Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Launch, Fitch Slashes El Salvador’s Credit Rating

Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Launch, Fitch Slashes El Salvador’s Credit Rating
Weeks Before Bitcoin Bond Launch, Fitch Slashes El Salvador’s Credit Rating
February 11, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Weeks before El Salvador is planning to launch a $1 billion bond issue, Fitch Ratings slashed its credit default rating from an already dismal B-...

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Today in Crypto: Coinbase Global Deletes Some Crypto Instructions Over Scam Fears; Avanti Gets Closer to Fed Master Account
Today in Crypto: Coinbase Global Deletes Some Crypto Instructions Over Scam Fears; Avanti Gets Closer...
February 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Coinbase Global has cut its instructions for how to buy at least three crypto tokens that have had ‘rug pull’ warnings, referring to scams that...

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At Senate Hearing, CFTC Chair Behnam Steps Up Battle With SEC for Crypto Oversight
At Senate Hearing, CFTC Chair Behnam Steps Up Battle With SEC for Crypto Oversight
February 10, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Fresh from his confirmation hearing, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Behnam made another, more aggressive pitch for authority over the cryptocurrency market in front...

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Today in Crypto: Twitter Invests in Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode; Japan’s Line App Tests Merchant Crypto Payments
Today in Crypto: Twitter Invests in Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode; Japan’s Line App Tests Merchant...
February 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin’s supply cap of 21 million might make it the best way to hold as an inflation hedge — but recently, Bank of America thinks...

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Banks, Asset Managers, Corporates Climb Back on the Bitcoin Bandwagon
Banks, Asset Managers, Corporates Climb Back on the Bitcoin Bandwagon
February 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The idea that bitcoin is a store of value that will, like gold, ride the wave of inflation has been tested lately, especially after it...

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PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking Losses
PYMNTS Crypto Crime Series: Bitfinex Using $3.6B Seized in Hacking Arrests to Cover Shadow Banking...
February 09, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The timing of the arrests of Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan on charges that they stole $4.5 billion in bitcoin from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex in...

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Senate Hearing on Digital Assets May Test Role of CFTC and DeFi 
Senate Hearing on Digital Assets May Test Role of CFTC and DeFi 
February 09, 2022  |  Regulation

Today, February 9, the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry is holding a hearing on digital assets where witness experts will likely discuss...

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Today in Crypto: Crypto Industry Expected to Boost Political Spending; US DOJ Seizes $3.6B in Bitcoin Tied to 2016 Hack
Today in Crypto: Crypto Industry Expected to Boost Political Spending; US DOJ Seizes $3.6B in...
February 08, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital wealth management platform Betterment announced Tuesday (Feb. 8) that it will buy automated crypto portfolio provider Makara. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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