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Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose...
Bitcoin // January 27, 2020

The U.K.’s Lancashire Cricket Club is now selling tickets for all domestic and international fixtures at Emirates Old Trafford in 2020 through a blockchain-based platform, according to the Ticketing Business on Friday (Jan. 24). Teaming up with blockchain mobile ticketing platform TIXnGO, the move follows...

Wirex Launches Multicurrency Visa Travelcard For APAC Customers
Global Payments // November 11, 2019

Digital borderless payment platform Wirex, which allows users to pay with both fiat currency and cryptocurrency, has teamed up with Visa to offer the Wirex Visa Travelcard, according to a press release. The Travelcard will be multicurrency and allow customers throughout the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region...

WeSwap P2P Currency Exchange Seeks $2.89M In Crowdfunding
Investments // July 14, 2019

After hitting the 500,000 user mark, currency exchange service WeSwap has rolled out a Seedrs crowdfunding round. The company is seeking a £2.3 million ($2.89 million) raise, according to reports. The raise is the company’s third on Seedrs and had previously brought in funds from...

Ripple Expands Into Middle East, Canada
B2B Payments // February 25, 2019

Mercury FX, the international currency exchange provider, is reportedly relying on Ripple’s XRP xRapid to open up ten new payment corridors by the middle point of this year. According to a report in OracleTimes, Mercury FX chief executive Alastair Constance said during the Ripple Regionals 2019,...

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Bitcoin Daily: Lancashire Cricket To Enable UK’s First Blockchain Mobile Tickets; Japan Lawmakers To Propose...

January 27, 2020
The U.K.’s Lancashire Cricket Club is now selling tickets for all domestic and international fixtures at Emirates Old Trafford in 2020 through a blockchain-based platform, according to the Ticketing Business on Friday (Jan. 24). Teaming up with blockchain mobile ticketing platform TIXnGO, the move follows “a successful trial of the technology during the 2019 season,” […]

Wirex Launches Multicurrency Visa Travelcard For APAC Customers

November 11, 2019
Digital borderless payment platform Wirex, which allows users to pay with both fiat currency and cryptocurrency, has teamed up with Visa to offer the Wirex Visa Travelcard, according to a...

WeSwap P2P Currency Exchange Seeks $2.89M In Crowdfunding

July 14, 2019
After hitting the 500,000 user mark, currency exchange service WeSwap has rolled out a Seedrs crowdfunding round. The company is seeking a £2.3 million ($2.89 million) raise, according to reports....

Ripple Expands Into Middle East, Canada

February 25, 2019
Mercury FX, the international currency exchange provider, is reportedly relying on Ripple’s XRP xRapid to open up ten new payment corridors by the middle point of this year. According to a...