Even for an industry whose only holiday celebrates the day someone gave away a fortune currently worth more than $400 million for two pizzas, the March 10 tweet by @dino_dealer was particularly plaintive: Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
Listening to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s whole speech on cryptocurrency at American University on Thursday morning (April 7), the most striking aspect was the dichotomy between her perspective on the industry’s potential and the way the government should respond to it. Get the Full Story...
Even though there will be no policy bombshells in Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s first speech focused entirely on digital assets, the need to build better payments rails will be an area of particular focus. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), a leading member of the Senate Banking Committee, has introduced a bill to make a new regulatory framework for stablecoins, CoinDesk wrote Wednesday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
The new phase of the Swedish e-krona project has been going on since February, and now the country wants to test its viability for smart payments, Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, announced Wednesday (April 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
With Elon Musk taking a seat on Twitter’s board, the joke might be over for crypto favorite memecoin. 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...
Global payments firm Nium on Wednesday (April 6) debuted Crypto Accept, an API-based solution to allow global businesses to accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with bitcoin and ethereum before expanding to other currencies next year, according to the company press release. Get the Full Story Complete...
Stablecoins are coming to bitcoin, giving the original cryptocurrency a shot at reclaiming its original purpose of becoming a true alternative to fiat currencies like the dollar and euro. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The U.K. is now validating stablecoins as an accepted form of payment and is moving forward to launch an international hub for crypto-asset technology and investment, according to a statement from the HM Treasury of the U.K. government. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
