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Another Hack, Another Collapse as Stablecoin Woes Follow Familiar Pattern
August 15, 2022

Another unbacked stablecoin collapsed this weekend, this time after a hacker was able to mint a staggering $1.28 billion worth of the dollar-pegged token. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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El Salvador Weekly: Four Questions for President Bukele on ‘Doubt’ Surrounding Bitcoin
August 15, 2022

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele added his voice to the bragging ministers after the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (WTO) Aug. 1 World Tourism Barometer report placed El Salvador as one of only 16 countries that have seen their international tourism receipts fully recovered to pre-pandemic...

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Savvy Retailers Demand Sophisticated Answers to Evolving Crypto Questions
August 15, 2022

Welcome to “The Merchants Guide to Accepting Crypto: The Questions to Ask,” a new PYMNTS series aimed at helping merchants big and small, online and in-store, who want to accept crypto payments figure out what they need to know to move ahead. Get the Full...

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Today in Crypto: Binance Recovers $450K Stolen From Curve.Finance; Buterin Estimates Sept. 15 for Ethereum...
August 14, 2022

India’s Enforcement Directorate, which works on probing financial crimes, announced Friday (Aug. 12) that it has frozen assets worth around 3.7 billion rupees ($46.4 million) from crypto exchange Vauld. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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Brazilian Crypto Platform BlueBenx Suspends Withdrawals, Reports $31M Hack
August 14, 2022

Brazilian cryptocurrency investment platform BlueBenx has become the latest crypto company to suspend withdrawals, citing an alleged hack that cost the company over $31 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Tornado Cash Arrest Signals Gathering AML Storm for DeFi Developers
August 12, 2022

The arrest of a Tornado Cash developer in the Netherlands just days after U.S. authorities blacklisted the crypto mixing service for its alleged use by North Korean hackers could have a profound impact on all of decentralized finance. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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46% of Merchants Say They Accept Crypto, but Nonnative Wallets Rule
August 12, 2022

The number of merchants who accept cryptocurrency payments in some form is high, but far and away the most common source of those payments are digital wallets like PayPal and Venmo. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Anchorage Digital, AngelList Partner to Facilitate Investments with USDC
August 12, 2022

Digital asset platform Anchorage Digital and digital asset venture capital firm AngelList have partnered to enable investors to invest with USDC stablecoin.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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The Growing Ambitions of Sam Bankman-Fried, Crypto’s Would-Be King
August 12, 2022

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