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JUNE 12, 2025

Back in 2017, cash dominated all transactions. Nghiem linked this transformation to a broader shift that began around 2017-2018, when conversations around the Fourth Industrial Revolution began gaining traction in Vietnam. Founded in 2017, Finhay is a digital investment platform and personal finance app.

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CoinRemitter

JULY 4, 2025

Bitcoin Cash Created in 2017 during a debate about Bitcoin’s scaling. Total Supply and Coin Limit Many cryptocurrencies may have a maximum supply. At CoinRemitter, you can accept both LTC and BCH through our simple and secure cryptocurrency payment gateway. Focuses on speed, low fees, and easy use.

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JULY 28, 2025

million (14%) that were in 2017. 2719 Report Share 1 Channels /regulation & compliance /cryptocurrency Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation Latest thinking in respect to Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation. In the UK, the FCA found progress has been made on access to basic banking services.

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JULY 3, 2025

Founded in 2017, Coinstash currently serves more than 48,000 users and offers access to Australia’s largest range of digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and 1,000+ cryptocurrencies. Home Announcements Crypto Australian crypto exchange Coinstash raises A$4.7

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

London challenger bank Revolut has rolled out four new cryptocurrencies — EOS, OMG Network, Tezos and 0x — for users in the Europe Economic Area (EEA), the company said in a blog post on Thursday (Dec. Revolut first added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017. In March, Revolut launched in the U.S. to meet demand, the company said.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Cryptocurrency is one of the fastest-moving industries in the digital world, with a market that was valued at $1.03 Bitcoin is one of the most famous names in the cryptocurrency space, accounting for $6 billion in daily transactions among 153 million registered user addresses. Cryptocurrency-related crimes totaled $4.3

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APRIL 26, 2019

The Indian government has drafted a bill that would ban cryptocurrencies and attempt to regulate any official digital money, according to reports. . The idea is to ban the “sale, purchase and issuance of all types of cryptocurrency,” according to an unnamed government source cited by The Economic Times. .

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

16), heading above the $20,000 mark for the first time ever — eclipsing its previous record high set in 2017. CNBC reported that the surge was fueled by cryptocurrency fans along with a big boost from big-name investors such as Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller. Bitcoin continued its ongoing surge in price Wednesday (Dec.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

While Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra hangs in regulatory limbo over concerns of money laundering and a threat to financial stability, popular social network Telegram has plans to release its own cryptocurrency by October, according to a report by The New York Times. “A

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JUNE 22, 2020

PayPal will offer direct cryptocurrency sales for customers, CoinDesk reports. It is not known yet which cryptocurrencies will be supported, but one of the sources CoinDesk talked to said it would likely include multiple different exchanges. European and Canadian Coinbase users gained the option to withdraw to PayPal last year.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

At 6:31 pm EST, the digital currency still hit high, sitting at $19,083.92, as the coin approaches its record price of $19,783, which it hit in December of 2017. million, CoinDesk reported, the first IPO to use cryptocurrency as an accepted currency. Bitcoin continued its price climb today (Nov.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2018

For one, in January 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg mentioned cryptocurrency when disclosing his annual project for 2018: “There are important counter-trends to [the rise of Big Tech] — like encryption and cryptocurrency… I’m interested to go deeper and study the positive and negative aspects.”. Timeline of major events.

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Fintech News

MAY 8, 2024

Wong noted that the fallout from the collapse of TerraUSD , the stablecoin developed by Terraform Labs, was contained within the cryptocurrency sector, with minimal impact on Singapore’s mainstream financial system and economy. He emphasised that local financial institutions have minimal exposure to cryptocurrencies.

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MARCH 8, 2020

In 2017, Bitcoin hard forked, creating Bitcoin Cash, a new cryptocurrency. It could “facilitate Bitcoin transactions, such as lending or repo transactions, which are growing, and thus favor the liquidity of the cryptocurrency market,” said Hubert de Vauplane, lawyer of Kramer & Levin , according to Decrypt.

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Fintech News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Founded in Singapore in 2017, Alchemy Pay connects cryptocurrency with traditional fiat payments, serving businesses and users across 173 countries. Featured image credit: Edited from Freepik The post Alchemy Pay Users Can Now Spend Crypto via Samsung Pay appeared first on Fintech Singapore.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

CoinTracker , a cryptocurrency tax management software provider, has raised $100M in a Series A. The startup has been profitable since its launch in 2017 and currently has 40 employees. The post Cryptocurrency Tax Management Software Provider CoinTracker Valuation Climbs To $1.3B. HOW’S THE COMPANY PERFORMING?

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JANUARY 26, 2021

Signal is exploring the idea of adding cryptocurrency payments into its messaging app by integrating MobileCoin , a cryptocurrency supported by the Stellar blockchain, Platformer reported. MobileCoin complements the privacy-focused app in that it is “more resistant to surveillance,” according to a 2017 Wired report.

