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 Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins

Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins
Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins
October 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a...

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Bitcoin Daily: VCs Plow $3.9B In Crypto Ventures; Coinbase Taps Charles Schwab Advisor For Board
Bitcoin Daily: VCs Plow $3.9B In Crypto Ventures; Coinbase Taps Charles Schwab Advisor For Board
October 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Crypto research site Diar claims that startups in the digital currency and blockchain space have notched roughly $3.9 billion in funding via venture capital (VC)...

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Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation Courtesy Of Bots
Cryptocurrency Price Manipulation Courtesy Of Bots
October 02, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The manipulation of cryptocurrencies is getting attention from regulators who have been warning that these digital tokens, and the exchanges they are traded on, could...

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Bitcoin Daily: Big ICOs Avoided Ethereum Crash By Cashing Out; Bitcoin Falls For Second Consecutive Month
Bitcoin Daily: Big ICOs Avoided Ethereum Crash By Cashing Out; Bitcoin Falls For Second Consecutive...
October 02, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Big initial coin offering (ICO) projects studied by Bitmex may have avoided the crash in Ethereum prices by converting their resources in the digital currency...

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Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
Bitcoin: 10 Years Of Smoke And Mirrors
October 01, 2018  |  Bitcoin

The end of this month, Oct. 31, 2018, will mark the 10th anniversary of the day that a link to a paper, authored by Satoshi...

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Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
Gold: Sourced Digitally, Ethically And Via Blockchain
October 01, 2018  |  Blockchain

Can blockchain help improve transparency of — and even the ethics surrounding — the gold supply chain? Emergent Technology Holdings helps track where the yellow...

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Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
Analysis Claims $88.6M Laundered Via Crypto Exchanges
September 28, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

For years, law enforcement has feared that bitcoin could make money laundering easier. And now, in a new analysis of 2,500 suspected crypto crimes that made...

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Bitcoin Daily: AT&T Unveils Blockchain Suite; Ripple Expands Social Giving By $25M
Bitcoin Daily: AT&T Unveils Blockchain Suite; Ripple Expands Social Giving By $25M
September 28, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Ripple is expanding its social impact program, dubbed Ripple for Good, and will focus its efforts on education and financial inclusion, the company said in...

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Bitcoin Daily: Scrabble Adds ‘Bitcoin,’ Experts Uncover 2.5M Crypto-Jacking Instances
Bitcoin Daily: Scrabble Adds ‘Bitcoin,’ Experts Uncover 2.5M Crypto-Jacking Instances
September 27, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Scrabble has added the word ‘bitcoin’ to the list of words that players can officially use in its popular board game, CNBC reported. That is,...

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