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

Singapore Tests Programmable Money as CBDC Alternative
Singapore Tests Programmable Money as CBDC Alternative
October 31, 2022  |  CBDC

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and DBS Bank are running a trial of tokenized Singapore dollars that can be programmed for specific uses and allow merchants...

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Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today With 23% of Consumers Owning Crypto
Bitcoin White Paper Turns 14 Today With 23% of Consumers Owning Crypto
October 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Fourteen years ago today, a still unidentified person or group using the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto” sent out an email about a nine-page white paper outlining...

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Reserve Bank of India Launches First Pilot of Digital Rupee
Reserve Bank of India Launches First Pilot of Digital Rupee
October 31, 2022  |  CBDC

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that the first of its pilot launches of a digital rupee will begin Tuesday (Nov. 1) with...

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Chainalysis Sees Growing Push for Crypto Regulation Amid Record Hacks
Chainalysis Sees Growing Push for Crypto Regulation Amid Record Hacks
October 31, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto, which was born during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, is about to see how it handles the next one. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Blockchain.com Valuation Could Shrink by $10B, Report Says
Blockchain.com Valuation Could Shrink by $10B, Report Says
October 30, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto trading platform Blockchain.com is considering a “down round” of funding that could slash the company’s value from the $14 billion it reached this year....

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Blockchain Association Seeks to Intervene in SEC Lawsuit Against Ripple
Blockchain Association Seeks to Intervene in SEC Lawsuit Against Ripple
October 30, 2022  |  Blockchain

Crypto lobbying group Blockchain Association has asked permission to support cross-border payments company Ripple as a friend of the court in its case against the...

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Race to the Bottom as NFT Marketplaces Refuse to Pay Artist Royalties
Race to the Bottom as NFT Marketplaces Refuse to Pay Artist Royalties
October 28, 2022  |  NFTs

One of the most potentially powerful tools to attract artists, musicians and other creators to embrace blockchain-based NFTs as a way of distributing their work is in...

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Twitter Testing Feature to Provide Larger NFT Images
Twitter Testing Feature to Provide Larger NFT Images
October 28, 2022  |  NFTs

Furthering its involvement with nonfungible tokens (NFTs), Twitter is testing a feature that will expand links to NFTs to display a preview.  Get the Full...

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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Remittances Drop Again Despite Potential Savings
El Salvador’s Bitcoin Remittances Drop Again Despite Potential Savings
October 28, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Low-cost remittances were one of the key selling points Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele cited when announcing the law that made bitcoin a legal tender in...

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