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)

Report: Crypto Exchanges Thread The Needle Between Compliance And Privacy
Report: Crypto Exchanges Thread The Needle Between Compliance And Privacy
February 17, 2021  |  AML

More than $300 billion in illicit funds are laundered each year in the United States, with criminals processing their profits to conceal their source and...

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Bitcoin Daily: Russian Telcos May Develop Digital Wallet; MicroStrategy To Raise $600 Million To Buy More Bitcoin
Bitcoin Daily: Russian Telcos May Develop Digital Wallet; MicroStrategy To Raise $600 Million To Buy...
February 16, 2021  |  Bitcoin

MicroStrategy plans to raise $600 million to add additional bitcoin to its investments. The enterprise software firm will raise the funds by selling convertible senior...

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Fed Official: Bitcoin Doesn’t Jeopardize The Dollar
Fed Official: Bitcoin Doesn’t Jeopardize The Dollar
February 16, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, said he doesn’t see bitcoin and other digital currencies as a threat to the dollar,...

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Today In Payments: Mastercard, Razorpay Team On SMB Digital Payments; Amex Responding To DOJ Review of SMB Card Sales
Today In Payments: Mastercard, Razorpay Team On SMB Digital Payments; Amex Responding To DOJ Review...
February 16, 2021  |  News

In today’s top news, Mastercard and India’s Razorpay have teamed up for SMB digital payments, and American Express says it is cooperating with DOJ’s investigation...

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Bitcoin Trading Value Surpasses $50K For The First Time
Bitcoin Trading Value Surpasses $50K For The First Time
February 16, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Aggressive bitcoin trading over the past two-plus months has seen the digital currency’s price tag soar above $50,000 for the first time on Tuesday (Feb....

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Bitcoin Daily: SBI Holdings Aims To Make Crypto A ‘Core Pillar;’ Bitcoin Climbs To Almost $50,000
Bitcoin Daily: SBI Holdings Aims To Make Crypto A ‘Core Pillar;’ Bitcoin Climbs To Almost...
February 16, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Buoyed by recent high profile investments, bitcoin reached a new all-time high of $50,000 on Sunday (Feb. 14), according to CNBC. Bitcoin, which is the...

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Morgan Stanley Investment Division Considering Bitcoin
Morgan Stanley Investment Division Considering Bitcoin
February 15, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Counterpoint Global, the $150 billion Morgan Stanley Investment Management investing arm, is taking a deep dive into bitcoin and cryptocurrency, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Feb....

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SEC’s Peirce Says Clear Crypto Regulations Are A Must
SEC’s Peirce Says Clear Crypto Regulations Are A Must
February 15, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Republican commissioner Hester Peirce, a top Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) official, wants to see more regulation for cryptocurrency, according to Reuters, as major companies...

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BitPay Rolls Out Apple Pay Support For US Prepaid Cardholders
BitPay Rolls Out Apple Pay Support For US Prepaid Cardholders
February 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

U.S. cardholders of the BitPay Prepaid Mastercard can now add their cards to their Apple Wallets and make purchases with Apple Pay.

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