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

Crypto.com Adding 1,400 Employees as Bitcoin, Other Tokens Rally
Crypto.com Adding 1,400 Employees as Bitcoin, Other Tokens Rally
April 16, 2024  |  Personnel

Crypto.com is in the process of adding 1,400 employees, a little more than a year after cutting one-fifth of its staff.  The turnaround at the...

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Marijuana Banking, Cryptocurrency Regulation May Be Combined Into Single Bill
Marijuana Banking, Cryptocurrency Regulation May Be Combined Into Single Bill
April 15, 2024  |  Regulation

Proposed rules for marijuana banking and cryptocurrency regulation may be combined into a single bill. The legislation has not been finalized, but there have been...

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UK Plans Stablecoin, Crypto Staking Legislation For Summer
UK Plans Stablecoin, Crypto Staking Legislation For Summer
April 15, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

The British government is reportedly readying legislation for stablecoins and crypto staking, exchange and custody.  “We are now working at pace to deliver the legislation to put...

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Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Conviction and Sentence, Faces Yearslong Process
Sam Bankman-Fried Appeals Conviction and Sentence, Faces Yearslong Process
April 11, 2024  |  Legal

Sam Bankman-Fried appealed his conviction and 25-year prison sentence Thursday (April 11). The FTX founder, who was convicted in November 2023 and sentenced in March...

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Compliance Officers Say Crypto Industry Can Learn From Exchanges’ Settlements
Compliance Officers Say Crypto Industry Can Learn From Exchanges’ Settlements
April 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency industry can learn lessons from the settlements three crypto exchanges reached with regulators. So said the chief compliance officers of Binance, Coinbase and Kraken...

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This Week in Web3: Usability, Utility and Oversight 
This Week in Web3: Usability, Utility and Oversight 
April 10, 2024  |  Blockchain

The next iteration of the internet, Web3, has been around for a while now.  Meta’s Reality Labs division — the arm of the tech giant...

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EU Watchdog: 90% of Crypto Trading Confined to 10 Exchanges
EU Watchdog: 90% of Crypto Trading Confined to 10 Exchanges
April 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Ten cryptocurrency exchanges account for 90% of the market’s trading. And that concentration could be a problem, according to a report issued Wednesday (April 10) by...

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Treasury: ‘Malign Actors’ Use Crypto to Get Around Regulators
Treasury: ‘Malign Actors’ Use Crypto to Get Around Regulators
April 10, 2024  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is increasingly becoming a safe haven for “malign actors” such as terror groups. That’s according to testimony Tuesday (April 9) by U.S. Treasury Deputy...

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Blockchain.com and MetaMask Partner to Streamline Adoption of Crypto Payments
Blockchain.com and MetaMask Partner to Streamline Adoption of Crypto Payments
April 09, 2024  |  Partnerships

Blockchain.com and MetaMask partnered to enable seamless and secure cryptocurrency payments. The new partnership includes an integration of Blockchain.com’s crypto payment solution, Blockchain.com Pay, with MetaMask’s self-custodial platform, the...

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