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.

Cross-Border Payment Solutions Give Big Lift to Small Business Growth Plans
Cross-Border Payment Solutions Give Big Lift to Small Business Growth Plans
August 16, 2023  |  Cross-border Payments

Small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) help economies across the world go ’round. But despite their significant contributions to global commerce, local SMEs have long been underserved by...

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A Crypto Crime Chronicled: Prosecutors Lay Out Case Against Bankman-Fried
A Crypto Crime Chronicled: Prosecutors Lay Out Case Against Bankman-Fried
August 15, 2023  |  Legal

Facing consequences is something relatively new for alleged cryptocurrency criminal Sam Bankman-Fried. But the FTX co-founder is currently caught up in a legal battle that could...

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Federal Judge Revokes Bail for FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
Federal Judge Revokes Bail for FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried
August 11, 2023  |  Legal

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was ordered to jail Friday (Aug. 11) after a federal judge revoked his bail. Since his arrest on fraud charges in December, Bankman-Fried had been under...

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Crypto Trading Firm Bakkt Expands International Reach
Crypto Trading Firm Bakkt Expands International Reach
August 10, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency company Bakkt Holdings is expanding its reach into five new international markets — Latin America, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Hong Kong and Australia —...

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HFSC Ranking Member Maxine Waters ‘Deeply Concerned’ About PayPal Stablecoin
HFSC Ranking Member Maxine Waters ‘Deeply Concerned’ About PayPal Stablecoin
August 09, 2023  |  Blockchain

The top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee (HFSC), Rep. Maxine Waters, said she is “deeply concerned” about PayPal’s decision to launch a stablecoin....

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Block and Coinbase Earnings Show Crypto’s Flight to Quality Lands on Bitcoin
Block and Coinbase Earnings Show Crypto’s Flight to Quality Lands on Bitcoin
August 04, 2023  |  Earnings

Expectations weren’t very high for Coinbase Global this most recent quarter. The company continues to face very significant risks on the regulatory front within the...

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Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
Couple Plead Guilty to Money Laundering After Bitfinex Hack
August 03, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

A married couple from New York City have pleaded guilty to money laundering and conspiracy charges stemming from the hack and theft of 120,000 bitcoin...

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Kenya Is World’s First Nation to Suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin
Kenya Is World’s First Nation to Suspend Sam Altman’s Worldcoin
August 02, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Kenya’s government is worried about Worldcoin, OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s identity-focused cryptocurrency. The African nation’s Ministry of the Interior suspended Worldcoin’s operations in Kenya Wednesday (Aug. 2), amid a government investigation,...

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GameStop to End Support of Digital Asset Wallets Nov. 1
GameStop to End Support of Digital Asset Wallets Nov. 1
August 01, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

Video game retailer GameStop will end support of its digital asset wallets Nov. 1. In a message posted on its website, GameStop said: “Due to the regulatory uncertainty of...

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