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September 02, 2022
Secure Payments in the Metaverse Will Lean on Banking Experience,...

The possibilities of Web3 are becoming increasingly apparent. This newest iteration of the internet will feature a strong emphasis on decentralized applications, heavy use of machine learning and artificial intelligence...


September 01, 2022
Today in Crypto: Crypto.com Scraps $495M European Soccer League Sponsorship;...

Ethereum-based asset management protocol Babylon Finance will close completely in November as it did not recover from the $80 million exploit on Rari Capital in April, Coindesk wrote. Rari made...


September 01, 2022
Peru Embraces Stablecoins amid Political, Economic Instability

The interesting thing about reports that Peruvians are fast adopting crypto as a hedge against inflation and political instability, it’s that they’re doing so when those economic and social problems...


September 01, 2022
Blockchain Emerges as Transparent Crime-Fighting Tool in Emerging Markets 

Despite the huge appetite for digital assets in emerging markets, promoting their adoption and mainstream accessibility have been far from smooth sailing. Last year, for example, Nigeria’s central bank banned...


August 31, 2022
Today in Crypto: Ticketmaster Issues Event NFTs; S. Korea’s Busan...

Ticketmaster has added a capability for event organizers to issue NFTs related to live events, a report from Dapper Labs said Wednesday (Aug. 31). The offering has already seen over...


August 31, 2022
Crypto Regulation Weekly: Exchanges Face Anti-Fraud Questions; Japan Loosens Crypto...

Five large cryptocurrency exchanges, Binance.US, Coinbase, FTX, Kraken, and KuCoin, have been asked to explain the steps they are taking to protect customers from consumer fraud and scams to Congress....


August 31, 2022
Report: Happy Endings ‘Mixed’ for FTX Bailout of Crypto Firms

Putting up $1 billion for rescues and acquisitions of cryptocurrency firms as the sector started further collapsing following plummeting bitcoin and other prices, FTX boss Sam Bankman-Fried expects some of...


August 31, 2022
FTX Crypto Exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried’s Breakout Month

August has been a good month for Sam Bankman-Fried, the increasingly high-profile CEO of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange. That may seem a little strange to say, given that his was...


August 31, 2022
The Case for Stringent Regulations of Stablecoins

Decisions on how to regulate stablecoins, and other parts of the crypto industry, should be based on what we know about crypto’s past and present and discount starry-eyed forecasts of...


AML/KYC
How Gemini Balances User Privacy With AML And KYC Compliance Cryptocurrencies’ anonymous nature makes them popular, but crypto exchange platforms are still required to collect buyers’ personal data for AML and KYC compliance. In the “AML/KYC Tracker,” a PYMNTS and Trulioo collaboration, Elena Hughes, chief compliance officer at Gemini, explains how platforms can selectively collect data to ensure user privacy and adhere to regulations.  
The Corporate Treasury Shift: Asset Allocation And The New Cryptocurrency Option
More Banks Turn to Crypto, Blockchain to Help Corporates Drive Global Growth Fifty-eight percent of multinationals that do business in six or more countries use cryptocurrencies in their day-to-day operations. A new PYMNTS study of 250 multinational financial institutions (FIs), sponsored by Circle, examines how their corporate customers are using blockchain and crypto to manage liquidity, make payments and drive global growth — and the digital currency imperative it implies for FIs that wish to retain those corporate relationships.