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Square receives cryptocurrency BitLicense for Cash App

19 Jun 18 @ 11:59

Square has recieved the go-ahead from regulators allowing New Yorkers to trade cryptocurrency on the its rapidly growing Cash app. While Square launched crypto trading through its payments app in... read more

Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey 2018

15 Jun 18 @ 10:12

The sixth annual Mobile Payments & Fraud Survey (MPFS), which measures the state of mobile payments and mobile channel fraud from each prior survey year has been released. In surveying... read more

Ripple and Swift in arm wrestle over cross-border payments supremacy

14 Jun 18 @ 11:16

It would appear that a new rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come. It is a contest that encapsulates much... read more

Dark Web: $1.1 billion cryptocurrency thefts during past six months

12 Jun 18 @ 13:23

Cryptocurrency. A decade ago, names such as Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum, and Monero were merely buzzwords. Fast forward to today, and they’ve become as recognisable as the US dollar and the... read more

Project Inthanon: Thai Central Bank to issue digital currency

12 Jun 18 @ 09:13

Thailand’s central bank chief has confirmed research into Project Inthanon, and a number of blockchain applications in banking, involving a central bank digital currency used for interbank settlements. In a... read more

Cryptocurrencies take a major fall in light of US futures investigation

11 Jun 18 @ 10:13

Cryptocurrencies have slid to a two-month low following reports that US regulators had asked cryptocurrency exchanges to provide trading data for a probe into whether possible manipulation was affecting the... read more

68% of EU and US Cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets fail to conduct proper identity checks

05 Jun 18 @ 09:30

Analyst house P.A.ID Strategies announces the results of research into the onboarding practices of cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges. The research, commissioned by Mitek, a global leader in digital identity verification... read more

US Justice Department launch criminal probe into Bitcoin price manipulation

30 May 18 @ 16:40

The US Justice Department is reported to have opened a criminal probe into whether traders are manipulating the price of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, dramatically ratcheting up US scrutiny of... read more

The Internet Security Threat Report 2018

30 May 18 @ 13:35

The Internet Security Threat Report notes that from the sudden spread of WannaCry and Petya/NotPetya, to the swift growth in coinminers, 2017 provided us with another reminder that digital security... read more

Facebook reported to be creating its own cryptocurrency

16 May 18 @ 11:58

Facebook is exploring the creation of its own cryptocurrency, Facecoin, a virtual token that would allow its billions of users around the world to make electronic payments, people familiar with... read more

Ripple claims positive initial results from xRapid pilots

10 May 18 @ 15:48

Ripple has announced aggregated and averaged results from several early xRapid pilots. xRapid is Ripple’s on-demand liquidity solution which uses the digital asset XRP for more efficient cross-border transactions between... read more

$1.7bn worth of cryptocurrency stolen since 2011

09 Apr 18 @ 14:34

Crypto Aware has found that over $1.7 billion-worth of cryptocurrencies were lost to hacks and scams between 2011 and 2018. $670 million-worth of which were lost over the last three months.... read more

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ECB brings Central Bank money to tokenised market

23 Sep 26 @ 14:34

The European Central Bank has taken a significant step towards integrating distributed ledger technology with Europe’s core financial infrastructure, launchin... more

European E-commerce Hits €911bn as Payments Reshape Online Retail

21 Sep 26 @ 19:41

European e-commerce has broken through the €900bn barrier, underlining the growing importance of digital retail to the continent's economy while intensifying ... more

Inside A7: How Russia built a parallel cross-border payments network

24 Sep 26 @ 16:29

Russia’s attempts to circumvent Western financial sanctions have developed into a sophisticated parallel payments architecture combining traditional banking, ... more