Business

Team develops a bridge between different cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin is probably the best-known cryptocurrency in the world today—but there are many others, each implementing and offering different technical features. For exchanging a cryptocurrency for another, so-called "bridges" ...

Computer Sciences

Three questions about quantum computing and secure communications

A radically different type of computing technology under development, known as quantum computing, could in theory decode secure communications and jeopardize military communications, critical infrastructure, and financial ...

Internet

SEC's new crypto enforcers are coming for DeFi, lawyers say

The Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to beef up its cryptocurrency enforcement staff could signal new worries for digital asset exchanges and others in the industry, as the agency broadens its view of whether ...

Business

China's crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose

When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects this month, Chris Zhu scrambled to move clients' machines southward, spending over a week to reassemble in Sichuan.

Business

PayPal earnings soar on e-commerce boom

PayPal on Wednesday reported record quarterly profit as the online financial transactions service benefited from an e-commerce trend boosted by the pandemic.

Computer Sciences

Cleaning up money laundering

Money laundering is big business but wholly illegal big business. It has an enormously negative impact on local, national, and international economies as well as providing the financial means to fund other criminal activities ...

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