digital assets

Mastercard Teams With Crypto Giants on Blockchain Payment Program
Mastercard Teams With Crypto Giants on Blockchain Payment Program
March 11, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Mastercard has launched an initiative aimed at exploring the future of cryptocurrency payments. The company’s Crypto Partner Program, announced Wednesday (March 11), brings together 85 different digital asset...

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Can Crypto’s Open Network Dreams Survive Going Corporate?
Can Crypto’s Open Network Dreams Survive Going Corporate?
March 10, 2026  |  Blockchain

The reality of financial blockchain adoption is turning out to be a very different story than the permissionless approach the digital asset space was built...

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New Treasury Report Pushes AI, Digital Identity to Strengthen Crypto Oversight
New Treasury Report Pushes AI, Digital Identity to Strengthen Crypto Oversight
March 09, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

The U.S. Treasury thinks that the current problem with crypto is its opacity, not its existence. A new policy report released to Congress from Treasury...

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FinTech and Big Finance Fight to Own the Stablecoin Stack
FinTech and Big Finance Fight to Own the Stablecoin Stack
March 06, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Stablecoins can no longer be viewed as a single product category. Recent developments point to their emergence as the foundation for a multi-layered infrastructure system,...

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Global Stablecoin Boom Draws Regulators Into the Fight Against Fraud
Global Stablecoin Boom Draws Regulators Into the Fight Against Fraud
March 05, 2026  |  Blockchain

When stablecoin skeptics press the industry on what, exactly, are the benefits of the digital dollars, cross-border payments are typically one of the first answers....

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Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access
Kraken First Digital Asset Bank to Gain Fed Payment Rail Access
March 04, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Kraken says its digital asset bank has been granted a Federal Reserve master account. This approval, announced by the crypto exchange Wednesday (March 4), means that Kraken Financial is the...

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Crypto Sector Suffers Exodus of Reliable Retail Investors
Crypto Sector Suffers Exodus of Reliable Retail Investors
March 01, 2026  |  Cryptocurrency

Retail investors are reportedly leaving the cryptocurrency sector, robbing the industry of a dependable driver. That’s according to a report Sunday (March 1) from Bloomberg...

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Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments
Who Needs Whom? Card Networks, Stablecoins and the Future of Payments
February 26, 2026  |  Blockchain

Here is the question nobody in polite payments circles wants to ask out loud: Do the card networks need stablecoins—or do stablecoins need the card...

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Revolut Picked to Test Stablecoins in UK’s Regulatory Sandbox
Revolut Picked to Test Stablecoins in UK’s Regulatory Sandbox
February 25, 2026  |  Blockchain

Revolut is among four companies being tapped to test stablecoin use in the U.K. The London-based FinTech has been chosen to take part in the...

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