Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks, speaking on a podcast recently, said banks in the U.S. were exploring ways to adopt crypto after the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) made a decision over the summer letting banks provide custody of crypto. Get the Full...
The Bank of Canada is progressing in its plans for a national digital currency, moving past proof of concepts to “executable” plans, according to Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Trust in supply chains can be a tricky thing to achieve. It’s absolutely necessary to make them work, but they can be hard to establish because so much of how things actually move from Point A to Point B can be frustratingly opaque. Get the...
Overstock.com Inc.’s fully owned subsidiary, Medici Ventures, unveiled an $8 million equity investment in its Barbados-based keiretsu firm Bitt, according to a Wednesday (Oct. 28) announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
Will blockchain find favor in financial services — and help kill the check? 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 Today....
J.P. Morgan Chase has established a new business unit dedicated to blockchain and digital currency work, a move that coincides with the recent profitability of its stablecoin, according to a CNBC report on Tuesday (Oct. 26). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
On P2P marketplace Paxful, traders are selling up to $16.2 million in discounted bitcoin in exchange for gift cards — an amount that a report from Arcane Research says is half Paxful’s trade volume, Cointelgraph reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Stellar CEO Denelle Dixon will be part of a new four-person panel on the private sector’s role in addressing cross-border payment issues at the International Money Fund (IMF)’s annual meeting on Monday (Oct. 19). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
“The Crypto Cruise Ship” is getting ready to depart from the Mediterranean and anchor in the Gulf of Panama, according to an announcement. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...