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San Diego city leaders are taking steps to combat cryptocurrency scams, particularly targeting seniors, by proposing warning signs at cryptocurrency ATMs throughout the city. More than 110 of these machines are located in grocery, liquor, and convenience stores across San Diego, allowing users to buy and sell digital currency with cash or debit cards.

Cryptocurrency as a payment method in iGaming is growing in popularity, but not necessarily in the way you are thinking.  We are not seeing steady growth across the board; rather, the demand for cryptocurrency depends on which market you are in, which generation you are targeting, and, of course, local regulations.

Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A key vote on the Clarity Act – Congress’ first comprehensive attempt to federally regulate cryptocurrency – failed a major procedural vote on Tuesday

Cryptocurrency (or “crypto”) is digital currency, such as Bitcoin, that is used as a payment method or investment. Cryptocurrencies are named for the cryptography that lets people use them securely without the need for a government or bank. Here are a few examples:

Cisco Talos has recently observed a criminal campaign that leveraged an interesting twist on what we refer to as “legitimate service abuse.” In this monthslong campaign, the criminal actors used the Google Visualization API as part of a scheme to inject malicious JavaScript into two cryptocurrency trading websites. 

Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of Ark Invest, is bullish on cryptocurrencies. ARK’s flagship ETFs — ARK Innovation (NYSEMKT: ARKK), ARK Next Generation Internet (NYSEMKT: ARKW), and ARK Fintech Innovation (NYSEMKT: ARKF) — all hold shares of crypto stocks such as Coinbase and Robinhood. Its ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKB) gives investors direct…

FOX Business’ Darren Botelho discusses the DOJ expanding its beef price investigation to eight major retail chains, including Walmart and Amazon.

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The entire cryptocurrency market is worth $2.6 trillion (as of Sept. 2). This is slightly lower than the valuation of Amazon, one of the world’s most dominant businesses.

Over the past 11 months, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investors have taken a beating. At one point this year, Bitcoin was down more than 50% from its all-time high of $126,000 in October. Even with a recent mini-rally in August, Bitcoin is still down 38%.