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DECEMBER 9, 2020

There are currently more than 5,500 different cryptocurrencies in circulation, but the biggest name in the business — and often a metonym for the industry itself — is bitcoin. billion bitcoins in circulation, with a market capitalization of $117.81 The year 2020 saw 18.42 billion and an individual coin valued at $19,463 as of December.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The manipulation of cryptocurrencies is getting attention from regulators who have been warning that these digital tokens, and the exchanges they are traded on, could be vulnerable to price manipulation. ” He said that earlier this year, Virgil Capital lost money on ether trades due to a bot.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Coinbase, a platform that allows users to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency, said it is considering adding 30 new cryptocurrencies to its roster for trading, according to a report. Coinbase has ambitious plans for cryptocurrencies. This year, it added Ethereum Classic, 0x, USD Coin, Basic Attention Token and Zcash.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- With mobile banking, artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and other modern banking tools on the rise, the emergence of new players in the fintech space is a daily occurrence With that in mind, here are five startups to keep an eye on this week: Templum ICOs, or Initial Coin Offerings, are growing more and more popular […].

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 2, 2018

EXCLUSIVE- Cryptocurrency is not having a great year. And while many institutions (including big banks) have distanced themselves from the phenomenon, roboadvisors in the country remain divided in their opinion on cryptocurrency as an investment. Take New York-based financial adviser Betterment, for instance.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Cryptocurrency lending platform Vauld raised $2 million to expand into full banking services, including issuing credit and debit cards and providing fiat and crypto order books, CoinDesk reported. The funding round was led by Pantera Capital and included Coinbase Ventures and LuneX Ventures. In other news, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Binance , Nigeria’s cryptocurrency market, has seen sign-ups surge 50 percent so far in 2020. Nigeria has latched on to the cryptocurrency trend, boasting 35 million unbanked adults who possess mobile phones, the vast majority being women. Fraud has become a concern with cryptocurrency around the world.

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TheGuardian

JUNE 10, 2021

Growth of crypto-assets threatens financial stability and could increase risks faced by banks, they warn Global regulators have said cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin should come with the toughest bank capital rules to avoid putting the wider financial system at risk should their value collapse suddenly. Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

Cryptocurrency consortium Panxora is rolling out a new solution aimed at helping organizations preserve the funds they have raised through Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). The solution deploys artificial intelligence trading algorithms and passive hedge balancing to provide capital preservation solutions, and promote capital growth for users.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 11, 2018

Enterprise blockchain provider Ripple has made a $25 million investment in blockchain startup, Blockchain Capital, the company announced today. The growth of Blockchain Capital’s fund, which is now hovering at $150 million, will help support entrepreneurs and startups in the space.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

The cryptocurrency market is continuing its descent with the market hitting a new ten-month low after the price of Ether declined and regulators in the U.S. halted trading in two securities that are tied to cryptocurrency. According to a report in Bloomberg Ether, which is the second biggest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, fell 8.9

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Perficient

MAY 25, 2023

Promethium Ember Capital, (“PEC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Promethium, has become the first digital asset custody provider to come under federal regulation. PEC was approved as a special purpose broker-dealer (“SPBD”) for digital asset securities. The significance of this is two-fold.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Consumers are moving to digital payments and cryptocurrency in droves, and it’s inevitable that more central banks will issue digital forms of currency, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said in a televised interview on Monday (Nov. And I think you’ll have more and more utility happen with cryptocurrencies,” he predicted. 23) Benzinga report.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

A federal grand jury indicted 33-year-old software engineer Paige Thompson, a former employee of Capital One, for the crime. Capital One stored its data with Amazon’s cloud division, called Amazon Web Services , and Thompson accessed the data from there. Thompson’s indictment cites more than 30 victims, which includes Capital One.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

MovieCoin aims to deploy blockchain, smart contract and cryptocurrency technologies in a wide range of use cases, all geared toward the global movies and entertainment market — one that Grand View Research recently estimated to be worth nearly $1.15 trillion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

million, CoinDesk reported, the first IPO to use cryptocurrency as an accepted currency. FinTech STAX, a capital-raising platform that accepts both dollars and cryptocurrency, helped WCA raise the funds. “We Meanwhile, Australia’s West Coast Aquaculture (WCA) completed an initial public offering that raised the company $3.65

