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Mercado Pago Launches Cryptocurrency Trading Services in Mexico
31.10.2022
Mercado Pago, the financial wallet division of Mercado Libre, the Latam e-tail giant, has announced the launch of cryptocurrency trading services in Mexico. The company has already launched this kind of service in Brazil, serving one million customers in the country, allowing them to purchase...
Digital Bank Revolut to Allow Customers to Make Purchases With Crypto Balances
27.10.2022
The fintech firm recently won registration from the U.K.'s financial regulator to offer crypto services
Robinhood's Crypto Customers Can Now Trade Aave and Tezos
24.10.2022
Fidelity’s Crypto Platform Prepares to Start Offering Ethereum Trading Next Week
22.10.2022
Fidelity Digital Assets, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, has informed customers that it will start offering ethereum trading and custody services on Oct. 28. “Investors will be able to buy, sell, and transfer ether, accessing the same operational excellence, robust security,...
German Crypto Bank Nuri Asks Clients to Withdraw Funds as It Goes Out of Business
20.10.2022
Digital asset platform Nuri has told customers to withdraw their funds in the next two months, after taking a hit from the crypto winter. Formerly known as Bitwala, the Berlin-headquartered cryptocurrency bank filed for insolvency earlier this year and failed to find a buyer. Nuri to Maintain...
Customers of Bankrupt Crypto Lender Voyager Could Recover 72% of Their Funds if FTX Sale is Approved
20.10.2022
A judge still needs to approve a bankruptcy payout plan and the company could still scrap the deal in favor of a higher bid
Voyager customers could recover 72% of frozen crypto under FTX deal
20.10.2022
The plan is tentative at this stage and won't be finalized until it receives approval from Voyager's creditors and the bankruptcy payout plan is approved by the judge
Retail Giant Walmart Outlines Crypto Strategy — Executive Foresees a Lot of Disruption in Payment Options
20.10.2022
Walmart’s global chief technology officer has revealed crypto’s role in the retail giant’s future. “Crypto will become an important part of how customers transact,” the executive said. “We want to make sure that we make it as friction free for customers to...
Walmart-Backed Indian Commerce Giant Flipkart to Allow Customers to Buy Items in the Metaverse
19.10.2022
As Indian online retail giant Flipkart seeks more digital interaction with its customers, the company has announced it will initiate a metaverse offering, Flipverse, enabling them to access “gamified, interactive and immersive” experiences through the firm’s app. ...
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Indian Commerce Giant Flipkart Will Allow Customers to Purchase Items in the Metaverse
18.10.2022
Flipkart, the Walmart-backed Indian e-commerce giant, has launched a pilot to allow its customers to experience making purchases in a metaverse environment. The company announced the launch of its own metaverse, called Flipverse, in which several brands will be able to offer their own shopping...
Angry Crypto Exchange Customers Will Get Compensation – If They Can Prove One Thing
18.10.2022
The South Korean market-leading crypto exchange Upbit has announced that it will compensate traders who lost money during the power outage that blighted the platform’s login functionality over the weekend – but only if they can prove they were really going to sell their coins during...
Mastercard to Help Banks Offer Crypto Trading — Executive Says Crypto Is on the ‘Cusp of Really Going Mainstream’
18.10.2022
Payments giant Mastercard has introduced a new program called Crypto Source to enable financial institutions to offer crypto trading and other related services to their customers. Mastercard has partnered with Paxos Trust Company to support this program. A Mastercard executive says that crypto...
Localbitcoins, Crypto.com, Other Providers Suspend Services for Russians Under EU Rules
16.10.2022
Complying with the latest EU sanctions targeting Russia, well-known cryptocurrency platforms like Localbitcoins, Blockchain.com, and Crypto.com have started to restrict or terminate services for Russian accounts. The moves follow the adoption of new European penalties in response to Moscow’s...
Japanese Telecom Giant NTT Docomo Launches $412 Million Metaverse Unit
11.10.2022
NTT Docomo, the largest telecom carrier in Japan, has launched a new division that will be dedicated to directing its metaverse push. The unit, named Qonoq, is already operating and has a staff of 200 people, researching and developing software and hardware solutions directed to integrate extended...
Binance Licensed in Kazakhstan as Provider of Crypto Exchange and Custody Services
8.10.2022
Authorities in Kazakhstan have granted Binance a license to operate as a digital asset platform and provide an array of relevant services. While working out of the nation’s financial hub in the capital Nur-Sultan, the crypto exchange will offer registration to customers from other countries...
Bankruptcy Court Publishes 14,000 Pages of Celsius Customer Usernames and Trade History
7.10.2022
The crypto community is upset about a recent discovery stemming from the Celsius bankruptcy case as a court filing has revealed over 14,000 pages of the usernames and trading histories of the company’s customers. While the file does not disclose personal information tied to the user’s...
Court docs reveal details about thousands of Celsius customers
7.10.2022
The data of thousands of Celsius customers revealed in court also included its executives showing millions withdrawn from the platform in the weeks before it was suspended to the public
Celsius' Crypto Customers Face Big Obstacle in Trying to Claw Back Their Deposits
5.10.2022
A change in the corporate structure of Celsius made when raising money last year may come under scrutiny as the bankrupt crypto lender tries to sell its assets
Spanish Telecom Giant Telefonica Invests in Bit2Me, Pilots Cryptocurrency Payments
3.10.2022
Telefonica, one of the world’s largest telecom companies, has closed an investment in the Spanish cryptocurrency exchange Bit2me. The company, which has been very active in the metaverse space, is entering the crypto payments arena by running a pilot to allow its customers to make payments...
Celsius founder reportedly withdrew $10M before bankruptcy filing: FT
3.10.2022
The details of the withdrawal will reportedly be part of upcoming court filings, and it's possible the founder and former CEO of the crypto platform could be forced to pay it back