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In the crypto world, there are two types of keys: Private and Public. A public key is an address everyone can see and use for sending crypto assets to each other. A private key is like a password used...
Living and working in a developed economy, it is easy to view crypto as simply a new and interesting alternative investment class – a useful way to diversify a portfolio or earn yield. Crypto is yet a...
In the wide expanse of the digital financial universe, cryptocurrencies shine as pioneering assets, challenging the traditional framework of economics and ushering a shift in financial transactions. ...
If you're interested in offering your users a more convenient way of managing their crypto assets, consider utilizing a card-issuing platform from a reliable provider that offers seamless and secure s...
With the Consultation Paper on Technical Standards for the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) aims to collect views, comments, and opinion...
Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital form of central bank money that is issued by a country's central bank and backed by the government. It is an innovative digital payment system that is...
A few weeks ago, the Treasury's consultation into the Regulatory Regime for Cryptoassets closed. First published back in February, the consultation asks for views on the Government’s intended regulati...
Born partly in reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency was created as a radical alternative to the traditional financial industry. Rewind 15 years: banks that were “too big to fail” had ...
Cryptocurrency Ethereum, in early 2021 processed over one million transactions a day, a figure that stayed relatively stable in recent years. It is a meteoric growth, given its humble beginnings in Au...
The recent approval of the Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) by the European Parliament marks a significant milestone in the regulation of the crypto-assets industry in Europe and beyond. ...
Some of the world's biggest brands are already involved - Nike, Disney, Budweiser, Warner Music and Starbucks. What exactly? Well, as Harvard Business Review put it, the “confusing, contested, exciti...
Stablecoins are designed to be stable and immune from the price volatility that plagues their crypto brethren. This makes stablecoins an integral part of the crypto ecosphere and an illustration for t...