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Canadian Company Mogo Offers Bitcoin Rewards for Clients Engaging in a New Mortgage or Refinancing
31.3.2021
On Monday, the publicly-listed Canadian company Mogo announced the firm is extending the bitcoin rewards program applied to the firm’s prepaid Visa card to the operation’s Mogomortgage product. Mogo members leveraging the Mogomortgage platform can earn up to $3,100 in bitcoin if they...
Payments firm Nuvei launches support for 40 cryptos including Reddcoin and DOGE
30.3.2021
Payment provider Nuvei has launched support for nearly 40 crypto assets including lesser-known coins from previous market cycles, such as Reddcoin, Steem, Bitcoin Gold, and Siacoin
Payment Giant Visa Integrates USDC Stablecoin Support for Settlement
29.3.2021
On Monday, the American multinational financial services corporation Visa announced that digital currency payments have arrived on Visa’s settlement platform. The payment giant revealed that the company will leverage USD coin (USDC), the regulated token built on top of the Ethereum network....
Stablecoin reserves on crypto exchanges hit new historic high of $10B
29.3.2021
Cryptocurrency exchanges continue accumulating massive amounts of stablecoins like Tether and USDC Coin
Visa Starts Settling Transactions in USD Coin
29.3.2021
Payments giant Visa partnered with major crypto company Crypto.com in order to settle transactions in the second-largest steblecoin USD Coin (USDC) with Visa over Ethereum (ETH).
"Working with Anchorage, the first federally chartered digital asset bank and an exclusive Visa digital currency...
Visa plans to allow partners to settle fiat transactions with crypto
29.3.2021
Visa’s partners will be able to exchange USDC over the payment network to clear transactions made in fiat currency
Bison Trails supports Crypto.com’s payments blockchain with key infrastructure
26.3.2021
Crypto.com’s Crypto.org Chain aims to bring cryptocurrency payments mainstream
South Korean internet giant Naver reportedly joins Bithumb stake race
22.3.2021
Naver is reportedly looking to strengthen its position in the crypto industry with a potential equity stake in South Korea’s largest crypto exchange
Deutsche Bank, Visa, Binance, Naver Eye Deal for Bithumb – Report
22.3.2021
Rumors appear to be hotting up as rival players – including the likes of Deutsche Bank, Visa, Binance and the search engine operator Naver – have reportedly held talks about buying minority or controlling stakes (or possibly even taking over) Bithumb, South Korea’s biggest crypto exchange.
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Crypto.com Extends its Global Partnership with Visa
19.3.2021
Striking the strategic partnership, Crypto.com has come together with Visa to achieve wider adoption of cryptocurrency and its payment solutions among target customer segments. This new association will enhance the adoption of the Crypto.com Visa Card and encourage more people to adopt...
Rakuten Points To BTC, Crypto.com & Visa, a16z Dives Into NFT Sea + More News
18.3.2021
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The Japanese e-commerce giant, e-pay and crypto exchange operator Rakuten has taken another step into the crypto sphere, launching...
Crypto.com becomes a principal member of the Visa network
18.3.2021
Cryptocurrency exchange platform and card issuer Crypto.com has partnered with Visa and plans to debut fiat lending
Visa Anticipates Cryptocurrency Becoming ‘Extremely Mainstream’ — Working to Allow Bitcoin Use at 70 Million Stores
18.3.2021
Visa CEO Al Kelly anticipates that cryptocurrency could become “extremely mainstream” within five years. He is working to position Visa in the middle of it should cryptocurrency take off. He further confirmed that Visa is working to allow bitcoin purchases, in addition to enabling...
Visa Boss Wants Company ‘in the Middle’ of Crypto as Cash ‘Declines’
17.3.2021
Alfred Kelly. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, Business Live ME
The Visa CEO Alfred Kelly says that his company is set to embrace bitcoin (BTC)-related business in earnest, and claims that partnerships in both the crypto and stablecoin sectors are already in the pipelines – while adding...
Bitcoin is now worth more than Visa and Mastercard combined
16.3.2021
The largest cryptocurrency also recently beat the world's three biggest banks by market cap, data confirms
Apple Pay integration and Staking 3.0 launch push COTI price to a new high
6.3.2021
COTI price hit a new all-time high following the roll-out of Staking 3.0 and a Simplex integration that allows Apple Pay users to purchase the token
As Visa and Mastercard raise fees, merchants may look to crypto
24.2.2021
Cryptocurrencies have fees, but so do payment cards
Can’t beat ‘em? Join ‘em: Mastercard and Visa make a case for Bitcoin
22.2.2021
Mastercard is set to open the shop doors to crypto as a means of payment in 2021, but it will likely be a challenge for the firm
Crypto Opens Up PayPal, Square, Visa To New Revenue Streams - Fitch
15.2.2021
Strategic crypto investments are expected to have a limited near-term effect on the credit profiles of companies such as PayPal, Visa, Square, and Mastercard, taking into account the modest capital deployed and the long ramp time, major credit rating agency firm Fitch Ratings said. Moreover, adding...
Why Comparing Bitcoin to Visa Doesn’t Make Any Sense
14.2.2021
A reading of Nic Carter’s latest essay for CoinDesk on the inappropriateness of comparing the energy consumption of bitcoin and Visa transactions