As the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in Africa, Luno is looking to get its offerings in front of some of the world’s largest segment of digital asset investors — those in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is still on the offensive when it comes to El Salvador’s use of bitcoin as a legal tender, estimating the cost of implementing the program at 1% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). And that’s not counting the cost...
Global FinTech firm Diamante Blockchain has raised more than $1.3 million through an ongoing Wefunder crowdfunding campaign and angel investments that the company plans to use for product development, hiring and scaling its operations around the world. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
ACH transactions get a lot of criticism for batching transactions into a few bundles a day, slowing down the time it takes for transactions to be settled, and making it more difficult to enable instant or near-instant payments. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
British investment bank HSBC and agrichemical company Syngenta have completed the transaction of a digital letter of credit using TradeLens’ blockchain-supported digital bill of lading. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Non-fungible token (NFT) platform Pixel Vault, Inc. has secured a $100 million joint investment from Velvet Sea Ventures and 01A that will allow it to launch a multi-franchise NFT development platform, according to a joint announcement Wednesday (Feb. 2). Get the Full Story Complete the...
The music festival Coachella has teamed with crypto exchange FTX to offer ten lifetime festival passes in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Yahoo reported Tuesday (Feb. 1). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Frank Yiannas said the in-progress rule changes at the agency are likely to bring blockchain-based food tracking into existence, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Tuesday (Feb. 1). Get the Full Story Complete...
Circle, a payments company and principal operator of the USD coin (USDC), is now being supported on the Flow network, a Web3 platform originally created by Dapper Labs. Circle partnered with Dapper in 2020. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...