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A Pro-Crypto President: What Trump 2.0 Holds for Blockchain’s Future

November 06, 2024
Crypto.com and Ingenico Team on Crypto Payments for Merchants
Cryptocurrency // November 05, 2024

Payments acceptance provider Ingenico has launched a partnership with Crypto.com. The new collaboration will bring cryptocurrency payments and merchant services to users of the Ingenico platform, the two companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 5), letting merchants around the world accept crypto payments. “Through this collaboration, Ingenico...

This Week in Web3: FTX Engineer Singh Walks, Crypto Payments Surge
Cryptocurrency // October 30, 2024

For almost their entire history, despite designs to the contrary, the primary role of cryptocurrencies and digital assets has been confined largely to trading and speculation. But recent advancements in blockchain infrastructure are positioning digital assets as more functional tools for real-world financial transactions. And...

Binance Debuts Crypto Service for Wealth Managers
Cryptocurrency // October 29, 2024

Binance says it has become the first crypto exchange to offer a wealth management solution. Binance Wealth, announced Tuesday (Oct. 29), lets wealth managers oversee the onboarding of their clients and make investment recommendations, and get support during onboarding and afterward, similar to traditional wealth...

Stripe Aims for Largest Acquisition Yet with $1 Billion Deal for Bridge
Acquisitions // October 18, 2024

Stripe, the FinTech giant, is reportedly in talks to acquire crypto startup Bridge for $1 billion, according to sources familiar with the discussions. This potential acquisition would be the largest to date for Stripe, which was recently valued at $70 billion. However, the deal is...

Interviews & Exclusives
Fed Action Against Customers Bank Underscores Crypto’s Challenges

August 12, 2024
Despite the decentralized nature of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Web3 businesses need banking partners. But on Thursday (Aug. 8), news broke that Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank, one of the only crypto-friendly banks in the U.S., was served with a 13-page regulatory enforcement action by the Federal Reserve related to its digital asset and dollar token […]

Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

July 04, 2024
Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto...

What Can Shoppers Buy With Crypto? eCommerce Could Have the Answer

June 19, 2024
As has played out over and over across the payments landscape, end-users ultimately want simplicity. After all, no payment innovation can scale if it isn’t easy and intuitive to use....

SBF May Be 57 When He Finishes Serving Time

March 28, 2024
When the facts are crystal clear, often the only recourse is to appeal to emotion. That’s the tack that convicted crypto criminal and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s legal defense hewed to on...

Quick Reads
Crypto.com and Ingenico Team on Crypto Payments for Merchants

November 05, 2024
Payments acceptance provider Ingenico has launched a partnership with Crypto.com. The new collaboration will bring cryptocurrency payments and merchant services to users of the Ingenico platform, the two companies announced Tuesday (Nov. 5), letting merchants around the world accept crypto payments. “Through this collaboration, Ingenico merchants can now accept crypto payments and receive funds settlement […]

Binance Debuts Crypto Service for Wealth Managers

October 29, 2024
Binance says it has become the first crypto exchange to offer a wealth management solution. Binance Wealth, announced Tuesday (Oct. 29), lets wealth managers oversee the onboarding of their clients...

Stripe Aims for Largest Acquisition Yet with $1 Billion Deal for Bridge

October 18, 2024
Stripe, the FinTech giant, is reportedly in talks to acquire crypto startup Bridge for $1 billion, according to sources familiar with the discussions. This potential acquisition would be the largest...

BVNK and Circle Team to Promote Stablecoin Business Payments

October 17, 2024
Payments infrastructure provider BVNK has launched a partnership with USDC-issuer Circle. The collaboration is designed to accelerate the utility of the USDC stablecoin for BVNK customers, according to a Thursday (Oct. 17) news...