Former President Donald Trump is getting into the cryptocurrency business. Weeks before an election that could return the Republican mogul to the White House, Trump hosted a livestream promoting a crypto company called World Liberty Financial. “Crypto is one of those things we have to...
Visa has teamed with WireX to promote the use of digital currencies in Europe and the UK. “This collaboration will explore new opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative Visa cards and reduce friction in payment experiences,” the companies said in a news release Monday (July...
Blockchain builder Algorand has debuted a tool for decentralized authentication and communication called LiquidAuth. As the company said in a news release Wednesday (June 26), LiquidAuth is an open-source solution for “authenticated peer-to-peer communication between wallets and apps/dApps,” designed to end the “overreliance” on centralized...
Mastercard has introduced what it calls a “milestone” update to its Crypto Credential tool. For the first time, the company announced Wednesday (May 29) crypto exchange users can send and receive crypto with their Crypto Credential aliases, rather than relying on “the typically long and...
September 13, 2022
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 third-party products. Even when transactions within a system were instant […]
June 15, 2021
Privacy is a chief concern among internet users, with 75% of Americans concerned about their privacy online and 70% believing their data is less secure now than it was five years...
August 28, 2017
Last week’s news cycle was all about surprises. Hurricane Harvey blew into the coast of Mexico as a “blob of weather systems” and instead snuck up on the Texas shoreline...
May 19, 2017
In the complex payments space, it’s often innovate-or-die, especially when it comes to cross-border payments methods and payments technologies. Bob Sneed, VP Payment Solutions, WEX, joined the latest installment of...
October 08, 2024
Calling it a “misguided” federal agency, Crypto.com has sued the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The suit, filed Tuesday (Oct. 8), came after the cryptocurrency company received a Wells notice from the commission (SEC), typically seen as a sign of pending enforcement action. “While this is an unprecedented move for our company to file suit […]
September 17, 2024
Former President Donald Trump is getting into the cryptocurrency business. Weeks before an election that could return the Republican mogul to the White House, Trump hosted a livestream promoting a...
July 15, 2024
Visa has teamed with WireX to promote the use of digital currencies in Europe and the UK. “This collaboration will explore new opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative Visa cards...
June 26, 2024
Blockchain builder Algorand has debuted a tool for decentralized authentication and communication called LiquidAuth. As the company said in a news release Wednesday (June 26), LiquidAuth is an open-source solution...
