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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Today In Payments: China’s Tech Regs Focus On Data; ID Fraud Delays US Tax Refunds

Today In Payments: China’s Tech Regs Focus On Data; ID Fraud Delays US Tax Refunds
Today In Payments: China’s Tech Regs Focus On Data; ID Fraud Delays US Tax Refunds
June 14, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, China is targeting data control in its latest Big Tech regulations, and a hike in identity fraud has delayed many tax...

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Buffalo Market’s Pay-With-Crypto Brings Food Distribution Into The 2020s
Buffalo Market’s Pay-With-Crypto Brings Food Distribution Into The 2020s
June 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency may be the payment method of the future, but food distribution is, in many ways, the industry of the past. With the bulk (no...

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PYMNTS Data Brief: Nearly One-Quarter Of Past, Current Crypto Owners Have Paid With It
PYMNTS Data Brief: Nearly One-Quarter Of Past, Current Crypto Owners Have Paid With It
June 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Wherever one comes down on the debate around cryptocurrency as an investment, a currency or a hybrid of both, it’s captured the public imagination in...

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Stablecoins May Face More Regulation In Banking  
Stablecoins May Face More Regulation In Banking  
June 14, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital currency has a long way to go before it is ubiquitous. And for stablecoins — not to be confused with digital fiat – the...

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Brazil’s Central Bank Puts CBDC Debut On Hold 2 Years
Brazil’s Central Bank Puts CBDC Debut On Hold 2 Years
June 13, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The Banco Central de Brasil (BCB) wants at least a year of more time before it debuts its new central bank digital currency (CBDC), CoinDesk...

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State Street Mulls Crypto Exchange-Traded Funds
State Street Mulls Crypto Exchange-Traded Funds
June 11, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

As firms such as ETC Group and 21Shares launch, or plan to launch, bitcoin exchange-traded products (ETPs), State Street’s exchange-traded funds business is mulling how it...

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Dorsey: Lightning Network May Be Coming To Twitter
Dorsey: Lightning Network May Be Coming To Twitter
June 11, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Will Twitter integrate the bitcoin layer 2 payments protocol Lightning Network? CEO and Founder Jack Dorsey seemed to indicate as much on the social media...

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Today In Payments: China’s eCurrency Can Be Stored In Digital, Physical Wallets; Stripe Launches Tax Compliance Service
Today In Payments: China’s eCurrency Can Be Stored In Digital, Physical Wallets; Stripe Launches Tax...
June 11, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, China’s digital yuan can be stored in a variety of wallets, and Stripe launched its own global tax compliance service. Plus,...

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