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)

Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
March 31, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Call it inevitability. There was always going to be a PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps. It was simply a matter of timing, like the...

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The Fed Drives Ahead With Payment Rail Exploration
The Fed Drives Ahead With Payment Rail Exploration
March 31, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Reserve is paving the way for new payment infrastructure to drive progress in the U.S. landscape, both through an expansion of the FedNow...

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Bitcoin Daily: NFT Art Market SuperRare Raises $9 Million; Frenchman Sues Australian Crypto Advisory 800,000 Over Scam Deal
Bitcoin Daily: NFT Art Market SuperRare Raises $9 Million; Frenchman Sues Australian Crypto Advisory 800,000...
March 30, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Non-fungible token (NFT) art marketplace SuperRare has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round, Decrypt reported. Tokenized, rare digital art authenticated on blockchain...

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Britain To Look Harder At Stablecoins Than Other Cryptocurrency
Britain To Look Harder At Stablecoins Than Other Cryptocurrency
March 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Britain plans to regulate stablecoins first rather than the whole of the cryptocurrency market, Reuters writes. According to John Glen, the country’s financial services minister,...

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PayPal’s Scale Drives Crypto’s Utility
PayPal’s Scale Drives Crypto’s Utility
March 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In spurring new consumer behavior, scale matters. That’s especially true with cryptocurrencies, where making the leap from speculation to actual transactions (you know, the kind...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto M&A Value Doubles In 2020; Miami Mayor Wants City To Be Crypto Hub; Man Owes $571M In Crypto Scam; Bitcoin Could Threaten Energy Consumption
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto M&A Value Doubles In 2020; Miami Mayor Wants City To Be Crypto...
March 29, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The crypto sector is seeing a boost in the value of mergers and acquisitions, doubling to almost $1.1 billion last year, according to Coindesk. The report...

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Fidelity Digital Assets Adds Silvergate As Crypto Lender
Fidelity Digital Assets Adds Silvergate As Crypto Lender
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Fidelity Digital Assets will soon be collaborating with Silvergate Bank as its second lender extending cryptocurrency-backed loans, Silvergate announced in a press release on Monday (March...

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China Pushes Toward Global Rules For CBDCs 
China Pushes Toward Global Rules For CBDCs 
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Private, yes. Anonymous, no. In the race to bring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) into the mainstream, key questions revolve around how they will be...

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Today In Payments: Circle Rolls Out NFT Platform; Pilot’s Valuation Surges To $1.2 Billion; Ternary Signs Onto Stripe Partner Program
Today In Payments: Circle Rolls Out NFT Platform; Pilot’s Valuation Surges To $1.2 Billion; Ternary...
March 29, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Circle has rolled out a NFT program, while Pilot has extended its Series C funding round to take in a total...

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