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)

Figure Obtains Regulatory Green Light For Alternative Trading System
Figure Obtains Regulatory Green Light For Alternative Trading System
May 12, 2021  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

Figure Securities Inc., a subsidiary of Figure Technologies Inc., has become a FINRA-approved broker-dealer in addition to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered...

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Bitcoin Daily: FinTech Circle Hires Ex-McKinsey CFO; Software Firm Palantir Now Takes Bitcoin Payments
Bitcoin Daily: FinTech Circle Hires Ex-McKinsey CFO; Software Firm Palantir Now Takes Bitcoin Payments
May 11, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Circle has named Jeremy Fox-Geen, a tech veteran, as its new chief financial officer (CFO), according to a press release. Fox-Geen will be in charge...

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Today In Payments: Affirm Sees Travel Spending Surge; Leaked Walmart Memo Shows Grocery Lead Slipping
Today In Payments: Affirm Sees Travel Spending Surge; Leaked Walmart Memo Shows Grocery Lead Slipping
May 11, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Affirm’s earnings report showed growth in spending and the use of installment payments, and grocery competitors are beginning to worry Walmart...

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Revolut Amps Up Retail Features For Shopping, Cryptocurrencies
Revolut Amps Up Retail Features For Shopping, Cryptocurrencies
May 11, 2021  |  Retail

U.K.-based FinTech Revolut is on a roll. Last week, it debuted a service that allows transactions using bitcoin. On Tuesday (May 11), the company debuted...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ether Climbs 7 Pct To Record; Babel Finance Nets $40 Million In Funding For Crypto Financial Services
Bitcoin Daily: Ether Climbs 7 Pct To Record; Babel Finance Nets $40 Million In Funding...
May 10, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency Ethereum surged past $4,000 on Monday (May 10), CNBC reported. The coin, which is the world’s second largest after bitcoin, was at its all-time...

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Today In Payments: Ant Group Expands Digital Yuan Trial; Kabbage, FinTechs Reportedly Under DOJ Scrutiny Over PPP Loans
Today In Payments: Ant Group Expands Digital Yuan Trial; Kabbage, FinTechs Reportedly Under DOJ Scrutiny...
May 10, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, China’s digital yuan trials have been expanded to Alipay users, and the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating how several FinTechs, such as...

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Regulators Take Aim At Cryptos’ ‘Wild West’ Environment
Regulators Take Aim At Cryptos’ ‘Wild West’ Environment
May 10, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

This past weekend, a certain someone went on a certain Saturday night comedy show, and made an offhand, derisive remark about a certain cryptocurrency. The...

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China’s MYbank Digital Yuan Trial Expanding To Ant’s AliPay Users 
China’s MYbank Digital Yuan Trial Expanding To Ant’s AliPay Users 
May 10, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Ant Group and China’s state-owned online bank MYbank are expanding the trial of the digital yuan to more people, with a tool added for Alipay...

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Bitcoin Daily: New York AG Mulls Shutting Down Crypto Trading App Coinseed Over Alleged Fraud; SpaceX Now Takes Dogecoin To Pay For Moon Trip
Bitcoin Daily: New York AG Mulls Shutting Down Crypto Trading App Coinseed Over Alleged Fraud;...
May 09, 2021  |  Bitcoin

SpaceX, the company helmed by Elon Musk, is launching its “DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon” campaign, which “will obtain lunar-spatial intelligence from sensors and cameras...

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