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Crypto.com Looks to Sports to Capture Non-Crypto Audience 
Cryptocurrency // May 05, 2024

Crypto.com wants to increase its sports sponsorships to reach a wider audience. The company is targeting sports as a driver to reach non-crypto enthusiasts and “will double down on our strategy,” Chief Marketing Officer Steven Kalifowitz told Bloomberg News on Sunday (May 5) ahead of Formula One’s Miami...

Bitcoin Halving Concludes as Investors Uncertain on Gains
Cryptocurrency // April 21, 2024

Like the Summer Olympics and the presidential election, bitcoin’s “halving” comes every four years. The latest halving — a preprogrammed event that cuts the amount of available coins to be mined in half — happened Friday (April 19) evening, according to multiple published reports. As...

Crypto.com VC Arm Cautious of Outsized Valuations
Cryptocurrency // April 17, 2024

Crypto.com’s venture capital unit has doubts about some of the sector’s steep valuations. That’s according to CEO Kris Marszalek, who spoke on the topic in an interview with Bloomberg News published Wednesday (April 17). As the report noted, Marszalek is making this observation as a rally in...

Crypto.com Adding 1,400 Employees as Bitcoin, Other Tokens Rally
Personnel // April 16, 2024

Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff.  The turnaround at the digital asset exchange began after bitcoin and other tokens rallied, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (April 16).  The company has added 700...

Interviews & Exclusives
Crypto Winter Leaves Few Gifts Under the Tree in 2022

December 23, 2022
In 2022, the cryptocurrency industry fully entered the mainstream — and almost drowned. The industry enjoyed an auspicious start, coming off of a banner 2021 year that saw record valuations, exciting innovations, and hordes of newly minted paper millionaires, even paper billionaires. Splashy, celebrity-studded, fear-of-missing-out (FOMO)-driven commercials for crypto companies like Coinbase, Crypto.com, eToro and […]

Crypto.com Uses Biometrics, Wallet White-Listing to Weed Out Bad Actors

April 04, 2022
Cryptocurrency has been a never-ending roller coaster since its introduction more than a decade ago, seeing extreme highs and lows in value to its investors’ surprise, delight and dismay. As...

Visa Network Will Settle Transactions In Crypto, First Use Case USD Stablecoin

March 29, 2021
Visa announced Monday (March 29) that it is the first major payments network to settle transactions in dollar denominated stablecoins, which the company claimed is an important step into bringing...

Quick Reads
Crypto.com Looks to Sports to Capture Non-Crypto Audience 

May 05, 2024
Crypto.com wants to increase its sports sponsorships to reach a wider audience. The company is targeting sports as a driver to reach non-crypto enthusiasts and “will double down on our strategy,” Chief Marketing Officer Steven Kalifowitz told Bloomberg News on Sunday (May 5) ahead of Formula One’s Miami Grand Prix, which Crypto.com is sponsoring. Crypto.com has lent its […]

Bitcoin Halving Concludes as Investors Uncertain on Gains

April 21, 2024
Like the Summer Olympics and the presidential election, bitcoin’s “halving” comes every four years. The latest halving — a preprogrammed event that cuts the amount of available coins to be...

Crypto.com VC Arm Cautious of Outsized Valuations

April 17, 2024
Crypto.com’s venture capital unit has doubts about some of the sector’s steep valuations. That’s according to CEO Kris Marszalek, who spoke on the topic in an interview with Bloomberg News published Wednesday...

Crypto.com Adding 1,400 Employees as Bitcoin, Other Tokens Rally

April 16, 2024
Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff.  The turnaround at the digital asset exchange began after...