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.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

China’s Lottery Shows Increased Focus On CBDC For Retail
China’s Lottery Shows Increased Focus On CBDC For Retail
June 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

To crowd out the cryptos, hand out the central bank digital currency (CBDC). To that end, China is ramping up pilots of its soon-to-be-widely deployed digital...

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BitPay CEO: Consumers Want To Spend Crypto Wealth At Merchants
BitPay CEO: Consumers Want To Spend Crypto Wealth At Merchants
June 02, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

If you want to spend it — will they come? Apologies to the old baseball movie, but the question is a fair one. As cryptocurrencies...

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Mobile Commerce Platform Perk Hero Now Takes Crypto Payments Through BitPay
Mobile Commerce Platform Perk Hero Now Takes Crypto Payments Through BitPay
June 01, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Mobile commerce company Perk Hero parent Perk Labs has partnered with cryptocurrency provider BitPay to accept crypto as a form of payment via Perk Hero,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Pro Accepts Dogecoin Deposits; 14 Pct Of Financial Advisers Use Or Recommend Crypto Investments, Up From 1 Pct In 2020
Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase Pro Accepts Dogecoin Deposits; 14 Pct Of Financial Advisers Use Or Recommend...
June 01, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Coinbase Pro plans to open up to Dogecoin this year as the joke coin has seen a massive 6,000 percent increase in value, CNBC reported....

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Coinbase Card Drives Crypto Spending Via Google Pay, Apple Pay
Coinbase Card Drives Crypto Spending Via Google Pay, Apple Pay
June 01, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase — the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange — is supporting both Google Pay and Apple Pay with the Coinbase Visa debit card to facilitate the...

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Today In Payments: EU Advances Plans For Digital Wallet; Circle Finalizes $440M Financing
Today In Payments: EU Advances Plans For Digital Wallet; Circle Finalizes $440M Financing
June 01, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, the European Union (EU) is planning to announce an EU-wide digital wallet, and Circle has raised $40 million. Plus, U.S. officials...

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Circle’s $440 Million Funding Round Underscores DeFi’s Rise
Circle’s $440 Million Funding Round Underscores DeFi’s Rise
June 01, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

If you subscribe to the old saying “follow the money,” this might be a good time to take the lead of the big-dollar investors and VCs...

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Overdrafts, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both Ways
Overdrafts, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both Ways
June 01, 2021  |  Payments Innovation

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s exchange with J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on overdraft fees has been viewed 750,000 times in the first 24 hours since the...

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US Eyes ‘Regulatory Perimeter’ For Cryptos, Report Says
US Eyes ‘Regulatory Perimeter’ For Cryptos, Report Says
May 31, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Senior officials at a handful of U.S. financial regulatory agencies are exploring new ways to regulate the cryptocurrency market but have yet to decide how...

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