Top stablecoin issuer Tether froze more than $1 million worth of USDT in a private digital wallet last week, effectively making it unusable. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...
New draft legislation for virtual asset service providers (VASPs) in Estonia will not ban customers from owning or trading cryptocurrency, but the proposed requirements could bring about massive capital requirements for decentralized wallet creators, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Jan. 4). Get the Full Story Complete the...
Too much regulation can kill innovation, but so can too little regulation. 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. By...
There’s no denying that 2021 was the year that cryptocurrency went mainstream. Even with a couple of bad busts to counter the booms, Bitcoin gained acceptance as a financial asset rather than some far-out, libertarian fantasy money project. Cryptocurrency came into its own, showing governments,...
Ontario’s securities regulator alleges Binance has reneged on an agreement to comply with rules and is not authorized to offer trading in the province. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...
Once written onto the blockchain, a cryptocurrency transaction is immutable — it cannot be changed, canceled or reversed. 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...
It’s been more than a quarter-century since Amazon shipped its first book. The dot-com bubble burst, and then the world got Web 2.0, followed by the Semantic Web — and then, an explosion of eCommerce that’s redefined nearly every aspect of our lives. We can...
Financial institutions’ (FIs’) blockchain and cryptocurrency implementation roadmaps are, in a sense, all over the map. FIs cite nine different factors as important drivers of these plans, according to Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Global Business, a PYMNTS and Circle collaboration based on surveys of executives at...
In today’s top crypto news, the metaverse took the spotlight as metaverse identity issuance protocol Kudo Money raised millions to bring on-chain identity to mainstream cryptocurrency. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
