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Visa Reaffirms Commitment to Crypto Tech Despite Recent Reports – Here's The Latest
1.3.2023
Visa has reiterated its commitment to crypto strategy, refuting recent reports that the payment giant plans to pause crypto push due to uncertain market conditions.
Cuy Sheffield, Visa vice president and head of crypto, said in a recent tweet that the company plans to continue working on...
Visa's Crypto Strategy Remains Intact Despite Crypto Winter
28.2.2023
U.S. payments giant Visa remains committed to investing in the crypto sector and supporting the technology despite recent failures in the industry, the company said Tuesday
Payment Giants Visa and Mastercard Push Back Launch of Crypto Products due to Uncertain Market Conditions
28.2.2023
Visa and Mastercard, the two largest payment card network processors in the world, have decided to push back the launch of their crypto-related products and services due to uncertain market conditions. ...
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Visa and Mastercard halt new crypto partnerships: Report
28.2.2023
According to sources, Visa and Mastercard will delay the launch of new blockchain partnerships until market conditions improve and a clearer regulatory framework is established
The six phases to product-market fit in Web3
28.2.2023
The concept of Web3 product-market fit is crucial for the success of decentralized applications and platforms in the Web3 ecosystem
Crypto Biz: Coinbase has a lot at stake
24.2.2023
Coinbase says its staking product offerings are different than Kraken's, which came under SEC scrutiny and resulted in a $30 million fine
Mastercard to allow crypto payments in Web3 via USDC settlements
21.2.2023
The Mastercard-Immersve partnership uses decentralized protocols to settle real-time cryptocurrency transactions on outlets accepting Mastercard payments online
Report: Flutterwave CEO in Bid to Recover Millions Stuck in Kenya
14.2.2023
According to reports, the CEO and co-founder of the Nigerian fintech Flutterwave, Olugbenga Agboola, recently visited Kenya where he sought to convince the country’s monetary authorities to grant the firm access to funds that have been blocked since July 2022. Agboola claimed that his firm...
Bit2Me and Mastercard launch debit card with crypto cashback
10.2.2023
The new debit card builds on technology already in place in the existing Bit2Me crypto card, but this time, card holders are eligible for up to 9% crypto cashback
Mastercard's NFT Product Lead Resigns, Leaves Behind a Surprising Farewell Gift
3.2.2023
Satvik Sethi, payments giant Mastercard's now-former non-fungible token (NFT) product lead, announced that the had resigned from this role on Thursday - but in a surprising and fitting move, he minted his resignation as an NFT....
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Nifty News: Bitcoin NFTs cause spicy fees, Mastercard exec tokenizes resignation letter and more
3.2.2023
Users are posting massive files to the Bitcoin network via the Ordinals protocol, taking up block space and paying high fees to do so
Today in Crypto: Top 10 Crypto Ransomware Attacks Took $69M in BTC Payments, Chainalysis Laid Off 5% of Workforce, TeraWulf Starts Public Offering of Common Stock
2.2.2023
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Binance and Mastercard Launch Crypto Prepaid Card in Brazil as Part of Latam Expansion
1.2.2023
Leading crypto exchange Binance and credit card giant Mastercard have partnered to launch a prepaid crypto-linked card in Brazil as part of Binance’s expansion plans in Latam. The Binance card features 8% cashback for eligible purchases and supports on-the-fly conversion of...
Founder of $7.5M 'brazen fraud scheme' to see 8 years behind bars
1.2.2023
Randall Crater will pay back the millions lost by victims of his fraudulent crypto scheme and spend 100 months in jail followed by a three-year supervised release
Mastercard, Binance to launch their second prepaid crypto card in Latin America
31.1.2023
Crypto adoption and usage in Brazil are higher than the global average
Unbanked and Mastercard Team Up to Accelerate Crypto Card Adoption Within Web3 Organizations in Europe
30.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Today it was announced that Unbanked, the leading provider of white-label crypto card issuance and program management service for Web3 companies has partnered with Mastercard, to accelerate DeFi card issuance in Europe. Mastercard and Unbanked have already established a footprint...
Mastercard Taps Polygon to Empower Emerging Artists in Web3 Tech
9.1.2023
Mastercard, the payments giant, has partnered with Polygon, an Ethereum scaling platform, to introduce emerging artists into Web3 technology. Mastercard’s artist accelerator, as the program is called, will teach five different emerging artists, including singers, musicians, DJs,...
Mastercard partners with Polygon to launch Web3 musician accelerator program
7.1.2023
The program will help five emerging artists set up and manage their brands in the Web3 space, and is also aimed at educating people in the music scene on what avenues Web3 tech can offer them
Payments Giant Visa Proposes Using Ethereum L2 Starknet to Bolster Auto Payments for Self-Custodial Wallets
21.12.2022
Visa, the financial services corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, published a blog post that talks about leveraging ethereum and the layer two (L2) scaling solution Starknet so people with self-custodial wallets can pay their bills. The blog post notes that while Ethereum doesnt...
New York Fed and 9 Major Banks to Test ‘Interoperable Network of Central Bank Wholesale Digital Money’
19.11.2022
Nine major financial institutions and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have started to experiment with a digital dollar proof of concept to see if distributed ledger technology can improve settlement between central banks, commercial banks, and regulated non-banks. The New York Fed details that...