Sentences with phrase «currency as a threat»

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Department of Homeland Security was most likely to identify virtual currencies as a threat, recognizing the need for an «aggressive posture towards this evolving trend,» and a «multi-prong strategy» to target virtual currency platforms and virtual currency exchanges.

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For him, excitement over value fluctuations in the bitcoin currency is missing the point: «It's not a threat as people sit there and ponder whether bitcoin is a bubble or not.

Scottish deputy first minister condemns threats to reject currency union as «cack - handed panicky» tactics

Do politicians see a currency they can't track or control as a threat — or an asset?

As such, there are still concerns regarding the cryptocurrency market, but hopefully, the new reforms coupled with stricter regulations, laws and mechanisms to effectively regulate cryptocurrencies dealings will hopefully decrease the threat of digital currency misuse in the country.

There are several threats we expect to face during the course of starting and running our vegetable export business and they are; changing government policies as regards exports, vitality of the currency, and having to deal with the arrival of a new competitor.

If one takes a few minutes to really think about the medium that we accept as money today, fiat currencies made out of cotton fiber backed by nothing except militaries, murder, death, and threats of murder and death, then one should easily conclude that fiat currencies literally have no intrinsic worth.

Unlike storing your currencies in your own wallet, dealing with exchange wallets makes you vulnerable to the various security threats all over the web, especially since hacking such websites leads to stealing a substantial amount of money, as was the recent case when the mining exchange marketplace NiceHash got hacked.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The term did not become popular currency again until the beginning of the modern era — as a means of self - identification, in response to the Turkish threat — and was asserted more generally in the eighteenth century.

When Beatty first proposed the idea for making this film some seven years ago, the concept of rap as an «artistic» forum for airing the grievances of the dispossessed had some currency, despite the genre's chronic misogyny and threats of violence.

Virtual currencies» represent a threat to command economies that such regimes find hard to tolerate, as China's shuttering of Bitcoin exchanges and...

Despite optimism from Bitcoin businesses in Australia, the government saw the currency as a potential threat to Australia's financial stability.

The Venezuelan Petro's alleged astronomical success could be under threat as US President Trump puts plans in process to prohibit American citizens from purchasing the digital currency.

If the present growth momentum of Bitcoin maintains its stride in days to come in terms of infrastructure, user base, trading volume, transaction volume and adoption by big financial bodies, then nothing can stop Bitcoin from posing as a big threat to the government backed fiat - currencies issued by central banks.

«As security threats such as virtual currency speculation and hacking on handling sites are increasing, the actual situation of personal information protection of major virtual currency exchanges has been found to be very weak,» Korea Communications Commission chairman Lee Hyo - Sung saiAs security threats such as virtual currency speculation and hacking on handling sites are increasing, the actual situation of personal information protection of major virtual currency exchanges has been found to be very weak,» Korea Communications Commission chairman Lee Hyo - Sung saias virtual currency speculation and hacking on handling sites are increasing, the actual situation of personal information protection of major virtual currency exchanges has been found to be very weak,» Korea Communications Commission chairman Lee Hyo - Sung said.

Contacted by the Daily News regarding the threat brought about by the adoption of digital currencies to the regions resolve to have a single currency, Mr. Bernard Dadi, the Director of National Payment System at the Bank of Tanzania (BoT), confirmed that plans to have a single currency for the EAC block were still ongoing even though cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin pose a challenge.

The general concept first appeared in a much weaker form as «merged mining», a mechanism in which alternative currency miners publish pointers to their blocks in the Bitcoin blockchain to mitigate the threat of 51 % attacks.

In is 10 - K yearly report, the world's biggest ATM operator listed digital currencies as one of the threats to their business.

«While the security threats such as virtual currency speculation and hacking of handling sites are increasing, the actual situation of personal information protection of major virtual currency exchanges is very weak,» warned the chairman of the Korea Communications Commission in announcing the fines.

When Coinbase added Litecoin as an entry currency to its offers, LTC's popularity exploded, turning it into a viable long term threat to both Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.

Bitcoin plunged a solid 30 % during the beginning of September given the mass threats from Chinese authorities and some comments from market leaders saying not - so - good things about the currencies as a whole.

After all, these currencies pose a legitimate threat to their monopoly on printing money, as well as the tight grip on their economies.

«While the security threats such as virtual currency speculation and hacking of handling sites are increasing, the actual situation of personal information protection of major virtual currency exchanges is very weak.

Digital currencies may pose a threat to financial stability as they gain popularity, said U.S. Federal Reserve vice chairman for supervision Randal Quarles.

Many experts claim that such currencies as Bitcoin pose threat to the global economy, as they simply can not be controlled by the government.

The FBI appears to be keeping a close watch on virtual currencies through its Virtual Currency Emerging Threats Working Group (VCET) as well as a New Payment Methods Ad Hoc Working Group (a subgroup of the Terrorist Finance Working Group).

The central bank indicated it does not consider existing digital currencies like bitcoin as a threat to the financial system.