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Drawbacks of Stablecoin Cross-Border Use Outweigh Benefits: Global Payments Watchdog
31.10.2023
Existing stablecoins aren't fully compliant with relevant regulatory requirements, a report by the Committee on Payment and Market Infrastructures said
Bank of Spain Report: Most Spaniards Don’t Want Digital Euro, 65% Would Not Use It
30.10.2023
A recent report issued by the Bank of Spain that inquires about how Spaniards use cash for payments has revealed the low degree of confidence they have in a hypothetical digital euro. 65% of the citizens surveyed reported that they would not use the digital euro as they feel comfortable with...
Elon Musk Unveils Plan to Turn X Into ‘Powerful’ Financial Platform — ‘You Won’t Need a Bank Account’
29.10.2023
Billionaire Elon Musk has revealed that he is turning his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, into an all-encompassing financial platform. “When I say payments, I actually mean someone’s entire financial life … If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform,” he claimed, emphasizing:...
Crypto Biz: BlockFi emerges from bankruptcy, Worldcoin halts USDC payments and more
28.10.2023
This week’s Crypto Biz looks at BlockFi’s emergence from bankruptcy, BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF developments, Worldcoin’s operator payment scheme upgrades and more
JPMorgan Settles Transactions for $1 Billion Daily Using JPM Coin
28.10.2023
JPMorgan announced that it is registering transactions for $1 billion daily using its own currency, jpm coin. JPMorgan Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos added that while these movements are denominated in U.S. dollars mostly, the institution is seeking to expand on that in the future....
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered Venture into SWIFT Alternative for CBDCs
27.10.2023
Deutsche Bank and Standard Chartered’s venture arm SC Ventures are exploring a solution that aims to enable seamless communication between blockchain-based transactions, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The two banks are actively testing the concept using...
UK Residents Flags Privacy Concerns in Digital Pound Consultations: Bank of England
27.10.2023
The Bank of England (BOE) says the majority of 50,000 feedbacks it received from the public consultation on the digital pound revolve around privacy and fiat scarcity concerns. Jon Cunliffe, the bank’s Deputy Governor disclosed in a speech, Money and payments: a ‘black ships’...
Mastercard Partners with MoonPay to Explore Multiple Integrations
26.10.2023
Digital assets payment platform, MoonPay announced a partnership with global payment firm Mastercard to advance web3 integrations, build connections, and boost marketing tools. MoonPay revealed the new development in a blog post adding on X (Twitter) that Keith Grossman the company’s...
Today in Crypto: MoonPay Partners with Mastercard, 64% of Injective Survey Respondents Trade on Both CEX and DEX, Chainstack Launches DeFi API
26.10.2023
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. __________ Payments news Crypto payments infrastructure firm MoonPay announced that it partnered with Mastercard to drive innovation...
JPMorgan’s JPM Coin Facilitates $1 Billion in Daily Transactions as Banking Giant Targets Cross-Border Settlements
26.10.2023
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s digital token, JPM Coin, currently handles $1 billion worth of daily transactions, Global Head of Payments, Takis Georgakopoulos revealed. Georgakopoulos revealed in an interview on Bloomberg Television that JPM Coin is currently transacted daily, primarily in...
12th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – SADC Region: Upscaling digital financial services and payments
26.10.2023
12th Africa Bank 4.0 Summit – SADC Region is all set to be hosted on November 15 & 16, 2023, at The Maslow Hotel, Sandton – Johannesburg, with the conference theme focused on “Upscaling Digital Financial Services and Payments: Innovative, Agile, Accessible, Affordable”....
FTX probes $6.5M in payments to AI safety group amid clawback crusade
26.10.2023
Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX wants to look into millions it had given to the Center for AI Safety, a nonprofit that has argued AI should be a global priority next to pandemics and nuclear war
Mastercard Explores Web3 Alliances: MetaMask and Ledger Included
25.10.2023
Source: Pexels Global payments giant Mastercard is eyeing potential collaborations with self-custody wallet firms, such as MetaMask and Ledger, as part of its strategic push into the Web3 space. Citing an internal report from a Web3 strategy workshop, CoinDesk on Tuesday said Mastercard sees...
Nocturne Raises $6M From Vitalik Buterin, Polychain, Bankless and Bain Capital Crypto to Enable Private Accounts on Ethereum
25.10.2023
Nocturne, a protocol enabling private accounts on public blockchains, has raised millions from prominent players in the Ethereum ecosystem, aiming to go live on the mainnet in the coming weeks.
Launched earlier this year, Nocturne today announced its $6 million seed funding round co-led by Bain...
Triple-A Raises $10 Million in Series A to Bridge the Gap Between Traditional Finance and Blockchain Payments
25.10.2023
Singapore-based digital currency payments firm Triple-A has completed a $10 million Series A funding round.
The round was led by returning investors Peak XV, formerly known as Sequoia India and Southeast Asia, with strategic support from Shorooq Partners, a venture firm focused on the MENA...
Ripple Joins Forces With Uphold to Improve Cross-Border Crypto Payments Liquidity
25.10.2023
Ripple has partnered with Uphold to improve its cross-border crypto payments infrastructure. Uphold will provide Ripple with “enhanced crypto liquidity capabilities.” Ripple offers services in over 55 countries, with payout capabilities in more than 70 markets, the company said...
‘Bond King’ Bill Gross Predicts Q4 Recession: Loan Delinquencies and Regional Banks in the Crosshairs
24.10.2023
Bill Gross, revered as Wall Street’s ‘Bond King,’ foresees a recession clouding the U.S. economy by the year’s final quarter. He pinpoints the burgeoning issue of overdue car payments and the financial strains beleaguering regional banks as catalysts for the impending...
Worldcoin to Stop Using USDC for Orb Operator Rewards – Here's the Latest
23.10.2023
The Worldcoin Foundation has announced a major change in the reward system for the Orb device operators: they are now paid in WLD tokens instead of the popular stablecoin USD Coin (USDC).
Ecosystem contributors, known as the Worldcoin Operators, have been paid in USDC during what has been...
Worldcoin to cease paying Orb operators in USDC as early as November
23.10.2023
Aside from ditching USDC for its native token, Worldcoin announced some changes to the terms of its WLD loans to market makers
Bank of Russia Predicts Digital Ruble Won’t End Other Payment Methods
21.10.2023
The Central Bank of Russia does not expect the introduction of the digital ruble to end the popularity of other non-cash and cash payment options. According to statements offered by Alla Bakina, director of the bank’s national payment system department, other non-cash payment options have...