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency hedge fund Polychain Capital, discusses which digital currencies and blockchain technologies are reshaping payments and which are “nonsense projects.”.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Liberty Capital Bancshares in Texas agreed to acquire in-state peer Southwestern Bancorp; BNY announced it will buy managed-account software company Archer; Louisiana is supporting crypto but pushing back on CBDCs; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. Capital One is experiencing a technical issue impacting customer money movement, including direct deposits, and the ability for some customers to access accounts. Capital One saw an outage on Friday (Nov. We greatly apologize for the inconvenience,” Capital One said in a tweet on Friday.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and digital currency investment firm Pantera Capital said in a report that after analyzing numbers from the cryptocurrency exchange iBit, it appears that PayPal and Cash App have bought almost 100 percent of all newly-issued bitcoins. PayPal is the biggest tech firm to accelerate its move into the cryptocurrency space.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2020

In other news, Polychain Capital and Bain Capital in addition to HDR Global Trading were among participants in a $3 million Series A round for Coin DCX , an exchange based in India, CoinDesk reported. The fundraising comes only weeks following the reversal of a banking ban for digital currency companies.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2021

FTX , a cryptocurrency exchange platform, has raised $420.7M The round drew participation from Sea Capital, Tiger Global Management, Sequoia Capital, Temasek, and BlackRock, among others. The post Cryptocurrency Exchange Platform FTX Raises $420.7M in an extended Series B. How’s the company performing?

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Another cryptocurrency is reaching an all-time high. This morning, the cryptocurrency Litecoin reached $360.93, according to CoinMarketCap. It has a market capitalization of […]. It has a market capitalization of […]. Currently, at 10.45

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

Proposed amendments to existing bills want to classify cryptocurrencies as goods rather than currencies. ” But Sung Tae-yoon , an economist with Yonsei University, warned that taxing cryptocurrencies could slow the country’s tech markets.

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

This week's plunge in bitcoin's value highlights one of the biggest concerns in using the cryptocurrency for payment. Stablecoins, which are pegged to traditional currency such as the U.S. dollar or a precious metal, are seen as a much less risky investment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

Intense industry hype and alarming cryptocurrency volatility have led regulators the world over to perk up their ears to the growing number of cryptocurrency exchanges. The company’s business model as a cryptocurrency exchange operator means the company takes the position that some digital assets are securities. A property?

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Capital markets infrastructure powers the trade of stocks, bonds, and other securities, handling $3000T+ in transactions each year. A number of official bodies representing major economies, including the EU and China, have launched pilot schemes to assess the use of DLT in capital markets.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Turbulent market conditions have rattled capital markets tech funding, which fell 84% YoY in Q3’22. . These technologies enable capital markets firms not only to adapt to market volatility, but also to pursue new growth opportunities. ESG reporting requirements. Trade analytics and execution. EQUITY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs. In 2022, FTX broke ground on its new headquarters in Nassau, the country’s capital. In April 2022, Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, hosted the invitation-only Crypto Bahamas Conference. Crypto Conference.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 10, 2019

The Chinese government has proposed a ban on cryptocurrency mining in a bid to tackle corruption and stem capital outflows prevalent in the market, believe market participants. “Because of rampant corruption, local authorities can make deals with miners, often without the.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, and a long-time market forecaster, said that when it comes to bitcoin , investors can’t see any wrong in the cryptocurrency, and predicted its value will ultimately be erased. Still, Winklevoss disagrees, telling CNBC that it’s not the right way to look at cryptocurrency.

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Chris Skinner

JUNE 25, 2019

Things we’re reading today include … Monzo now valued at more than £2 billion The new left economics: how a network of thinkers is transforming capitalism The FCA – a watchdog too nice and chummy to bark or bite Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency faces questions from international regulators Flawed rules contributed … The post (..)

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Chipper CEO Ham Serunjogi confirmed on Twitter the startup, which got its initial foothold in the market as a peer-to-peer (P2P) payments service, has just wrapped up a $30 million Series B round of venture capital. Ribbit Capital, a VC firm in the U.S. that focuses on early-stage firms, led the investment round. Stripe, the U.S.-based

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 12, 2018

The price of bitcoin surged above $8,000 today for the first time in several weeks, a rise of more than 13% over the past 24 hours, prompting excitement in the cryptocurrency community. The combined market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies rose 16% over the same period.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Bitcoin-related revenues stood at $43 million through the Cash App (which allows users to buy and sell the cryptocurrency), up from $37 million in the second quarter. The latest growth marks a bit of deceleration from previous quarters, where GPV had been 30 percent or more, and the stock dipped slightly in after-hours trading.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

The hot topics in B2B venture capital these days are often cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and data analytics. Indeed, these spaces secured significant funding in this week’s B2B venture capital roundup. But a lesser-discussed market grabbed the largest investment of the week: logistics. Cybersecurity.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Company Name. Phone number.

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