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With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issuing new approvals for financial instruments indirectly tied to Bitcoin, the world of cryptocurrency is abuzz with the possibility of an approved, U.S.-based Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) hitting the consumer market.

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The early adoption advantage of something like Bitcoin or Ethereum doesn’t apply. In fact, being a late entrant when the problems of the early entrants into the market are known has significant advantages.

After MicroStrategy (MSTR), the billion-dollar software intelligence company, implored Bitcoiners to urge the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to change its regulatory policy toward Bitcoin (BTC), a wave of new appeals has been rolling in.

The rise of blockchain technology, especially the type used by Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), has caused smart contracts to skyrocket in popularity. For the uninitiated, smart contracts are programmable agreements, or protocols, that self-execute and enforce without the aid of any inter

New ways of managing, transacting and investing our money continue to emerge as the financial world around us evolves. One major change seen in the last decade has come from the rise of cryptocurrencies (or "crypto," if you prefer brevity) – digital currencies that lac

Professional investors are concerned with one thing: returns.

It's impossibly difficult to have an interest in finance without learning what the crypto fuss is all about. You've likely heard stories of people becoming overnight millionaires on the heels of Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) price moves, and you've also heard of people losing most of t

To put it simply, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) enable users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with one another without the need for brokers. Users merely need to connect their crypto wallet to a DEX, such as Uniswap (CRYPTO: UNI) or PancakeSwap (CRYPTO: CAKE), select their crypt

Recently, while I was at the gym, I overheard a conversation between two mothers. One of the moms’ sons, who is in middle school, wanted to invest in bitcoin in an account his parents would set up for him. While the women debated the best way to support the budding in­v

If you’ve been paying attention to the DeFi sector, you’ll have noticed the emergence of bold new “unsecured” lending protocols, or lending platforms with zero collateral requirements that serve to maximize capital efficiency for borrowers.

Today’s crypto scammers rely on a perfect storm of media buzz, influential voices, and general interest in emerging technologies for their social engineering schemes to dupe people effectively. Know Your Customer can help solve the issue.

As crypto adoption increases globally, it is essential that crypto exchanges prepare for institutionalization, the participation of banks, broker-dealers, payment providers, and the like, in order to ensure market integrity and flexibly scale with the increasing demand.

The cryptocurrency phenomenon has taken the world by storm over the past year, with several cryptocurrencies -- including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), and Cardano (CRYPTO: ADA) -- soaring in value in a relatively short period of time.

Cryptocurrency has grown increasingly mainstream as more and more investors add digital coins to their portfolios. If you have the appetite for crypto, you may be contemplating the idea of investing in it for your retirement. And if so, you wouldn't be alone.

When you set up an account with a crypto exchange, you'll typically be asked to go through the know-your-customer (KYC) process. This is a standard identity verification that major exchanges require for anyone who wants to trade crypto.

Investors in the U.S. that like both cryptocurrency and exchange traded funds – and demographic data confirm there are plenty in this category – face a problem. There's still no ETF that provides direct access to bitcoin (BTC) or any other digital asset

Cryptocurrency has been around for well over 10 years now, but only in the last few years has the subject of regulation become increasingly discussed.

On Sept. 7, El Salvador became the first country in the world to accept Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as legal tender. Even though the rollout has been far from ideal, major food outlets in the country, such as Starbucks, Pizza Hut, and McDonald's, have all began accepting the digital cu

Contracts and agreements underpin many daily interactions, whether it's your contract with an employer, your rental or mortgage agreement, or the guarantee on a new TV. The magic of smart contracts is that all those agreements can be codified and set up to work automatically --