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JANUARY 7, 2024

A recent report by blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs reveals a concerning trend of crypto hacks by North Korea, who stole at least US$600 million in cryptocurrency in 2023. Since 2017, Pyongyang-linked threat actors have caused the loss of nearly US$3 billion worth of crypto.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The seizure stemmed from a cryptocurrency fraud scheme being investigated by Brazilian federal police called Operation Egypto. Cryptocurrency has become something of a go-to method for scammers , according to DOJ, as exchanges are often lightly regulated and there are no easy ways to follow the money.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

As of this writing, and as noted by CNBC , the marquee name of cryptocurrency stands out as it touches fresh new highs of about $23,000, eclipsing the highs seen as far back as three years ago, when bitcoin approached $20,000. Ternio, of course, has linked with Visa as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and digital currency investment firm Pantera Capital said in a report that after analyzing numbers from the cryptocurrency exchange iBit, it appears that PayPal and Cash App have bought almost 100 percent of all newly-issued bitcoins. PayPal is the biggest tech firm to accelerate its move into the cryptocurrency space.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Central Bank of Nigeria had decreed that cryptocurrencies were not legal tender in the country back in 2017, as the Securities and Exchange Commission of the nation cautioned against the risk of crypto investments. In September, however, watchdogs reportedly indicated interest in supervising the vertical.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Ripple for trading the cryptocurrency without registering it as a security. Binance , Bittrex and Crypto.com have all announced that they will delist XRP following last week’s news that the U.S. Binance said in a blog post that it will suspend XRP trading on Jan.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

The cost of crimes involving bitcoin and cryptocurrency hit $4.3 In 2017 and 2018, by comparison, the various schemes and fraudulent activity was $3 billion combined. However, upon purchasing the cryptocurrency from PlusToken, users would eventually find that the sites didn’t work and they couldn’t get their money out.

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APRIL 9, 2019

According to a report in Reuters , citing China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, the agency is facing mounting pressure from the government to control the cryptocurrency market and as a result, may move to ban bitcoin mining. The public comment period ends on May 7, reported Reuters.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. Last month, Revolut introduced four new cryptocurrencies — EOS, OMG Network, Tezos and 0x. The company added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017.

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JANUARY 6, 2021

Active bitcoin accounts are approaching the record high reached in December 2017, before the previous bitcoin peak crashed. Compared to 2017, the biggest difference we see is that people are far more active now,” Binance CEO Zhao Changpang told Bloomberg. “If Account users remain confident as well, according to Bloomberg. More than 2.1

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Fintech News

JUNE 3, 2024

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) identifies casinos, junkets, and cryptocurrencies as key components of the underground banking and money laundering infrastructure in East and Southeast Asia, aiding transnational organized crime.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

People flying with Norwegian Air will soon be able to pay for their flights with cryptocurrency, according to CoinDesk. The plan was always to incorporate cryptocurrency as a form of payment for flights. The project garnered more than $20 million during its initial coin offering in 2017, raising the money in only a matter of moments.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Burger King is letting people pay their way in Venezuela with a new bitcoin partnership that enables cryptocurrency purchases, CoinTelegraph reported on Saturday (Jan. The startup Cryptobuyer oversees a line of Bitcoin ATMs that convert cryptocurrency funds to pay out in fiat currency. . Confirmed in a Dec. Confirmed in a Dec.

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Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Bitmama started in 2017 as a P2P digital currency exchange. Since then it has quickly grown into one of Africa’s leading and most secure payment platforms, enabling individuals to transact with virtual cards as well as trade and manage cryptocurrencies and digital assets safely and conveniently.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

According to an article via the MIT Technology Review , this will be the year that blockchain becomes “boring,” with innovative projects that will “bear fruit” this year even amid the declines seen last year in the sector, and in cryptocurrencies. This, said the Review , will be the way that blockchain becomes normal. In the U.S.,

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The cryptocurrency's previous record was between Dec. 1, 2017, and Jan. That will allow more underbanked residents to invest in bitcoin through CoinFlip and also exchange the cryptocurrency for goods and services. Closing at $10,793 on Sunday (Sept. 31, 2018, in which the coin was valued at above $10,000 for 62 days straight.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

The high price point beat its previous record high, set in 2017, CNBC reported. Bitcoin’s price has been steadily rising in recent weeks, climbing above $19,000 last week , thanks to the pandemic-driven shift toward digital payments and cryptocurrency adoption by several mainstream companies, including Square and PayPal.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Byrne is a big backer of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. That compares to $22 million of losses in 2017, noted the report. Medici acts a home for startups and not only cryptocurrencies. Overstock has previously announced plans to sell the retail business so that it can focus on blockchain technology.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

14), and analysts are predicting that further declines could be in store for the popular cryptocurrency. Daily FX Analyst Nick Cawley wrote in a note, which was reported prior to the latest drop, that the cryptocurrency could reach even lower lows heading into the future. 15, 2017, swing-low the next target,” he wrote.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

In other news, the Tezos cryptocurrency project is finally set to launch its main network this week, according to Reuters. The Tezos Foundation raised $232 million in July 2017 to build the network and issue a new type of cryptocurrency. After the malware is implanted, it uses the computer’s processor to mine cryptocurrency.

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