Crypto firm Ripple has agreed to acquire a 40% stake in Asian payments specialist Tranglo. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals is expected to occur sometime this year. The …
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Square’s CFO: “Why all companies should buy Bitcoin?”
In an interview for Fortune, Square CFO Amrita Ahuja made the corporate case for Bitcoin adoption. In Michael Saylor, CEO of Microstrategy, style Ahuja asserted that cryptocurrency is part of an …
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Visa begins settlements for USDC stablecoins payments on the Ethereum blockchain
Payments giant Visa has announced it is now settling payments in the USDC stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain, becoming the first major payments network to use a stablecoin as a settlement currency. …
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Step Anywhere 2021. What you need to know?
Step Anywhere 2021 is on for March 29th, 30th, and 31st, and fully online! Organized by the team behind Step Conference, The Leading Online Tech Festival For Emerging Markets will …
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Justin Sun (TRON founder) just paid $ 6 million for the Beeple NFT
Tron founder Justin Sun splurged over $6 million on a non-fungible token (NFT) created by digital artist Mike Winklemann, as per a tweet this morning. The piece is called ‘Oceans Front’ and part …
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NFT searches at ICO-mania levels, a robot and Snoop Dog drop NFTs, and more
Interest in non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, has surged to almost the level of searches for the term ‘ICO’ during the 2017 bull market mania, according to data from Google Trends. …
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FTX likely to get the rights to the Miami Heats Arena name
Crypto exchange FTX will likely gain the naming rights to the Miami Heats’ sports arena, according to the Miami Herald. Over the past several weeks, FTX negotiated a $135 million deal …
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Coinbase execs to explain why soon-to-be-public crypto exchange is against a security token
Coinbase’s top brass detailed how the crypto exchange unicorn weighed a possible security token on its path to going public, but ultimately set the idea aside given technological and regulatory …
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Hong Kong Explores CBDC Retail Opportunities In Upcoming Aurum Project
Hong Kong is exploring a general-purpose central bank digital currency (CBDC) to be distributed through commercial banks and payment service providers, said Howard Lee, deputy chief executive of the Hong …
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Coinbase listing effect reappears with Ankr, Curve (CRV) and Storj rallies
On March 23 the Coinbase listing ‘bump’ reemerged as the exchange announced that it would list Ankr (ANKR), Curve DAO Token (CRV), and Storj (STORJ) on Coinbase Pro. A blog post …
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