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

Pundi X CEO On Dialing Up Digital Payments, Calling Up Blockchain Phones In Dubai
Pundi X CEO On Dialing Up Digital Payments, Calling Up Blockchain Phones In Dubai
October 11, 2018  |  Blockchain

Well beyond bitcoin, blockchain is making inroads into the mainstream and cryptos are seeing a thaw when it comes to conducting commerce.  In Dubai, blockchain...

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Bitcoin Miners Fail To Make A Profit Despite Surge In Revenue
Bitcoin Miners Fail To Make A Profit Despite Surge In Revenue
October 10, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

Bitcoin miners have around $4.7 billion in revenue in 2018 — but because of the cost of electricity, miners are failing to make a profit. Get...

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Bitcoin Daily: Venezuela Requires Crypto Payments For Passports; Seoul To Create $108M Blockchain City
Bitcoin Daily: Venezuela Requires Crypto Payments For Passports; Seoul To Create $108M Blockchain City
October 08, 2018  |  Bitcoin

In Venezuela, citizens reportedly now need to use the country’s new Petro digital currency to pay for passports, Coindesk reported. A new passport will now...

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines
Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines
October 08, 2018  |  Regulation

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the...

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MyEG Launches Blockchain Payroll Solution
MyEG Launches Blockchain Payroll Solution
October 08, 2018  |  B2B Payments

Malaysia-based MyEG Services is rolling out a new payroll solution developed on blockchain technology. Reports in The Edge Markets on Friday (Oct. 5) said MyEG...

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CFTC Ups Crypto Regulation In 2018
CFTC Ups Crypto Regulation In 2018
October 08, 2018  |  Regulation

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) reported an increase in enforcement actions in the last fiscal year, partly due to a rise in cryptocurrency cases...

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Bitcoin Daily: VinX Grows Blockchain Tech On The Vine, Ripple MoneyTap Remittance App Goes Live 
Bitcoin Daily: VinX Grows Blockchain Tech On The Vine, Ripple MoneyTap Remittance App Goes Live 
October 05, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Overstock subsidiary Medici Ventures is investing in VinX , which is making a blockchain solution that monitors the ingredients of wine on their journey between the...

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Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins
Bitcoin Daily: TD Ameritrade Backs ErisX; Crypto Hackers Mint 235M Fake Pigeoncoins
October 04, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Hackers have minted 235 million fake tokens of the digital Pigeoncoin currency by taking advantage of a bitcoin bug, The Next Web reported. As a...

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Sberbank Rolls Out Cash Postcards; Binance Invests In TravelbyBit
Sberbank Rolls Out Cash Postcards; Binance Invests In TravelbyBit
October 03, 2018  |  Global Payments

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes Binance’s investment in Australian startup TravelbyBit to bring crypto payments to airports....

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