Blockchain/Bitcoin
PayPal Allows American Customers to Use Cryptocurrencies for Purchases
PayPal announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto, where US customers will be able to choose to check out with crypto seamlessly. Building on the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal, customers using Checkout with Crypto can
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Booming NFT Scene Has Critics Warn of Bubble
Stories about non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have been everywhere this past month: meme animations, musical albums, digital artworks, and even virtual houses, are being sold at exorbitant prices with NFT tokens, and now both the New York Times and the Times
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Visa Pilots Payment Settlements Using Stablecoin with Crypto.com
Visa announced that it will allow the use of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the US dollar, to settle transactions on its payment network over Ethereum, an open-source blockchain. Visa said that it is piloting the capability with
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German Central Bank: DLT-Based Securities Settlement Successfully Tested
Deutsche Börse, Deutsche Bundesbank and Germany’s Finance Agency have developed and successfully tested a settlement interface for electronic securities, working with a range of other market participants. Securities settlement using distributed ledger technology (DLT) is performed with the aid of
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METACO Leverages IBM’s Capabilities for Its Digital Asset Orchestration System
IBM announced that METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure that helps large banks manage digital assets, will leverage confidential computing capabilities through IBM Cloud and IBM Cloud Hyper Protect Services for their digital asset orchestration system. With its platform running
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Top 50 in Swiss Crypto Valley in 2021
Crypto Valley has been growing rapidly over the past year despite COVID-19. The hub, which includes both Switzerland and Liechtenstein, is home to 960 blockchain/cryptocurrency companies, among which 11 unicorns, that employ over 5,000 people, a new research by venture
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Crypto Firm Bitcoin Suisse Withdraws its Banking License Application
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has informed cryptocurrency trading platform Bitcoin Suisse that its banking license application has an “unfavourable prognosis”, deeming it ineligible for approval. Bitcoin Suisse had previously submitted an application for a banking license in
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swisspartners erweitert mit Sygnum Bank sein Angebot im Kryptobereich
Als einer der grössten External Asset Manager entwickelt und vertreibt swisspartners individuelle Lösungen in der klassischen Vermögensverwaltung und -strukturierung. Mit der Kooperation mit der Sygnum Bank reagiert swisspartners auf die steigende Kundennachfrage nach innovativen und zukunftsorientierten Dienstleistungen. Die Partnerschaft mit
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Swiss Private Bank NPB Offers Incore Bank’s Digital Asset Banking Services
NPB Neue Privat Bank, a Zurich-based Swiss boutique private bank, announced that it is introducing InCore Bank‘s comprehensive digital asset banking services to its clients. With this partnership, NPB’s clients will now able to trade in major crypto currencies and
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PayPal to Acquire Crypto Security Firm Curv
PayPal announced that it has agreed to acquire Curv to accelerate and expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Curv is a provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset security based in Tel Aviv, was founded in 2018
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