Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

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Rivalries, Regulators Put Aside As Big Tech, FinTech Join Forces To Help Ukraine, Fight Common Foe
Rivalries, Regulators Put Aside As Big Tech, FinTech Join Forces To Help Ukraine, Fight Common...
March 11, 2022  |  International

As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba continues pressing Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for a ceasefire in Ukraine that hasn’t held so far, FinTechs are...

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CBDC Weekly: Biden Ignites Digital Dollar Debate; India’s Digital Rupee Expected This Year
CBDC Weekly: Biden Ignites Digital Dollar Debate; India’s Digital Rupee Expected This Year
March 11, 2022  |  CBDC

The question of whether the U.S. needs a digital dollar moved far higher up the political agenda this week, as the need for a central...

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EMEA Daily: Revolut CRO Leaves to Start Crypto Platform; FCA Pulls Plug on UK Crypto ATMs
EMEA Daily: Revolut CRO Leaves to Start Crypto Platform; FCA Pulls Plug on UK Crypto...
March 11, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Revolut’s chief revenue officer is planning on leaving the U.K.-based financial company to launch a cryptocurrency...

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Stripe Jumps Back Into Crypto Payments Processing
Stripe Jumps Back Into Crypto Payments Processing
March 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Four years after walking away from the space, international payments processing giant Stripe has returned to the crypto fold. An enthusiasm for Web3 is a...

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This Week in FinTech Ukraine: Revolut Raises $10.9M for War Victims; Uber to Launch In-App Donation Button
This Week in FinTech Ukraine: Revolut Raises $10.9M for War Victims; Uber to Launch In-App...
March 11, 2022  |  International

Revolut, the global financial super app, has raised more than 10 million euros ($10.9 million) to support victims of the war in Ukraine through donations...

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Revolut CRO Alan Chang Leaving to Start Crypto Platform
Revolut CRO Alan Chang Leaving to Start Crypto Platform
March 11, 2022  |  Personnel

Revolut Ltd. Chief Revenue Officer Alan Chang will leave the U.K. financial super app company to launch a cryptocurrency platform after launching an effort to...

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UK Watchdog Orders Crypto ATM Agents to Pull Plugs
UK Watchdog Orders Crypto ATM Agents to Pull Plugs
March 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

All of the cryptocurrency ATMs currently available in the U.K. are operating illegally and are being warned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to cease...

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Today in Data: Behind the U.S. Cryptocurrency Executive Order
Today in Data: Behind the U.S. Cryptocurrency Executive Order
March 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

U.S. Treasury wants to launch crypto literacy education for potential investors. Plus, Biden looks to fast-track cryptocurrency policy with executive order and crypto businesses embrace...

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Bitcoin-Friendly Senator Reveals Details of Crypto Regulation Bill
Bitcoin-Friendly Senator Reveals Details of Crypto Regulation Bill
March 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

One of the biggest problems bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies face as a mechanism for making payments is taxation, an issue so complex that they make...

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