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

Today in FinTech: Circle Closer to Becoming a Bank; Central Banks Question Need for CBDCs

Today in FinTech: Circle Closer to Becoming a Bank; Central Banks Question Need for CBDCs
Today in FinTech: Circle Closer to Becoming a Bank; Central Banks Question Need for CBDCs
April 13, 2022  |  Technology

In today’s FinTech news, cryptocurrency firm Circle Internet Finance is one step closer to becoming a bank, while Libeo is launching one-click accounts receivable (AR)...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Brings ‘Just Walk Out’ to Houston
Today in the Connected Economy: Amazon Brings ‘Just Walk Out’ to Houston
April 13, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Amazon’s expansion of its Just Walk Out technology continues as it brings the frictionless checkout offering to the Houston Astros’...

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Circle Getting Closer to Applying for Digital Bank License
Circle Getting Closer to Applying for Digital Bank License
April 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Circle Internet Finance says it’s getting close to applying to become a digital bank in the U.S., even as regulators make it harder for crypto...

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Dfns Secures $13.5M to Boost Crypto Wallet Security
Dfns Secures $13.5M to Boost Crypto Wallet Security
April 13, 2022  |  Investments

Dfns, a crypto wallet startup, raised $13.5 million in seed funding to expand its services that help secure the digital assets of FinTech companies and...

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Do CBDCs Need Blockchain? Growing Number of Central Banks Say No
Do CBDCs Need Blockchain? Growing Number of Central Banks Say No
April 13, 2022  |  CBDC

There has been a widespread assumption that central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) would be built on blockchain — or at least the distributed-ledger technology (DLT)...

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Nexo, Mastercard, DiPocket Launch Card Backed by a Crypto Credit Line
Nexo, Mastercard, DiPocket Launch Card Backed by a Crypto Credit Line
April 13, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Nexo, a Swiss platform that provides instant cryptocurrency-backed loans, has launched a cryptocurrency Mastercard in some European markets, the company announced Wednesday (April 13). Get...

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Today in Crypto: Crypto.com Hires Former US Regulator and Prosecutor to Head Financial Crimes Unit; Bitcoin’s Tumble Costs Futures Traders $430M
Today in Crypto: Crypto.com Hires Former US Regulator and Prosecutor to Head Financial Crimes Unit;...
April 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto.com has hired an ex-Washington regulator and federal prosecutor to oversee efforts to make sure the platform isn’t being used for illicit acts like terrorism...

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Crypto Developer Gets 5-Year Sentence for Helping N. Korea Skirt Sanctions
Crypto Developer Gets 5-Year Sentence for Helping N. Korea Skirt Sanctions
April 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Here’s a tip: If you’re going to go give a speech on crypto at a conference run by a country under stiff sanctions, maybe don’t...

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