Tagged: paxos

October 21, 2020 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

With the announcement that PayPal will now enable trading and payments in crypto, the world’s most popular digital currency – Bitcoin has jumped in price. At last glance, Bitcoin is trading over USD$ 12,700 – earlier today it was under $12,000. Shares in PayPal neared… Read More

October 21, 2020 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

  PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) has partnered with Paxos to allow users to buy, hold, sell crypto, and pay in crypto by using the PayPal wallet in a new partnership with Paxos. The decision to incorporate digital assets is another sign of corporate acceptance of digital currency…. Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoin Binance USD (BUSD) is said to have completed $3.8 billion in total transactions and $2.4 billion issued after just one year of being live and in the wild. BUSD was approved by the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS). Created in partnership between… Read More

July 15, 2020 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos Trust Company, the first regulated Trust company for digital assets in the US, is introducing Paxos Crypto Brokerage – a service that integrates digital asset trading and sending within its portfolio of services. Paxos reports that it is the largest issuer of regulated stablecoins… Read More

June 25, 2020 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Jeremy Allaire, founder of Circle Internet Financial, a peer to peer payments technology firm, has said that in the future, when we look back at how transactions were conducted, we “won’t believe that we ever needed to pay to send money.” San Francisco-based crypto exchange… Read More

March 12, 2020 @ 7:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin, frequently labeled as an uncorrelated asset providing a safe harbor when more traditional investments, like stocks, have fallen down, has been crushed this week. Similar to just about everything else. Following a recent rise to over $1o,000 per BTC, the world’s most popular crypto… Read More

February 20, 2020 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

In a first for the blockchain industry, Paxos Trust Company, a New York-regulated financial institution has launched the Paxos Settlement Service. According to a note from the firm, the service can now settle select U.S. listed equity trades between broker-dealers Credit Suisse and Instinet, LLC…. Read More

December 6, 2019 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SIBEX, the developer of the peer to peer protocol that creates new arbitrage opportunities for institutional traders while eliminating the issues that exist with current OTC markets, announced on Friday it has partnered with Paxos to distribute PAX Gold, an asset-backed digital token.  “Recognizing that… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

On October 25, 2019, Paxos sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Trading and Markets. The letter was in request to receive a No Action letter from the SEC in regards to Paxos’s operation of a securities settlement system. Paxos… Read More

July 16, 2019 @ 1:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Tuesday it has named OS Limited (OSL), a digital asset brokerage providing global counterparts with a suite of institutional products and services. OSL offers over-the-counter (OTC) trading services, as its first Settlement Agent and Paxos, financial institution regulated… Read More

July 11, 2019 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital wallet platform Spend.com announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Paxos to enable cryptocurrency payments. Spend.com reported that through the partnership it has integrated the itBit by Paxos cryptocurrency exchange into its platform. “This integration allows users to easily spend their… Read More

June 27, 2019 @ 8:32 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos, a trust company regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services, has partnered with Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, to integrate a new deposit gateway. According to Paxos, the portal will allow traders to exchange fiat directly for PAX on the… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos, a regulated crypto custody and investment platform, has selected Daniel Burstein as its General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Burstein previously served as Executive Deputy Superintendent and Acting Chief of Staff for the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), so he has… Read More

January 13, 2019 @ 9:29 pm By Filipe Castro  |  

Are stablecoins the future of cryptoassets? In the quest to develop a digital token with the decentralization aspects of bitcoin and none of the associated volatility has sparked interest from many. From talented tech teams, economists and VCs it seems stablecoin projects have the potential… Read More

December 19, 2018 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Stablecoins are currently a hot sector of crypto. Tied to an asset like fiat currency like the US dollar, or a commodity, these digital currencies are designed not to fluctuate dramatically in a crypto world with endemic volatility. A recent report indicated that more than… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Paxos, and its stablecoin Paxos Standard token (PAX), has topped $5 billion in transactions in just three months, according to a note from the company. PAX says that to date it has been used in $5,245,958,124.65 worth of transaction volume, including exchange trading volume and… Read More

November 27, 2018 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paxos announced that the Paxos Standard token (PAX) will be added as a base currency on cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. When trading commences at 8 a.m. EST on November 29, PAX will have six trading pairs listed on Binance’s USD Markets against BNB, BTC, ETH, XRP,… Read More