digital currency

Digital currency is a type of currency available in digital form. It exhibits properties similar to physical currencies, but can allow for instantaneous transactions and borderless transfer-of-ownership. Examples include virtual currencies, cryptocurrencies, and central bank digital currency.

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Smart Crypto Policy Can Protect Dollar’s Dominance, Experts Tell House Panel
Smart Crypto Policy Can Protect Dollar’s Dominance, Experts Tell House Panel
September 21, 2022  |  Regulation

If the U.S. is to maintain its economic and political leadership in the 21st century, one thing it cannot do is lose control of the...

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Wall Street Giants’ EDXM Exchange Could Lift Crypto Industry, Lower Prices
Wall Street Giants’ EDXM Exchange Could Lift Crypto Industry, Lower Prices
September 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

While the news that a half-dozen top financial firms are creating a new cryptocurrency exchange has been lauded for what it says about their faith...

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JPMorgan: Desire Waning for Crypto as Payment Method
JPMorgan: Desire Waning for Crypto as Payment Method
September 20, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Demand for using cryptocurrencies as a payments method is falling off as the market has shed an estimated $2 trillion in value in under a...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Instacart Unveils ‘Connected Store’ Concept
Today in the Connected Economy: Instacart Unveils ‘Connected Store’ Concept
September 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Instacart debuts a bundle of next modular technologies, dubbed “Connected Stores” and designed to combine the best of online and...

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Treasury Lends Tacit Support to Digital Dollar
Treasury Lends Tacit Support to Digital Dollar
September 16, 2022  |  CBDC

One striking aspect of the Treasury Department’s Friday (Sept. 16) report, “The Future of Money and Payments” is how little space it dedicated to address...

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Amazon, Nexi, Worldline, CaixaBank, EPI Join Digital Euro Project
Amazon, Nexi, Worldline, CaixaBank, EPI Join Digital Euro Project
September 16, 2022  |  CBDC

The European Central Bank (ECB) has selected five companies to be involved in a “prototyping exercise” that will be part of its two-year investigation phase...

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Toomey Revives Call for 2022 Stablecoin Regulation
Toomey Revives Call for 2022 Stablecoin Regulation
September 15, 2022  |  Regulation

One of the Senate’s top Republicans believes that stablecoin regulation can still happen this year. Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey, the top Republican on the Senate Banking...

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Flutterwave Launches eNaira Payments for Businesses in Nigeria
Flutterwave Launches eNaira Payments for Businesses in Nigeria
September 14, 2022  |  CBDC

In what will be perceived as a victory for Nigeria’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), FinTech Flutterwave announced Wednesday (Sept. 14) that merchants using its...

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Deciphering the Alphabet Soup of Crypto Regulation
Deciphering the Alphabet Soup of Crypto Regulation
September 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

If you granted one wish to virtually anyone doing business in the cryptocurrency world, and especially those involved in making payments and transferring money, they...

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