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This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards in BNPL Sector

This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards in BNPL Sector
This Week in US TechREG: SEC, Crypto Community Exchange Warnings; CFPB Wants Credit Reporting Standards...
June 17, 2022  |  Technology

This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the crypto community have been sending warnings to each other: the SEC chair said there was...

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Today in Crypto: Bitcoin ETFs Decline up to 70%; Forum Questions Blockchain’s Usefulness
Today in Crypto: Bitcoin ETFs Decline up to 70%; Forum Questions Blockchain’s Usefulness
June 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track Bitcoin through managed future contracts were trading all-time lows Wednesday (June 15) in the wake of a severe downturn...

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Crypto Crisis Evokes 1998 Hedge Fund Crash that Crippled Market
Crypto Crisis Evokes 1998 Hedge Fund Crash that Crippled Market
June 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

When a top investor with a deep hedge fund background says the tumbling cryptocurrency market is starting to feel “a little bit like a Long...

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Today in Data: ‘Crypto Winter’ Looms as Official Summer Kickoff Nears
Today in Data: ‘Crypto Winter’ Looms as Official Summer Kickoff Nears
June 15, 2022  |  Today In Data

Today in data, cryptocurrency investors want their money now before their digital currencies lose even more value. Also, Coinbase slashes its workforce with another “crypto...

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Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
Collapse May Slow Crypto’s Payments Mainstreaming — But Won’t End it
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

How the fast-growing number of new crypto buyers who aren’t seriously invested, emotionally and financially, will react to the market’s collapse and respond is still...

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Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
Today in FinTech: Margin Calls; Instant Wages, Digital Africa, Network Tokenization, Investment Screenings
June 14, 2022  |  Fintech Investments

In today’s FinTech news, margin calls are on the rise as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fall, meanwhile digital payments in Africa are expanding further across...

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Super Bowl Curse Comes for Crypto as Layoffs Mount
Super Bowl Curse Comes for Crypto as Layoffs Mount
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The NFL’s 2000 championship game was named the “Dot-Com Super Bowl” when some 20 of its hugely expensive ads were bought up by tech companies...

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PYMNTS AM Radar: Pay Up; Moving On; No Surprises; Forecasting Innovation; ICYMI
PYMNTS AM Radar: Pay Up; Moving On; No Surprises; Forecasting Innovation; ICYMI
June 14, 2022  |  Economy

Today is Tuesday, June 14 and margin calls are adding up amid the crypto market’s freefall, while bitcoin’s price is about two-thirds what it was...

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Bitcoin Plummet Triggers $1B in Margin Calls 
Bitcoin Plummet Triggers $1B in Margin Calls 
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

About $1 billion guaranteed by some 260,000 market investors was liquidated due to margin calls in the past 24 hours, according to data from CoinGlass,...

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