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)

Today In Payments: Amazon Q1 Profits Triple; Mastercard Says Domestic Spend At Pre-Pandemic Levels
Today In Payments: Amazon Q1 Profits Triple; Mastercard Says Domestic Spend At Pre-Pandemic Levels
April 30, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Amazon reported record profit in its first-quarter earnings, and Mastercard’s quarterly earnings showed a continued surge in debit spending. Plus, PayPal...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ether Hits Record High; Paxos Closes $300 Million Series D
Bitcoin Daily: Ether Hits Record High; Paxos Closes $300 Million Series D
April 29, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Ether has hit a new record high, stealing the limelight from popular cryptocurrency bitcoin, CNBC reported. Ether is the world’s second-largest digital currency, and it...

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Today in Payments: FIS Launches RealNet To Boost Real Time A2A Payments; Apple’s Subscriptions Surge By 40M
Today in Payments: FIS Launches RealNet To Boost Real Time A2A Payments; Apple’s Subscriptions Surge...
April 29, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, FIS launched a real-time, account-to-account (A2A) payments platform, and Apple reported subscriptions and services were up in the first quarter of...

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PayPal Users Can Link Wallets To Coinbase To Buy Crypto
PayPal Users Can Link Wallets To Coinbase To Buy Crypto
April 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In the bid to make digital currencies more widely available and embraced by consumers, perhaps … make them easier to buy.  To that end, PayPal...

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Coinbase-PayPal Partnership Aims To Ease People Into The World Of Crypto
Coinbase-PayPal Partnership Aims To Ease People Into The World Of Crypto
April 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase is giving U.S. consumers a new way to purchase cryptocurrency using debit cards and bank accounts linked to PayPal, the crypto exchange said Thursday...

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Bitcoin Daily: Caribbean Island Aims To Be First Fully ‘Bitcoin-Enabled’ Community; Square Brings On Former US Chamber Of Commerce VP As Bitcoin Policy Expert
Bitcoin Daily: Caribbean Island Aims To Be First Fully ‘Bitcoin-Enabled’ Community; Square Brings On Former...
April 28, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The world’s first fully bitcoin-enabled community is being constructed on the second-largest island in the Grenadines, according to a report from EuroNews.com. The One Bequia...

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Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard, Gemini Team To Offer Crypto Rewards Card; Binance To Launch NFT Marketplace
Bitcoin Daily: Mastercard, Gemini Team To Offer Crypto Rewards Card; Binance To Launch NFT Marketplace
April 27, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency platform Gemini has rolled out the first details of its upcoming cryptocurrency rewards credit card, according to a press release. It will come with...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Back Up Above $53,000; Kansas City Chiefs’ Sean Culkin Opts For Salary In Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Back Up Above $53,000; Kansas City Chiefs’ Sean Culkin Opts For Salary...
April 26, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin has risen in price for the first time in six days, with the price going past $52,000 as bulls pushed the prices higher in...

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In China, Wages Paid In Digital Fiat May Boost Use Cases
In China, Wages Paid In Digital Fiat May Boost Use Cases
April 26, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

To get digital fiat into the hands of consumers, to get a national currency firmly entrenched against the crypto upstarts who would seek to sidestep...

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