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BitPay Offering Black Friday Deals For Crypto Users 
November 19, 2021

The cryptocurrency payments provider BitPay says it is offering an early holiday gift to Black Friday shoppers who prefer to pay in crypto.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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US Reps Hope to Amend Infrastructure Bill’s Crypto Rules 
November 18, 2021

A bipartisan collective of U.S. congressional representatives has introduced a bill aimed at dealing with a tax reporting requirement for cryptocurrency in the $1.7 trillion infrastructure bill. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

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Circle Details Plans for Using USDC to Advance Financial Inclusion
November 17, 2021

Circle, a payments company and stablecoin operator, has introduced several new avenues toward financial inclusion, the Financial Times (FT) reported Wednesday (Nov. 17). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no...

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Robinhood Legal Chief Critical of Creating US Crypto Regulator
November 17, 2021

Robinhood Chief Legal Officer Dan Gallagher said he doesn’t think cryptocurrency should have a new regulator, calling the notion “one of the stupidest ideas [he’s] heard in a long time,” MarketWatch reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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India Mulls Crypto as Assets, Leaving Payments off the Table
November 17, 2021

India has been riding the cryptocurrency conundrum wave for years, first banning all crypto in 2018 and then overturning that decision in 2020 — only to revisit the issue and institute further bans, then reconsider it once again as crypto continued to grab the limelight...

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Ripple, Coinbase, Binance Share Common Objectives for Future Crypto Regulation
November 17, 2021

The road ahead for cryptocurrency regulation is a long and winding one. But some common themes are emerging from the din of voices calling for frameworks and guardrails, for the industry at large, and for holdings like bitcoin and stablecoins. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Crypto.com Closes $700M Deal for Naming Rights to Staples Center in LA
November 17, 2021

Crypto.com closed a $700 million deal with the AEG-owned Staples Center in Los Angeles for 20-year naming rights scheduled to begin on Christmas Day when the 20,000 seat venue hosts the Los Angeles Lakers-Brooklyn Nets NBA game, the day’s marquee matchup, according to a press...

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Trading Platform Hopes to Attract Investors Yearning for Yields into Crypto
November 16, 2021

It’s a truism in finance in an era of low interest rates — on Wall Street and beyond — that investors and savers hunt for yield. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

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Crypto Investor Group Raising Funds to Buy Rare Copy of US Constitution
November 16, 2021

One of 13 rare, first-edition copies of the U.S. Constitution is being auctioned by Sotheby’s on Thursday (Nov. 18) and a group of cryptocurrency investors — a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) dubbed ConstitutionDAO — is raising money in hopes of winning the auction. Get the...