the U.S. and...

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Fed Governor: US Has CBDC Hurdles To Clear
Fed Governor: US Has CBDC Hurdles To Clear
May 24, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Is the U.S. ready for a digital dollar? Not just yet, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said in a speech at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2021 on...

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South Korea Looks For Tech Partner To Launch Digital Won
South Korea Looks For Tech Partner To Launch Digital Won
May 24, 2021  |  Digital Payments

The Bank of Korea (BoK) — South Korea’s central bank — will soon take bids for a technology partner to launch a pilot program for...

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Musk Tweets His Support Of Crypto As Bitcoin Continues To Drop
Musk Tweets His Support Of Crypto As Bitcoin Continues To Drop
May 23, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

As another weekend drew to a close Sunday (May 23), investors were digesting another few days of mixed signals around cryptocurrencies. Get the Full Story...

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Volatile Crypto Markets Grab Attention Of Central Bankers, Investors 
Volatile Crypto Markets Grab Attention Of Central Bankers, Investors 
May 21, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Investors aren’t the only ones paying more attention to cryptocurrency trading lately, as a span of wild market gyrations has increasingly put this budding asset...

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JPMorgan’s Onyx Opens Infrastructure To Disrupt Cross-Border Payments
JPMorgan’s Onyx Opens Infrastructure To Disrupt Cross-Border Payments
May 21, 2021  |  Cross-border Payments

For all the innovation that domestic payments infrastructure has witnessed in recent years, cross-border transactions largely remain, in a word, inefficient. Get the Full Story...

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IRS Tightens Oversight Of Crypto Trades And Taxes
IRS Tightens Oversight Of Crypto Trades And Taxes
May 20, 2021  |  Regulation

Whether crypto swoons or crypto booms, the Internal Revenue Service is going to keep better track of the ups, downs, gains and losses at least...

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