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Why Did Visa Buy a $150K NFT? Why Does Anyone?
23.8.2021
There are some very good reasons, it turns out, rooted in our deep, totally irrational animal brains
Crypto, NFT Adoption with Visa, PayPal, Substack, Marvel + More News
23.8.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Payments technology company Visa has announced it has bought a CryptoPunk as it enters into the world of non-fungible token (NFT)...
Visa invests $150,000 in NFT CryptoPunk Asset
23.8.2021
Visa has made a sizable investment in the NFT space, acquiring a popular digitally pixelated CryptoPunk
Digital payment ecosystem MobileCoin raises $66M
18.8.2021
Venture capital continues to back promising blockchain and crypto plays. Some of the industry’s biggest investors participated in MobileCoin’s Series B
Alchemy Pay to launch virtual crypto cards with Visa and Mastercard support
9.8.2021
Crypto payment firm Alchemy Pay is planning to roll out a crypto-linked virtual card that is accepted on the Visa and Mastercard payments networks
Digital asset platform Zipmex partners with Visa in Asia Pacific
6.8.2021
Visa is continuing to extend its integration with regulated crypto companies worldwide
Coinbase Enables Crypto Buys With Apple Pay, Instant $100K Cashouts, Google Pay to Follow
6.8.2021
The Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has enabled crypto buys with Apple Pay, and instant cashouts of up to $100,000 per transaction. The company will also soon enable crypto buys with Google Pay. Buy Cryptocurrencies on Coinbase With Apple Pay Crypto exchange Coinbase announced...
Global Cryptocurrency Adoption Doubled Since January Reaching 221 Million Users: Report
31.7.2021
A new report issued by Crypto.com, a cryptocurrency exchange and fintech services firm, discovered that the number of people using cryptocurrencies has more than doubled since January, reaching 221 million last June. The report states that the rise of the defi movement, institutions like Tesla...
We have to be in the crypto space, Mastercard CEO says
30.7.2021
Mastercard is angling to become the go-to for governments and private entities when testing and rolling out central bank digital currencies or stablecoins
Crypto frenzy may be winding down, Visa CFO says
28.7.2021
This spring, crypto-related transactions using Visa were a significant boost to the company's cross-border volume, although this effect is beginning to wane
Visa to acquire cross-border payments fintech Currencycloud
22.7.2021
The lines between traditional payments networks and fintech continue to blur with Visa's acquisition of the London-based firm
Visa, Mastercard Monitor Binance’s Regulatory Compliance as More Regulators Scrutinize the Crypto Exchange
16.7.2021
Payments giants Visa and Mastercard say they are monitoring Binance’s regulatory compliance developments as more regulators come after the global crypto exchange for operating in their countries without authorization. Visa, Mastercard Monitoring Binance’s Regulatory Troubles Visa...
Visa to Approve Cryptocurrency Card by Australian Startup
15.7.2021
Visa is reportedly set to approve Australian crypto startup Cryptospend’s issuance of debit cards for spending bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies. “We have a lot of demand for the card,” the company claims. Global card giant Visa is expected to announce later this week...
Visa to approve Bitcoin spending card for Australian startup CryptoSpend
14.7.2021
Crypto debit cards continue to catch on as an Australian digital assets start-up gets approval from Visa to release a spending card down under
Visa and 50 Crypto Platforms to Enable Cryptocurrency Payments at 70 Million Merchants
9.7.2021
Visa Inc. announced Wednesday that the transactions via crypto-linked Visa cards exceeded $1 billion in the first quarter. The company further said that it is partnering with 50 major cryptocurrency platforms “to launch card programs that make it easy to convert and spend digital currency...
BREAKING: Stablecoin firm Circle to go public in $4.5B blank-check deal
8.7.2021
Backed by American investment bank Goldman Sachs, Circle is a major stablecoin partner of payments giant Visa
Visa reports over $1 billion in crypto spending in H1 2021
7.7.2021
Payment giant Visa will continue connecting the crypto economy to its “network of networks” to support the broader digital transformation of financial services
Visa Crypto Card Users Spent Over USD 1B Globally This Year
7.7.2021
Payments giant Visa announced that crypto-linked card usage surpassed USD 1bn in the first half of 2021.
Their consumers globally spent more than USD 1bn worth of cryptocurrency on goods and services through Visa's crypto-linked cards in the first six months of the year, CNBC reported, citing...
BlockFi starts shipping Visa-backed Bitcoin rewards credit cards
7.7.2021
Cardholders will earn a percentage back in Bitcoin instead of airline miles or other cashback rewards
Bitcoin Still Commands the 9th Largest Market Capitalization in the World
3.7.2021
Despite the drop in value during the last three months, the leading crypto asset bitcoin is still the ninth most valuable asset in the world in terms of market capitalization. Moreover, bitcoin could flip some of the world’s most valuable assets in the future, as the crypto asset is 67% away...