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BNP Paribas Becomes Latest Bank to Embrace Blockchain
May 23, 2022

French bank BNP Paribas has joined a U.S.-based blockchain-powered network overseen by JPMorgan to use digital tokens for short-term trading in fixed income markets, stepping into the $12 trillion market, according to a report by Financial Times Monday (May 23). Get the Full Story Complete...

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Location of Terra’s Bitcoin Reserve Unknown Following Transfers
May 15, 2022

Billions in bitcoin, bought as a reserve by the Luna Foundation Guard (LFG), a foundation set up by the failed Terra blockchain, is now untraceable after being moved to two crypto platforms, Bloomberg wrote Saturday (May 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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El Salvador Weekly: With Bitcoin Bond Fading, President Bukele ‘Buys the Dip’
May 13, 2022

Given the unpopularity and slender use of bitcoin as a currency in El Salvador, you’d think that President Nayib Bukele’s decision to spend another $15 million of the nation’s treasury buying more bitcoins on Monday (May 9) — right as the crypto market began to...

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Downward Spiral Points to Bigger Problem for Cryptos
May 09, 2022

There’s a lot of attention being paid to bitcoin’s collapsing price today as it dipped below $31,000. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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El Salvador Weekly: Bitcoin Experiment Increasingly Unpopular with Bond Market, US Congress and Salvadorans
May 06, 2022

The bitcoin-boosting president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, has bet the house on the first cryptocurrency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Nukkleus Rebrands as Blockchain and Digital Payments Company
May 04, 2022

Nukkleus, which works on acquiring and scaling high-potential blockchain, digital and multi-asset businesses for retail and institutional markets, has debuted its new website and brand, which will put the firm’s subsidiary brands under the same suite of assets, a press release said. Get the Full...

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News of Bitcoin ATMs’ Decline Greatly Exaggerated
May 03, 2022

If you read the crypto press, you’ll find story after story this week about how the number of new bitcoin ATMs crashed this year, with just one-sixth as many installed in April as in December. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...

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Bored Apes NFT Rampage Spikes Transaction Fees to $200M for 55,000 Sales
May 02, 2022

One of the top non-fungible token (NFT) lines sold off 55,000 NFTs for a record-setting $317 million. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...

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WeBank’s New Brand, WeBank Blockchain, to Promote ESG Strategies
April 27, 2022

WeBank, the Chinese digital bank, announced its new brand, WeBank Blockchain, which will develop financial infrastructure and blockchain technology to promote environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment strategies, a press release said Wednesday (April 27). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...