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PortuguêsCrypterium, a leading provider of crypto-focused payment cards aims at bridging the gap between cryptocurrencies and their real-world adoption. The company recently added a Visa card option to its already…
Continue ReadingThe Chamber of Digital Commerce, a blockchain advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., announced Wednesday that former acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney has joined the group’s board…
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced the addition of Visa, Goldman Sachs and Six Digital Exchange (SDX) to its executive committee. Mick Mulvaney, a former White House Chief…
Continue ReadingThe world’s largest exchange, Binance, has officially announced that its cryptocurrency debit card is now available in Europe. According to a Tuesday blog post, the Binance Visa Card is now available…
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Continue ReadingThe decentralized finance platform Cred will now use Visa’s extensive reach to further push the adoption of lending and borrowing of digital assets. On Sept. 8, Cred announced that it…
Continue ReadingFinancial services giants Visa and Mastercard have shown an increased interest in the trillion-dollar digital payment sector through their recent acquisitions of innovative fintechs. In January this year, Visa acquired…
Continue ReadingOn Thursday, 17 top Federal Reserve officials explained that the committee plans to let inflation run hotter than usual, or above the benchmark 2% rate for a duration of time.…
Continue ReadingBitcoin (BTC) is inches away from getting the same boost that helped it hit $12,500 earlier this month, data shows. On Aug. 28, the U.S. dollar currency index (DXY), fresh…
Continue ReadingLast month, Bitcoin Lightning startup Strike announced it would be working with the world payment giant Visa. Now, another startup in the same vein, LastBit, which just launched its app…
Continue ReadingThe United Kingdom Competition and Markets Authority, has given the go-ahead to Visa’s acquisition of fintech startup Plaid following a Phase 1 review. According to an Aug. 24 announcement, the…
Continue ReadingChiliz.net and Socios.com, a major industry tandem specializing in blockchain-based fan tokens, are rolling out their Visa debit card. As officially announced on Aug. 14, the Socios.com Visa debit card…
Continue ReadingThe first Litecoin (LTC) native Visa debit card is being launched by BlockCard. Charlie Lee told Cointelegraph this is their second attempt at the endeavour as the previous one failed:…
Continue ReadingCrypto cards have become a must-have for many crypto services. Hoping to reduce the risk of blocking transactions, companies have been looking again and again for reason why their customers…
Continue ReadingStability? What stability? Bitcoin has burst through its ceiling, leapt 15% and is now tickling a new ceiling of $11,000. The new move has put Bitcoin’s actual price at around…
Continue ReadingOn July 22, 2020, the United States Office of the Comptroller of the Currency published a letter clarifying that national banks and federal savings associations can indeed take custody of cryptocurrency…
Continue ReadingLeading global payment companies Mastercard and Visa have been making moves to accelerate the support of cryptocurrency payment processors by opening up new options for users around the world. Both…
Continue ReadingGlobal investment platform eToro today announces the acquisition of Marq Millions Ltd, the UK based e-money business. Marq Millions is now trading as eToro Money and will be the card…
Continue ReadingVisa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated…
Continue ReadingPundits of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin supporters alike all agree, that the biggest barrier to adoption is mainstream acceptance. It won’t be until crypto achieves VISA-level penetration that the asset class…
Continue ReadingAt a time of unprecedented upheaval in the global tourism industry, blockchain-based travel booking service Travala and Swipe aim to boost crypto’s useability. Announced on July 24, Travala’s native token…
Continue ReadingHailing digital currency’s potential to democratize electronic payments, financial services giant Visa appeared on Wednesday to redouble its efforts to “shape and support” cryptocurrency’s place in the “future of money.” …
Continue ReadingBitcoin.com Wallet Launches New Portfolio Breakdown and Stablecoin Swap Features With over 11 Million Bitcoin.com Wallets created, we’re building new features our users need most in order to enjoy the…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrency adoption relies heavily on companies and services making digital currencies as easy to use as cash. Decentralized finance, and second-layer payment technologies have played prominent roles in widespread reach…
Continue ReadingA new class action lawsuit complaint against fintech startup Plaid has been filed with more plaintiffs alleging the company violated the data privacy of users. The new complaint filed on…
Continue ReadingZap, the Lightning startup behind a non-custodial Bitcoin wallet, has raised $3.5 million in a seed round in April. As reported by Forbes on July 15, previously undiscovered filings by…
Continue ReadingLightning wallet provider Zap today formally announced a $3.5 million seed round fundraise from investors including Morgan Creek Digital and CMT Digital. The announcement follows recent news that Zap opened…
Continue ReadingBinance’s CEO has just demonstrated the first use of Binance Card, a cryptocurrency debit card that was first announced by Binance in April 2020. In a July 10 tweet, Binance…
Continue ReadingThe world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has completed its second acquisition in 2020. Both acquisitions appear to further indicate Binance’s interest in crypto debit card issuance. After acquiring the industry’s…
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Continue ReadingCentral Bank Digital Currencies, or CBDC, may just be one of the most important trends over the next decade claims Visa’s head of crypto. Cuy Sheffield, who runs credit card…
Continue ReadingA source close to Plaid — the company that serves as a “data plumber” to Coinbase, Robin Hood, Square’s Cash App and many others — denied all allegations of the class-action complaint…
Continue ReadingToday, Zap, the Lightning wallet lead by developer Jack Mallers, has announced that their Strike product is now in public beta. Previously, Strike had only been available through a closed,…
Continue ReadingLastbit, a Berkeley-based startup, has announced the beta launch of their Bitcoin and Lightning-enabled wallet. The company claims that their new solution is meant to address three critical problems preventing…
Continue ReadingJune 25, a new class action was filed in California against fintech startup Plaid, which was acquired by Visa for $5.3 billion earlier this year. The plaintiffs allege that Plaid…
Continue ReadingWilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm…
Continue ReadingThis is a sponsored article provided by TenX. Ever since it was introduced in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 white paper, bitcoin has had yearning potential to be used regularly around the…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s central bank has ordered Mastercard and Visa to suspend processing money transfers on behalf of Facebook’s WhatsApp. According to official information shared with Cointelegraph Brazil, the Central Bank of…
Continue ReadingOn June 11, 2020, the cryptocurrency payment services provider, Bitpay announced the firm is launching a prepaid Mastercard that can be loaded with a variety of digital assets. The Atlanta-based…
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