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)

Pandemic Sparks Mainstream Interest In Bitcoin
Pandemic Sparks Mainstream Interest In Bitcoin
May 12, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin has long been the marquee name — shorthand, if you will — for the cryptocurrency space. Price swings can tell a lot about how...

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Bitcoin Daily: US Bank Regulator Says Licensing Crypto Firms As FIs ‘Makes Sense’; Korean Luxe Retailers Pay Rewards Via Blockchain
Bitcoin Daily: US Bank Regulator Says Licensing Crypto Firms As FIs ‘Makes Sense’; Korean Luxe...
May 11, 2020  |  Bitcoin

U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Chief Operating Officer Brian Brooks said he thinks digital currency firms could go under a federal...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Sheds $20 Billion Off Market Cap; Gibralter-Based FinTech Launches Tokenized Securities Platform
Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Sheds $20 Billion Off Market Cap; Gibralter-Based FinTech Launches Tokenized Securities Platform
May 11, 2020  |  Bitcoin

California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would attempt to more clearly define how cryptocurrency is meant to be treated, and definitively determine if it...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto ATM Network Coinme Raises $5.5M As Transaction Volume Jumps; App Abra Nets $5M From Stellar
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto ATM Network Coinme Raises $5.5M As Transaction Volume Jumps; App Abra Nets...
May 07, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Seattle-based digital currency ATM company Coinme has brought in a $5.5 million investment as it experiences rising interest in its network, GeekWire reported. The company...

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Bitcoin Daily: Delays In New EU AML Rules Leave Irish Crypto Firms No Access To Financial Services
Bitcoin Daily: Delays In New EU AML Rules Leave Irish Crypto Firms No Access To...
May 06, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Irish bitcoin ATM operator Boinnex found itself facing roadblocks from Allied Irish Banks (AIB), which shut down its account and said it didn’t want to...

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Chinese Banking Veteran Says Digital Yuan Could Be On The Horizon
Chinese Banking Veteran Says Digital Yuan Could Be On The Horizon
May 06, 2020  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital yuan could be on the horizon in China to replace paper money, authorities say. According to a report, the launch of the digital currency...

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Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
Facebook’s Libra Association Hires Its First CEO
May 06, 2020  |  Personnel

The group founded by Facebook to launch the social media company’s entry into digital currency has named a former U.S. Treasury Department executive as its...

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Ripple Lawsuit Alleges Fraud In XRP Sale
Ripple Lawsuit Alleges Fraud In XRP Sale
May 05, 2020  |  Legal

A little-known Puerto Rican company, Bitcoin Manipulation Abatement (BMA), has filed a lawsuit against Ripple, accusing the blockchain firm of breaking rules when it ran...

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Bitcoin Daily: TokenAnalyst Shuts Down; Crypto Lender BlockFi Hires Traditional Finance Execs To Lead Expansion
Bitcoin Daily: TokenAnalyst Shuts Down; Crypto Lender BlockFi Hires Traditional Finance Execs To Lead Expansion
May 05, 2020  |  Bitcoin

TokenAnalyst is shuttering its operations, according to a Medium post. The TokenAnalyst team said it will no longer support the company’s application programming interfaces (APIs)...

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