Before stablecoins, cryptocurrencies or even the blockchain technology on which these are based, eMoney emerged as a concept that promised to revolutionize commerce. Instead of cash, checks or cards, eMoney advocates envisioned a world in which transactions were made easily and with little friction over...
Digital assets software company Ownera has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round and will use it to accelerate the deployment of its global interoperability network for trading tokenized securities. Ownera’s network is based on the open-source FINP2P protocol and seamlessly connects securities...
According to the new "Blockchain Payments Tracker®," Republic Crypto's Jon Knipper tells PYMNTS that cryptos hold other advantages, including resistance to censorship as well as a regulatory edge when it comes to balancing security and innovation.
Using bitcoin for payments may not get as much chatter as it did at the beginning of the year, but under the hood, a lot’s been happening in 2022. Payments tech firms like Stripe, Block and PayPal have been expanding their crypto offerings and capabilities....
Financial messaging services provider SWIFT is running a pilot project that is testing the use of Symbiont’s enterprise blockchain platform to more efficiently communicate corporate actions. In this project, the smart contracts and blockchain capabilities of Symbiont’s Assembly platform are being used to further automate...
Since the very start of the concept of digital payments, humans have pursued a dream of simplified transactions between individuals that mix the ease and personal control of cash payments with the speed and interconnectivity of electronic payments. The earliest iterations of eMoney were all...
In cryptoland, there’s nothing bigger happening this week — likely this year — than “The Merge,” as Ethereum switches from slow and power guzzling bitcoin-style mining to Ethereum 2.0, a cleaner, faster and hopefully better blockchain. The No. 2 blockchain’s developers plan to flip the...
One of the great strengths of blockchains is that they are open to everyone: Anyone can build a decentralized app (DApp) and use its native tokens, and every transaction can be viewed by the public, with only the transactors’ identities hidden. Which is great and...
Crypto platform Binance is reportedly in talks with Nigerian authorities to help fast-track blockchain tech for the West African country by establishing a digital economic zone. The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority said it would consider making a digital hub like the Dubai virtual free...
