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PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse

PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
PYMNTS Cryptocurrency Glossary: The Metaverse
August 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a confusing business with a language all its own, in part because it is a genuinely new way of doing business and also...

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NFT Weekly: EU May Be Cracking Down on NFTs; Pudgy Penguins Soar; Fighting NFT Thieves
NFT Weekly: EU May Be Cracking Down on NFTs; Pudgy Penguins Soar; Fighting NFT Thieves
August 16, 2022  |  NFTs

Despite comments to the contrary, it looks like the EU’s big crypto regulation framework will cover NFTs after all. Just because the EU’s various arms,...

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Tencent Halts NFT Sales to Public on Huanhe Amid Regulatory Pressure
Tencent Halts NFT Sales to Public on Huanhe Amid Regulatory Pressure
August 16, 2022  |  NFTs

New sales to the public of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are now halted on the Tencent platform Huanhe as regulatory scrutiny in China intensifies. Owners of...

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Today in Crypto: DOJ Charges Iranian in Murder Plot Paid With Crypto; EU Official: NFTs to be Regulated Under MiCA
Today in Crypto: DOJ Charges Iranian in Murder Plot Paid With Crypto; EU Official: NFTs...
August 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

An Iranian national and member of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been charged with an alleged murder-for-hire plot in which cryptocurrency was...

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NFT Weekly: Ethereum Founder Pitches Anonymous NFTs, Instagram Adds 100 Countries
NFT Weekly: Ethereum Founder Pitches Anonymous NFTs, Instagram Adds 100 Countries
August 09, 2022  |  NFTs

Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has chimed in on a suggestion to create a privacy-focused non-fungible token (NFT) technology that will let users create an NFT...

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Today in Crypto: Germany’s Exchange Nuri Files for Insolvency; Reserve Bank of Australia Explores CBDC Use Cases
Today in Crypto: Germany’s Exchange Nuri Files for Insolvency; Reserve Bank of Australia Explores CBDC...
August 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Jenny Johnson, CEO of money management giant Franklin Templeton, said in a Bloomberg interview that bitcoin is “the greatest distraction from the greatest disruption I...

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Crypto Payments Still Rewarding for Some Users, Even as Headwinds Swirl
Crypto Payments Still Rewarding for Some Users, Even as Headwinds Swirl
August 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When SHOP.COM started taking crypto at checkout a year ago, the firm was pretty confident that existing customers would get onboard with the new way...

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NFT Weekly: Miami and Tiffany’s Push Past Digital Artwork
NFT Weekly: Miami and Tiffany’s Push Past Digital Artwork
August 02, 2022  |  NFTs

Miami’s crypto enthusiast mayor, Francis Suarez, has announced what promises to be (or at least he hopes will be) a fairly high-profile non-fungible token (NFT)...

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