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What to Know About Cryptocurrency and Scams

The Startup Magazine

Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses cryptography, a process of transforming information into code, to help ensure the security of financial transactions. With this wallet loaded with Bitcoins, they could use the coins for purchases or exchange them for other forms of currency. The Risks of Investing in Cryptocurrency.

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The SEC’s Battle Against Coinbase And Binance, Explained

YoungUpstarts

by Peter Eberle, President & Chief Investment Officer of Castle Funds In early June, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed separate lawsuits against cryptocurrency companies Coinbase and Binance. The central allegation of both is that the companies were running unregistered securities exchanges.

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Agio On Hedge Fund Cybersecurity And The Difficulty Of Securing Private Equity Firms

YoungUpstarts

When thinking about how to start a private equity firm or a hedge fund, security should be on the list of priorities. Typically, hedge funds have more complex systems as well as more cash movements, data, and transactions, but those are not the only attributes that determine how complex the process of securing an entity is.

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What Stock Brokers Do and How to Engage their Services

The Startup Magazine

They are sold and bought in stock markets such as NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Japan Stock Exchange, etc. Stockbroking is the process of buying and selling financial securities like shares, stocks, and bonds via the stock market through a dealer who is generally referred to as a stockbroker.

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Q4 2020 Portfolio Review

Version One Ventures

Coinbase submitted their draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kobalt raised a $1.25M seed to accelerate SMB security programs. It’s incredible to see how much everyone has been able to accomplish despite the fact that every aspect of life has been dramatically altered.

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4 startups facilitating a borderless world

The Startup Magazine

Thomsen was extremely frustrated by this and swore to create a solution that made cross-border payments as cheap, fast, easy and secure as domestic transactions: and so Inpay was born. Standard cross border payments rely on various intermediaries to carry out tasks like verifying the parties’ identities and deal with exchange rates.

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What Your Business Needs to Know About Forensic Accounting

The Startup Magazine

Specialists in the field ensure finances are in order and secure. The Securities and Exchange Commission led the forensic investigation. Forensic accounting entails examining the finances of an individual or business. They are also employed to look for financial improprieties in business transacting. Shares dropped to $1.