Cryptocurrency prices sank early Monday (April 7) in Asia, collateral damage in America’s trade war. According to a Bloomberg News report, Bitcoin lost around 7% of its value Sunday (April 6) night into Monday morning in Singapore, hitting a low of $77,077. The second-most-popular crypto...
Several cryptocurrency tokens plummeted by as much as 50% during a half-hour window Tuesday (April 1) on the Binance trading platform. As Coindesk reported, the event left market observers speculating whether a misconfigured trading bot could have caused the drops, though there was no immediate...
The Trump family is continuing its cryptocurrency efforts, teaming with bitcoin mining firm Hut 8. That company announced Monday (March 31) the launch of American Bitcoin Corp., which will focus on Bitcoin mining and “strategic Bitcoin reserve development.” Backing the company are Eric Trump —...
Cryptocurrencies could soon be considered financial products under Japanese law. The country’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) is working on revising the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act to change the legal status of crypto assets, the Nikkei reported on Sunday (March 30), without citing specific sources....
September 13, 2022
Since the very start of the concept of digital payments, humans have pursued a dream of simplified transactions between individuals that mix the ease and personal control of cash payments with the speed and interconnectivity of electronic payments. The earliest iterations of eMoney were all third-party products. Even when transactions within a system were instant […]
June 15, 2021
Privacy is a chief concern among internet users, with 75% of Americans concerned about their privacy online and 70% believing their data is less secure now than it was five years...
August 28, 2017
Last week’s news cycle was all about surprises. Hurricane Harvey blew into the coast of Mexico as a “blob of weather systems” and instead snuck up on the Texas shoreline...
May 19, 2017
In the complex payments space, it’s often innovate-or-die, especially when it comes to cross-border payments methods and payments technologies. Bob Sneed, VP Payment Solutions, WEX, joined the latest installment of...
April 08, 2025
Stablecoin company Ripple has purchased prime brokerage Hidden Road for $1.25 billion. The acquisition makes Ripple the first cryptocurrency company to own and operate a multi-asset prime broker and marks one of the largest-ever deals in the digital asset space, Ripple said in a news release Tuesday (April 8). According to the release, Hidden Road […]
April 07, 2025
Cryptocurrency prices sank early Monday (April 7) in Asia, collateral damage in America’s trade war. According to a Bloomberg News report, Bitcoin lost around 7% of its value Sunday (April...
April 01, 2025
Several cryptocurrency tokens plummeted by as much as 50% during a half-hour window Tuesday (April 1) on the Binance trading platform. As Coindesk reported, the event left market observers speculating...
March 31, 2025
The Trump family is continuing its cryptocurrency efforts, teaming with bitcoin mining firm Hut 8. That company announced Monday (March 31) the launch of American Bitcoin Corp., which will focus...
