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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Bitcoin — And The (Eventual) Rise Of Purpose-Built Blockchains

Bitcoin — And The (Eventual) Rise Of Purpose-Built Blockchains
Bitcoin — And The (Eventual) Rise Of Purpose-Built Blockchains
May 05, 2021  |  Bitcoin

It seems long ago and far away. Bitcoin’s debut in 2008 was shrouded in mystery (and still is), as Satoshi Nakamoto’s identity has not been...

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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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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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Today In Payments: UN Says eCommerce 19 Percent Of Global Retail Sales; Uruguay’s Payments Startup dLocal Files For IPO
Today In Payments: UN Says eCommerce 19 Percent Of Global Retail Sales; Uruguay’s Payments Startup...
May 04, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, eCommerce now accounts for 19 percent of global retail sales, according to a new report from the U.N., and Uruguayan payments...

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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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Nonprofit Digital Dollar Project Plans Five Tests For Concept
Nonprofit Digital Dollar Project Plans Five Tests For Concept
May 03, 2021  |  Payment Methods

With cryptocurrencies like bitcoin beset by price spikes (and slides), a nonprofit organization plans to test the concept of a U.S. central bank digital currency...

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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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