The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Looking to understand why it has become so popular, we hear from industry experts in addition to analysing a new report by Bitget , the cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company. In April 2022, the TON blockchain made a significant announcement, allowing Telegram users to make payments with cryptocurrency directly within the messaging app.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 16, 2024

This week, the judge overseeing a case between the Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA) versus Craig Wright , ruled that the defendant is ‘not’ Satoshi Nakamoto, the identity responsible for inventing Bitcoin, citing an ‘overwhelming’ amount of evidence.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Chainspace’s August 2017 whitepaper, which summarized the details behind the endeavor, said the team wanted to build a “ distributed ledger platform for high-integrity and transparent processing of transactions within a decentralized system.”. .” This new, small team is exploring many different applications.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

David Marcus, the co-creator of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, said progress is being made despite the exit of several big companies, CNBC reported on Wednesday (Oct. It’s a whitepaper. It wasn’t a tough week,” Marcus told CNBC. Aside from being Libra’s co-creator, he also heads the Libra wallet Calibra. It’s an idea.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A whole new approach – say, allowing developers to skip the overhead costs and consumers to pay with cryptocurrency? Multiple types of cryptocurrency will be accepted, including the most popular types: bitcoin and Ethereum. If it’s the latter, what will it take to hold their attention – more visibility from the Apple App Store ?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2018

As noted in the whitepaper published by the company, the “trust stake” offers incentive for trustworthy interactions, across conceivable use cases spanning peer-to-peer networks (where transactions can occur), social networks and online communities hosting chats and forums.

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FICO

AUGUST 12, 2021

They provide added services to customers ranging from personal budgeting and spending alerts to personal funds transfers and cryptocurrency wallets. Open Banking includes new, known AML/CTF threats like money laundering conducted through cryptocurrency exchanges. What is Open Banking? Increased exposure to crypto threats.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

A recent G2 whitepaper investigated the routes cybercriminals have taken and the strategies they now use in response to increased security oversight in the traditional online payments space. G2 found that, in response, cybercriminals have shifted their illicit transactions to alternative payments systems, new entrants and cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The Facebook Libra whitepaper states that Association Members must agree to operate as validators on the network. For many regulated, compliant global players like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal, that could come as a big ask, particularly since it means saying yes to processing transactions that use the Libra cryptocurrency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

As reported, Facebook’s beleaguered cryptocurrency — which is being questioned by what seems a global tidal wave of regulators — managed to garner more than 20 backers. David Marcus, the co-creator of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, told CNBC that the defections and the churn did not amount to a “tough week.” It’s a whitepaper.

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CB Insights

MAY 29, 2018

The number of new unicorns is also substantially higher when blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, cryptoasset companies, and organizations using token financing to raise funds are considered. This contrasts with equity investments in private and public markets, where voting rights and cash flows are standard.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

What once may not have been taken seriously — cryptocurrencies and futuristic payments — is today exploding as the innovation financial institutions are targeting for investments, largely hoping to get a jump on the blockchain before disruption takes a bite out of their traditional business.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

Given the lack of comprehension and its status as the unregulated cryptocurrency of the lawless, the blockchain has a significant barrier to overcome in the world of financial services, noted Karen Webster. The best one can do and should do is read and study … the original Satoshi bitcoin whitepaper and master that.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Cryptocurrencies. As of this writing in mid-November 2017, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies hovers around $220B (with a single bitcoin trading for upwards of $8,000). According to its whitepaper, Bitcoin was a “peer-to-peer electronic cash system.” Blockchain. Initial coin offerings. Hard to say.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2019

Facebook’s launch of Libra on June 18 unleashed a firestorm of media coverage, mostly repetitive, and mostly a piling on over the regulatory bear that it poked when unveiling its global payments plus cryptocurrency plans. The Facebook Libra whitepaper states that Association Members must agree to operate as validators on the network.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Square said that cryptocurrency aligns with the company’s purpose in that it empowers people worldwide to participate in a global monetary system. Square also recently rolled out the nonprofit Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance (COPA). “As it grows in adoption, we intend to learn and participate in a disciplined way.

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Fintech Review

AUGUST 7, 2024

Previously this month, the company released its whitepaper , detailing its current pre-sale and subsequent public float of its ‘real world asset’ cryptocurrency, following its announcement of holdings of more than one million carats of the rare gemstone. About Zirc Zirc offers a cryptocurrency fully backed by blue zircon gemstones.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The launch of Libra ignited a global debate over the role of cryptocurrencies in payments and financial services. Except that’s not what the Libra whitepaper says. Libra’s mission and the network targeted a huge number of people who have problems and need the world’s help, but it didn’t give them what they really need to solve them.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

A whitepaper released on Thursday (April 26) said that regulatory burdens should be reduced for smaller firms. According to the whitepaper, IPOs have become unattractive to businesses. Speaking of IPOs, lobbyists in the U.S. told lawmakers that rules governing IPO activity should be changed to boost the IPOs that come to market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

To gain a deeper insight into blockchain technology and what it is truly capable of, the World Economic Forum and its Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution paired up on a new whitepaper titled Realizing the Potential of Blockchain: A Multistakeholder Approach to the Stewardship of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

It has been about a month since Facebook pulled back the curtain on its vision for Libra – a blockchain-backed cryptocurrency with the lofty aim of connecting the 1.7 The coalition of nations is calling for an investigation into the supposed risks of cryptocurrencies and how they would affect the current financial system.

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