crypto

A cryptocurrency is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.

Source: en.wikipedia.org

The Case for Crypto Proof of Work: Bitcoin Is Dirtier but Safer
The Case for Crypto Proof of Work: Bitcoin Is Dirtier but Safer
August 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The blockchain industry has voted with its feet, and Bitcoin-style mining for cryptocurrency has largely been relegated to the scrap heap of history, at least...

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CFTC’s Chair: Crypto and DeFi Have Outgrown Sandbox
CFTC’s Chair: Crypto and DeFi Have Outgrown Sandbox
July 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Rostin Benham believes that “digital assets and decentralized financial technologies have outgrown their sandboxes.” This is an interesting comment, given...

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Market Madness Derails Crypto Industry’s Payments Ambitions — for Now
Market Madness Derails Crypto Industry’s Payments Ambitions — for Now
June 29, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Not long ago, cryptocurrencies were poised to take over the world and certainly change how we pay. Consumers and businesses would, conceivably, embrace bitcoin and...

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Crypto Companies Seeking Saviors Find Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Instead
Crypto Companies Seeking Saviors Find Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing Instead
June 27, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Vulture investors appear to be circling damaged crypto lenders and investments, with news breaking over the weekend that firms ranging from cryptocurrency exchange FTX to...

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Bankman-Fried Bails Out Crypto Broker Voyager and Blames Fed for Downturn
Bankman-Fried Bails Out Crypto Broker Voyager and Blames Fed for Downturn
June 19, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Voyager Digital, the crypto broker, has reportedly gotten loans from Alameda Research, which is a trading outfit formed by FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, a Bloomberg...

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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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UK Wants Crypto Companies, Not Criminals, Digital Minister Says
UK Wants Crypto Companies, Not Criminals, Digital Minister Says
June 15, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.K.’s digital minister is stressing his government’s wish to make the country a worldwide hub for cryptocurrency activity, even as he expressed caution about...

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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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Digital Asset Firms Put Deals on Ice as Crypto Market Freefalls
Digital Asset Firms Put Deals on Ice as Crypto Market Freefalls
June 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Digital asset firms are putting deals on ice as the cryptocurrency market continues freefalling amid a stock market retreat that pushed Wall Street into a...

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