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.

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Major Players May Have To Wait Years For CBDCs
Major Players May Have To Wait Years For CBDCs
March 31, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

For central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in Europe, at least, it’s a case of hurry up and wait. As reported this week, the European Central...

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Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
Inaugural Cryptocurrency App Ranking A Tangle Of Tied Scores
March 31, 2021  |  Mobile Applications

Call it inevitability. There was always going to be a PYMNTS Provider Ranking of Cryptocurrency Apps. It was simply a matter of timing, like the...

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The Fed Drives Ahead With Payment Rail Exploration
The Fed Drives Ahead With Payment Rail Exploration
March 31, 2021  |  B2B Payments

The Federal Reserve is paving the way for new payment infrastructure to drive progress in the U.S. landscape, both through an expansion of the FedNow...

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Bitcoin Daily: NFT Art Market SuperRare Raises $9 Million; Frenchman Sues Australian Crypto Advisory Over Deal
Bitcoin Daily: NFT Art Market SuperRare Raises $9 Million; Frenchman Sues Australian Crypto Advisory Over...
March 30, 2021  |  Bitcoin

Editor’s Note, Oct. 9, 2025: This story has been updated to show that Australia’s Federal Court ruled in favor of Carlo Sciubba in 2024. Get...

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Britain To Look Harder At Stablecoins Than Other Cryptocurrency
Britain To Look Harder At Stablecoins Than Other Cryptocurrency
March 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Britain plans to regulate stablecoins first rather than the whole of the cryptocurrency market, Reuters writes. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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PayPal’s Scale Drives Crypto’s Utility
PayPal’s Scale Drives Crypto’s Utility
March 30, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In spurring new consumer behavior, scale matters. That’s especially true with cryptocurrencies, where making the leap from speculation to actual transactions (you know, the kind...

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto M&A Value Doubles In 2020; Miami Mayor Wants City To Be Crypto Hub; Man Owes $571M In Crypto Scam; Bitcoin Could Threaten Energy Consumption
Bitcoin Daily: Crypto M&A Value Doubles In 2020; Miami Mayor Wants City To Be Crypto...
March 29, 2021  |  Bitcoin

The crypto sector is seeing a boost in the value of mergers and acquisitions, doubling to almost $1.1 billion last year, according to Coindesk. The report...

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Fidelity Digital Assets Adds Silvergate As Crypto Lender
Fidelity Digital Assets Adds Silvergate As Crypto Lender
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Fidelity Digital Assets will soon be collaborating with Silvergate Bank as its second lender extending cryptocurrency-backed loans, Silvergate announced in a press release on Monday (March...

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China Pushes Toward Global Rules For CBDCs 
China Pushes Toward Global Rules For CBDCs 
March 29, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Private, yes. Anonymous, no. In the race to bring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) into the mainstream, key questions revolve around how they will be...

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