The road to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies will still have its bumps, its potential roadblocks set in place from regulators. At the heart of it all might lie a jousting existential in nature — namely, between the companies that create and issue cryptos and the agencies...
Ripple Labs Inc. said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is poised to file a lawsuit against the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency company over the alleged sale of unlicensed securities. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The U.S. Treasury Department proposed sweeping new rules late Friday (Dec. 18) that the government says would make convertible digital currencies like bitcoin less attractive to criminals engaging in crimes such as ransomware attacks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Facebook’s Libra might be fading a bit as a perceived threat to monetary systems that have been in place around the globe for centuries. But the race is still on for central banks to develop their own digital versions of fiat to take their place...
Amid the rallies that have marked all manner of asset classes in 2020 – where things hummed along to start the year, turned sour in the spring and then rebounded (nay, roared) into the waning months, bitcoin stands out. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Ternio, a global FinTech platform, has integrated with Plaid, a financial data company, to help Ternio BlockCard bank accounts access faster and more secure connections to financial accounts, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
London challenger bank Revolut has rolled out four new crypto tokens — EOS, OMG Network, Tezos and 0x — for users in the Europe Economic Area (EEA), the company said in a blog post on Thursday (Dec. 10). Revolut first added bitcoin, ether and litecoin...
Paxos, a stablecoin issuer and crypto services firm, has filed to become a federally-regulated bank in the U.S., Coindesk reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....
Facebook’s Libra (OK, now it’s been renamed to Diem) looms as 2021 dawns – maybe – and in a form diminished from its initial ambitions back in 2019, to disrupt the monetary system itself. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
