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

Sizzle/Fizzle: Toys Get Some Play, While Cryptos Get Dumped
Sizzle/Fizzle: Toys Get Some Play, While Cryptos Get Dumped
August 17, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitfinex Sees Bets Against Bitcoin Double, Thai Watchdog Reviews Crypto License Application
Bitcoin Daily: Bitfinex Sees Bets Against Bitcoin Double, Thai Watchdog Reviews Crypto License Application
August 17, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Thailand’s financial watchdog has published the names of seven firms that have applied for a license to operate in the cryptocurrency space within the country,...

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Ripple’s X-Border Payments Product Secures Three Partners
Ripple’s X-Border Payments Product Secures Three Partners
August 16, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Ripple’s cross-border payments product xRapid brought on Bittrex to act as the preferred digital asset exchange for its transactions that move through U.S. dollars. In a press...

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Today In Data: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Today In Data: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
August 16, 2018  |  Today In Data

While progress is often described as a persistent march forward, a more accurate metaphor might be something more in line with a dance, where the...

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Says Airdrops May Be Securities; Ex-PayPal CEO: Cryptos Are Going ‘Closer To Zero’
Bitcoin Daily: SEC Says Airdrops May Be Securities; Ex-PayPal CEO: Cryptos Are Going ‘Closer To...
August 16, 2018  |  Bitcoin

AT&T is facing a lawsuit from a cryptocurrency investor who claims that the telephone company’s negligence caused him to lose $24 million of digital currency,...

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ICO Investors Fall For Exit Scams, Phishing
ICO Investors Fall For Exit Scams, Phishing
August 15, 2018  |  Cryptocurrency

The founder of crypto startup Savedroid, which just raised $50 million in an initial coin offering (ICO), posted two photos on his Twitter account a few...

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Five At Five: Faster EMV Comes To The US
Five At Five: Faster EMV Comes To The US
August 15, 2018  |  News

Welcome to Five at Five, your late look at the day’s payments and commerce news. Today’s coverage includes news about faster chip card transactions, along...

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Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions
Coinbase Acquires Distributed Systems To Work On Identity Solutions
August 15, 2018  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange operator, announced Wednesday (Aug. 15) that it has acquired Distributed Systems, a company that has been working on decentralized identity solutions....

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Ripple Eyes China’s Cross-Border Payments Market
Ripple Eyes China’s Cross-Border Payments Market
August 15, 2018  |  Global Payments

Ripple is eyeing the Chinese market, aiming to use blockchain technology to quicken cross-border payments. According to a report in CNBC, citing Jeremy Light, vice...

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