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

Square’s Cash App Comes To The UK
Square’s Cash App Comes To The UK
April 04, 2018  |  Mobile Payments

Square announced on Tuesday (April 3) that its peer-to-peer (P2P) Cash app is now available in the U.K. According to news from MarketWatch, the U.K. is the...

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Feds Charge Founders Of Mayweather-Endorsed Crypto Firm With Fraud
Feds Charge Founders Of Mayweather-Endorsed Crypto Firm With Fraud
April 03, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged two founders of a cryptocurrency company for an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering (ICO) that raised...

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitpay Notches $40M In Funding, Russian Hotels To Take Crypto During World Cup
Bitcoin Daily: Bitpay Notches $40M In Funding, Russian Hotels To Take Crypto During World Cup
April 03, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin rose above the $7,000 level on Monday (April 2) after falling 25 percent last week, CNBC reported. Bitcoin was trading at $7,016.96 as of...

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Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane
Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane
April 02, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies continued to dip on the heels of various regulatory actions focused on trading activities and exchanges. Same alarms, different week. On the global stage,...

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Telegram Raises $1.7 Billion So Far With ICO
Telegram Raises $1.7 Billion So Far With ICO
April 02, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Telegram, the Dubai-based messaging app company, has added $850 million to the amount it has raised via an initial coin offering, bringing the total from...

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Cutting Through The Blockchain Fog
Cutting Through The Blockchain Fog
March 30, 2018  |  Blockchain

Is there a buzzier word than blockchain? Attempting to cleave hype from hope and reality from the headlines, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster spoke with Michael Ting,...

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ENTX Co-founder: A Room With A Blockchain View
ENTX Co-founder: A Room With A Blockchain View
March 30, 2018  |  Blockchain

The hotel industry is fragmented. Getting heads in beds is key. Empty rooms mean lost revenues for operators and middlemen eat into profits. ENTX Co-founder...

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South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
South Korean Investigators Looking At North Korea’s Role In Youbit Demise
March 29, 2018  |  International

Law enforcement in South Korea is looking into Youbit, the South Korean bitcoin exchange that was the subject of a heist that brought the exchange...

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple’s $29M Charity Donation, Bitcoin’s ‘Death Cross’
Bitcoin Daily: Ripple’s $29M Charity Donation, Bitcoin’s ‘Death Cross’
March 29, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Bitcoin is nearing a so-called “death cross” – the point when the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average, CNBC reported. Already, the...

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