Cryptocurrency

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

Hong Kong’s Genesis Block Stops Trading and Will Close OTC Portal 
Hong Kong’s Genesis Block Stops Trading and Will Close OTC Portal 
November 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency retail service provider Genesis Block has reportedly ceased trading, asked its customers to withdraw their funds and told them it would close its over-the-counter...

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Revolut Reassures Customers After FTX Collapse
Revolut Reassures Customers After FTX Collapse
November 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Around the world, FinTechs that enable their customers to invest or trade in crypto assets are reassuring their customers after cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed for...

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CFTC Commissioner Says Whistleblowers ‘Critical’ to Oversight of Crypto
CFTC Commissioner Says Whistleblowers ‘Critical’ to Oversight of Crypto
November 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Whistleblowers who report wrongdoing in the cryptocurrency industry will be performing a valuable service and will be eligible to receive a substantial reward, a Commodity...

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TCH: Consumers Want Bank Stablecoins but Regulators Block the Path
TCH: Consumers Want Bank Stablecoins but Regulators Block the Path
November 18, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX’s meltdown and crypto’s whipsaw gyrations continue to shake retail investors, many of whom will be wiped out. Institutional investors are shying away from the...

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SBF’s ‘Big Dumb Game’ Leaves ‘Worse than Enron’ Cleanup For CEO
SBF’s ‘Big Dumb Game’ Leaves ‘Worse than Enron’ Cleanup For CEO
November 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

By most accounts, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), the ex-CEO of what only weeks ago was the third largest crypto exchange in the world, has precipitated a...

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UC Berkeley Cancels FTX Stadium Naming Partnership
UC Berkeley Cancels FTX Stadium Naming Partnership
November 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The FTX name will have been attached to the University of California Berkeley’s football stadium for less than two years — rather than the 10...

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Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
Will Defi’s Stablecoin Dependence Prove Deadly?
November 17, 2022  |  Blockchain

The collapse of FTX raises some existential questions: Not just about that company, not just about cryptocurrencies, but of decentralized finance (DeFi) as well. Get...

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Alameda Research Made Loans to Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Execs 
Alameda Research Made Loans to Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX Execs 
November 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

FTX-affiliated trading firm Alameda Research reportedly made $4.1 billion in combined loans to “related parties,” with the majority going to then-FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, one...

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BaFin President: Banks’ Interest in Crypto Is ‘Limited’
BaFin President: Banks’ Interest in Crypto Is ‘Limited’
November 17, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

In an interview published on the European Central Bank website, Mark Branson, member of the supervisory board of the ECB and president of the German...

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