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Ternio Integrates With Plaid To Ease Access To Crypto-Friendly Accounts

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Ternio , a global FinTech platform, has integrated with Plaid , a financial data company, to help Ternio BlockCard bank accounts access faster and more secure connections to financial accounts, according to a press release.

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Is It Time For Cryptocurrency To Become More Regulated?

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The rapid growth of cryptocurrency has come with closer scrutiny and a call for tighter anti-money-laundering (AML), know-your-customer (KYC) regulations. The anonymous nature of cryptocurrency, coupled with its irreversible transactions, is especially attractive to scammers and fraudsters.

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Revolut Adds Crypto To US Offerings With Paxos Deal

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with an app and debit card, is expanding its range of services into the realm of cryptocurrency trading with a big assist from Paxos. According to New York-based Paxos, the API-based solution is designed to enable companies to “integrate cryptocurrency buying, selling, holding and sending capabilities into their own applications.”.

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Blockchain Security A Moving Target For Both Developers And Hackers

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Regardless of where blockchain makes its mark, what is certain is that corporates have to trust that a largely unfamiliar innovation will work the way it should; that means securely, efficiently and easily. billion raised via controversial initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been lost to lapses in security, including phishing attacks.

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Bitcoin Daily: Didi Joins China's Digital Yuan Testing; Putin Orders Russian Gov't Workers, Officials To Disclose Crypto Assets

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Russian president Vladimir Putin has signed an order directing public officials to report cryptocurrency holdings, CoinDesk reports. Russian law recognizes cryptocurrency as a type of property as of a law signed by Putin over the summer, which will go into effect in January. The order signed Thursday (Dec.

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Circle, Dapper Labs Team To Add Stablecoin Payments For Digital Collectibles

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Up to now, paying for digital collectibles on blockchain relied on cryptocurrency payments. That means they're "irreversible, highly secure and redeemable 1:1 for U.S. He noted that the volatility of cryptocurrencies is a reason that the stablecoin had emerged as an alternative more reliable for trading.

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Bitcoin Daily: Square’s Crypto Branch To Provide $100K To BTCPay Foundation

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It also creates powerful real-world applications for bitcoin without sacrificing user experience or requiring trusted third parties,” Square Crypto wrote in a blog post. As I look at all cryptocurrencies that could fill that role of being the native currency for the internet, [bitcoin is] a pretty high probability.”.

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