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Rising Interest Rates Slow Down Bitcoin Trading Volume
April 17, 2022

With bitcoin interest rates rising, trading volumes have gone down, a Bloomberg report says. 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 newsletter, PYMNTS...

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Nearly $10B Is Bet on Pending Revamp of Ethereum
April 15, 2022

Close to $10 billion — or roughly 3.2 million Ether tokens — has been deposited on decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Lido Finance in preparation for a revamp of Ethereum. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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HBAR Wants To Encourage Developers With Blockchain Fund
April 14, 2022

The HBAR Foundation has rolled out a metaverse fund to help encourage developers of immersive experiences to design solutions for its blockchain ecosystem, a report says. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Allbridge Adds DeFi to XRP Ledger
April 14, 2022

Allbridge, a company that transfers assets between networks, has added support for XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized, public blockchain developed for payments, currency exchange network Ripple announced Thursday (April 14). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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EU’s ‘DLT Pilot’ to Trade Tokenized Securities Wins Political, Regulatory Support
April 13, 2022

The European Parliament (EP), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the industry are backing the EU’s efforts to create a pilot regime for financial market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology (DLT) (“the DLT Pilot”). This pilot regime aims at developing the trading...

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WadzPay Integrates Algorand to Boost Blockchain-Based Payments
April 11, 2022

Algorand, the Boston-based blockchain network payments processor, has joined the WadzPay Atlytica engine, which was built on cryptocurrency technology, the companies announced Monday (April 11). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

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Bringing Bitcoin Firmly into Payments, Strike Partners with NCR, Shopify, Blackhawk
April 08, 2022

Bitcoin-based payments firm Strike last night announced deals that will bring crypto payments to NCR point-of-sale terminals, Shopify and prepaid payments provider Blackhawk Network. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content —...

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eCommerce Platform Shopify Integrates With Payments Network Strike to Accept Bitcoin
April 08, 2022

Payments network Strike announced its integration with Canadian eCommerce platform Shopify, which will allow global merchants to accept bitcoin payments, according to a Thursday (April 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...

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PYMNTS Blockchain Series: What’s Algorand? The Blockchain Securing Transactions by Spreading the Wealth
April 07, 2022

Over the course of this series of articles, we are going to look at the top blockchains in cryptocurrency, with a goal of helping you understand what they are, how they work, what they do, and what their pros and cons are. Get the Full...