Tagged: Crypto Transactions

November 10, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitso, the cryptocurrency platform in Latin America, with more than 6 million users, “will enable users of its app from the entire region who travel to Argentina to pay for their purchases with crypto through QR, a very widespread payment method in the country.” This… Read More

November 10, 2022 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Research from Trulioo, a key player focused on global identity verification, shows consumers consider identity verification vital and “reassuring during onboarding and throughout their relationship with crypto exchanges.” The research, highlighted in the “Crypto customers call for reassurance in uncertain times” report, reveals that 70%… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

METACO, the provider of digital asset management technology to complex, global financial institutions, announced that Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines, has “gone live on METACO’s flagship platform, Harmonize™, to pilot the launch of crypto services… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks, a platform to create innovative products on the blockchain and manage day-to-day crypto operations, announced the public launch of its Payments Engine, a new suite of tools that will “enable payment service providers (PSPs) with the ability to provide a blockchain agnostic, end-to-end solution… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ErisX, a Cboe Global Markets (Cboe: CBOE) company, announced it has introduced the ErisX Settlement Service, a solution designed “to help remove settlement risk for over-the-counter (OTC) crypto transactions.” The offering expands ErisX’s suite of tools for institutional investors, “enabling them to settle OTC trades… Read More

September 12, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Apifiny, the global cross-exchange digital asset trading network, announced its integration with the Fireblocks network, a digital asset transfer network for institutions. This integration now enables Apifiny users to “have access to a simple and secure solution for settlements, by connecting with the Fireblocks Network.”… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The 1inch integration with Aurora offers users access “to faster and cheaper transactions on a number of DEXes.” As noted in an update shared with CI, 1inch is always on the lookout for “promising” collaborations, and they’re now announcing an integration with Aurora. Sergej Kunz,… Read More

July 13, 2022 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

French startup Qori has officially launched services, allowing Europeans to make payments in store, remotely or online with their bank or virtual currency wallets without being required to download a proprietary app. The “pay by bank” and “pay by crypto” tech is currently available to… Read More

July 9, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As part of a self-discipline initiative, China’s leading technology companies have reportedly decided to enforce “real-name” authentication for NFT (or non-fungible token) buyers and also want to help users avoid secondary marketplaces The agreement (not legally binding at the moment) serves as confirmation from the… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cellebrite DI Ltd. (NASDAQ: CLBT), which claims to be a leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, and Chainalysis, the blockchain data platform, have launched a partnership to “enable customers to easily identify and assess criminal activity involving cryptocurrency during… Read More

July 3, 2022 @ 8:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Tracer, the analytics division of the digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), has reportedly committed to a contract with US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement that will allow the agency to gain access to various features and data caches. This would include historical geo tracking data… Read More

June 27, 2022 @ 11:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MEXC Global, which claims to be a leading digital asset and cryptocurrency trading platform, reveals that it has taken steps towards improving the process of crypto purchases by offering investors in 180 countries the option of buying cryptocurrencies using Visa or Mastercard. Visa and Mastercard… Read More

June 23, 2022 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ramp, the payments company making crypto accessible to everyone, recently announced its integration with the GameStop Wallet. The Ramp integration “allows GameStop Wallet users to purchase Ethereum quickly and without needing to leave the Company’s self-custodial Ethereum wallets.” Ramp enables enterprises “to deploy fiat to… Read More

June 20, 2022 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Pay, a contactless, borderless, and secure user-to-user cryptocurrency payment feature by Binance, recently announced its partnership with Splyt, a superapp enabler with a network of partners in more than 150 countries. The partnership will “allow Binance users to seamlessly access ride-hailing services and experiences… Read More

June 7, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dutch startup Fung has reportedly acquired $2.7 million in capital via a pre-seed round for its goal of unifying cryptocurrency and fiat payment channels. Fung’s investment round has been co-led by Global Founders Capital, Kingsway Capital, Kindred Capital, and Karatage. Fung’s management noted that they… Read More

June 5, 2022 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Alloy, which specializes in identity verification APIs that make KYC/AML “effective and simple,” has looked into how DeFi has evolved into a “major” sector of crypto without running KYC or AML checks on users. The Alloy team members have looked at “Permissioned… Read More

June 2, 2022 @ 10:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Liminal, a wallet operations infrastructure that secures digital assets in a simple and efficient way, has acquired $4.7 million via its seed round that was led by Elevation Capital. The investment round also saw participation from investors such as LD Capital, Woodstock, Nexus Ventures, and… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 11:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

KuCoin, which claims to be a “leading” global cryptocurrency trading platform, has launched its “brand-new” decentralized product — KuCoin Wallet, with its website “going live for users to access the service starting June 1st.” The official app of KuCoin Wallet is also expected “to launch… Read More

May 18, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Zumo, the Edinburgh-based crypto wallet and payments platform, recently appointed Jonathan Sepulchre to serve as Head of Growth, a newly-created function “to drive the next stage of the company’s development.” An experienced “growth leader” with a comprehensive background in digital marketing, Jonathan will work closely… Read More

May 12, 2022 @ 10:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The EY organization recently announced the production release of the third generation of EY Blockchain Analyzer: Reconciler. This updated version has been “migrated into blockchain.ey.com and is now available for the first time to EY non-audit clients and continues to support the EY Audit teams.”… Read More