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  2. Explainer: What common cryptocurrency terms mean - AOL

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    The value of fiat currency is supported by the issuing government and its economic strength. Gas fee The cost required to perform a transaction or execute a smart contract on the Ethereum network.

  3. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or colloquially, crypto, is a digital currency designed to work through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it.

  4. Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    Cryptocurrency exchange businesses have to be registered, keep records, take security measures, and take measures to protect customers. The law on cryptocurrency transactions must comply with the anti-money laundering law; and measures to protect users investors. The Payment Services Act defines "cryptocurrency" as a property value.

  5. Executive Order 14067 - Wikipedia

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    The executive order aims at developing a digital assets policy plan and organize federal regulators' efforts in this area. The order outlines five main goals, which includes protection of consumers and investors, monetary stability, decreasing financial and national security risks, economic competitiveness, and responsible innovation.

  6. Cryptocurrency Glossary: Defining the Terms of the Hot Topic

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    Cryptocurrency was the single hottest investment story of the 2010s. Through most of the 2000s, it didn't exist. Now, it's hard to get through a single week without a new digital currency making

  7. Virtual currency - Wikipedia

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    A virtual currency that can be bought with and sold back is called a convertible currency. A virtual currency can be decentralized, for example bitcoin, a cryptocurrency. Transacting or even holding convertible virtual currency may be illegal in particular jurisdictions and to particular national citizens at particular times and the transactor ...

  8. Explainer - What makes a crypto asset a security in the US? - AOL

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    The court ruled that "an investment of money in a common enterprise with profits to come solely from the efforts of others," is a kind of security called an investment contract.

  9. Private currency - Wikipedia

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    A cryptocurrency wallet can be used to store the public and private keys which can be used to receive or spend the cryptocurrency. The cryptographic systems used allow for decentralisation; a decentralised cryptocurrency is fiat money but one without a central banking system. In terms of total market value, Bitcoin is the largest cryptocurrency ...