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Compliance Divides Stablecoin Market: Why CFOs and Treasury Teams Should Care
December 03, 2024

Regulatory clarity sits at the center of the convergence of crypto and traditional finance. And, from the point of view of payments professionals, CFOs and treasury teams, stablecoins sit at the center of crypto’s potential within enterprise and corporate finance applications. These digital assets —...

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Aeon Debuts Authorization Payments on the TON Blockchain
December 01, 2024

Payment protocol Aeon has introduced an authorization payment feature built on the TON blockchain.  “By contributing to the TON ecosystem’s infrastructure, Aeon enhances the usability of blockchain technology in everyday scenarios,” the Singapore-based company said in a news release Friday (Nov. 29). “The first real-world...

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Blockchain Regulation Drives Business Utility While Stablecoins Surge This Week in Web3
November 27, 2024

Crypto’s reputation is undergoing a makeover as the sector matures. Driven by regulatory clarity, technological innovation, and a shift toward solving real-world problems — particularly in payments and financial services — the industry’s evolution is coming to reflect a growing synergy between traditional finance and...

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The Price of Loyalty? Brands Bet Big on Blockchain to Woo Consumers
November 27, 2024

The loyalty industry is changing due to the integration of blockchain technology. According to a PYMNTS Intelligence report, “From Transaction to Transformation: Blockchain’s Loyalty Proposition,” in collaboration with Solana, the loyalty market is projected to exceed $24 billion in revenue within the next five years,...

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Blockchain’s B2B Dreams Start With New Regulations
November 25, 2024

Cryptocurrencies, and more specifically their underlying blockchain technologies, have gone from a solution in search of a problem to a solution in hopes of some regulatory clarity. Along the way, the sector’s market capitalization has surged north of $3 trillion. As the global economy warms...

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Mastercard and J.P. Morgan Partner on Blockchain-Based B2B Payments
November 21, 2024

Complexity is frequently the default setting for business-to-business (B2B) payments, particularly cross-border ones. But the industry is moving toward greater simplicity and automation with the help of innovations such as embedded finance, API-driven seamless integrations, and artificial intelligence (AI) powered workflows that collectively promise to...

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This Week in Web3: Understanding Blockchain Solutions for Business Challenges
November 20, 2024

At its core, blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) that records transactions across multiple computers in a secure, immutable and transparent manner. Unlike traditional databases, where data is stored in a centralized system, blockchain distributes data across a network, ensuring no single point of...

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Bitcoin Reaches Record High Near $95K Amid Trump Interest in Crypto
November 20, 2024

Bitcoin and the global cryptocurrency market reportedly hit record highs Wednesday (Nov. 20). Bitcoin hit a record high of $94,982.37 before dipping to $93,709, a figure that was still up 1.6%, Reuters reported Wednesday. The value of the global cryptocurrency market also hit a record...

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How Blockchain Tech Can Streamline Treasury Operations
November 20, 2024

Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly...