Tagged: virtual currencies

Stablecoins: Crypto Payments Platform BitPay Adds PayPal USD (PYUSD) Stablecoin Support

BitPay, which claims to be the world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services, announced it has rolled out PayPal USD (PYUSD) payments for merchants and consumers. Xsolla will be one of the first merchants “to accept PYUSD, enabling their customers to buy any… Read More

Bitfinex and Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino to Testify in Alleged Crypto Market Manipulation Lawsuit

Bitfinex and Tether Chief Technical Officer Paolo Ardoino will be deposed as part of a class-action lawsuit against both firms and their related executives. This past Monday, a New York judge reportedly made the decision to deny Ardoino’s request to further delay his deposition until… Read More

Finery Markets, an OTC Multi-Dealer Digital Marketplace for Crypto Firms, Makes Key Appointments

Finery Markets, an OTC multi-dealer electronic marketplace for crypto businesses and institutions, is pleased to announce a further appointment to the leadership team. Krish Chatterjee has joined Finery Markets as an advisory member for business development in APAC. Prior to joining Finery Markets, Krish held… Read More

IMF and Financial Stability Board (FSB) Release Synthesis Paper Covering Policies for Crypto-Assets

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) have advanced policy and regulatory recommendations “to identify and respond to macroeconomic and financial stability risks associated with crypto-assets.” Crypto-assets have been in existence “for more than a decade and have displayed significant volatility…. Read More

Visa Expanding Stablecoin Capabilities via Solana Network Enhances the Credibility of the Crypto Space, According to Industry Professional

Austin Federa, head of strategy at the Solana Foundation, recently noted that firms such as Visa (NYSE: V)  expanding their stablecoin capabilities via the Solana network enhances the perception of the crypto space, which has witnessed numerous scandals and lawsuits during the last few months…. Read More

Modulus Begins Recruitment Drive to Support Expansion Efforts Amidst Anticipated Rise of Crypto, Blockchain Sector

Modulus is beginning its recruitment drive in order to support global expansion efforts amidst the rise of digital asset sector. Modulus, a US-based developer of technology powering Wall Street, international banks, digital asset exchanges, and global regulatory commissions, revealed its plans for worldwide expansion. The… Read More

BIGG Digital Assets Reports Latest Financial Results

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (CSE: BIGG), owner of Netcoins and Netcoins USA, the online cryptocurrency brokerage that makes it easy for North Americans to buy, sell and stake cryptocurrency, and Blockchain Intelligence Group, a developer of blockchain technology search, risk-scoring and data analytics solutions, is… Read More

Latin America: Binance Announces Send Cash in LatAm Markets

The new solution allows Binance users in 9 countries in the region to transfer funds from crypto to bank accounts more easily, quickly and cost-effectively. Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider and biggest exchange by trading volume (and… Read More

WorldCoin Reaches Key Milestone in Argentina Amidst Probe of Crypto Platform’s Operations

Argentina is regarded as one of the world’s “leading” countries for innovation and crypto adoption, according to an update shared by WorldCoin. That reputation was reinforced in August, “as demand for World ID in Argentina drove a new single day record for Orb verifications.” This,… Read More

Binance Halts Peer to Peer Crypto Transactions in Russia After Potentially Failing to Adhere to Sanctions Enforcement Requirements

P2P digital currency exchanges have reportedly assisted crypto traders with circumventing globally-enforced sanctions against Russia’s banking institutions. Crypto exchange Binance‘s recent activities might worsen its regulatory challenges in the US. The recent crackdown attempts to place a ban on transactions completed with payment cards that… Read More

Haven1, an Ethereum VM-Compatible L1 Blockchain Network, Announces Strategic Alliance

Haven1, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain network, has announced a strategic alliance with the team at Coinbag, an institutional-grade asset management solution. The alliance will bring the founding members and the highly-skilled team of developers from Coinbag over to Haven1, “bolstering the network’s development in… Read More

Digital Assets: Bitso Announces Rob Harrop as CTO to Support Crypto Tech Development

Bitso —which claims to be the leading financial services company powered by crypto in Latin America with 7 million users and 1,500 institutional clients— announced the appointment of Robert Dennis Harrop as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), a British specialist who has worked at… Read More

Alpaca Crypto to Introduce New Digital Tokens, Extended USDC Pairs, Upgraded ERC-20 Service

Alpaca Crypto is pleased to share updates with their traders and partners. Starting from 9 am EST on Friday, August 18th, they will be rolling out support “for new cryptocurrencies, expanding their USDC pair support, and facilitating deposits and withdrawals for all supported Ethereum (ERC-20)… Read More

DLT Adoption: Nubank Connects its Infrastructure to Brazilian Central Bank’s Blockchain Network to Begin Testing with Drex

Nubank (NYSE:NU), which claims to be one of the largest digital financial services platforms in the world, announces the start of practical tests as part of its integration into the pilot project of Drex, the Brazilian digital currency formerly known as Real Digital. The start… Read More

Digital Assets: Elliptic, OpenEden Labs to Focus on Crypto Compliance at Scale

Elliptic – the global leader in crypto-asset risk management – is proud to announce that it has been selected by OpenEden Labs Pte. Ltd. – a developer of real-world asset tokenization platforms – as a partner for the TBILL protocol, which is the world’s first… Read More

DLT Adoption: Gemini Adds Support for XRP Ledger, a Blockchain Network

Digital asset firm Gemini is pleased to announce support for XRP Ledger (XRP), adding a new blockchain to Gemini’s growing list of supported networks. XRP is now “available for trading on our API/FIX and ActiveTrader applications for USD trading pairs, and on the Gemini Mobile… Read More

Crypto ETFs Race Keeps Expanding with Focus on Futures-based Products: Report

The number of cryptocurrency-focused ETFs aiming to launch has exploded in the past two weeks, the team at NYDIG Research noted. NYDIG Research has looked at the implication of these developments, “plus the strategy one fund took to get ahead.” Fintech giant PayPal has entered… Read More

Binance Revenues May Be Declining Rapidly, New Report Claims

A recent report has looked into just how quickly Binance revenues may be declining. Available trading data provides key insights regarding the status of Binance’s crypto-focused operations and its BNB digital token. As covered earlier this month, the WSJ had released an extensive report which… Read More

Gaming Commerce Platform Xsolla, Crypto.com to Integrate Payment Solutions

Xsolla, a global video game commerce company, and global cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com have announced a partnership for the integration of Crypto.com’s checkout solution into Xsolla’s Pay Station platform. This transformative integration of Crypto.com Pay “represents a significant advancement in the gaming industry and creates new… Read More

CBDCs: Digital Dollar Project Launches Pilot with Western Union Focused on Cross-Border Payments

The Digital Dollar Project announced the completion of a pilot study conducted in collaboration with The Western Union Company, BDO Unibank, Inc. (BDO Unibank) in the Philippines, and support from Accenture. This collaboration represents the Digital Dollar Project’s latest private sector efforts “in support of… Read More

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