Cryptocurrencies are digital assets, using a blockchain to verify token ownership and secure transactions. Right now, cryptocurrencies are changing the world of finance, from a decentralized view, as a store of value, startups capitalization and investment assets.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is letting all nationally chartered banks in the U.S. provide custody services for crypto. In a public letter dated July 22,…
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If you are a user of DeFi or other applications on Ethereum, you could not miss the exorbitant transaction fees. Its founder, Vitalik Butterin, warns of the security risks that…
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The SMBC financial group integrates two blockchain in parallel consortia from the trade finance sector: Contour and Komgo as the Covid-19 pandemic further underlines the need to digitize paper-based processes,…
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Mastercard will allow crypto-startup Wirex to issue a debit card as a core member and also plans to work with other companies in the ecosystem. The giant Mastercard is expanding…
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Grayscale‘s crypto investment funds have been so successful that the company has set new buying records in the second quarter of 2020. However, Grayscale does not intend to stop there…
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Digital payments giant PayPal reportedly plans to facilitate crypto trading through a new partnership with stablecoin operator Paxos. Industry news outlet Coindesk reported on July 20 that PayPal plans to…
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The Banque de France has just unveiled on 20 July the list of companies selected to launch its experiments with a “central bank digital currency” (CBDC). Following its call for…
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Located in El Salvador, this village has eyes only for Bitcoin and uses it daily as a means of payment. Forbes’ headline on the front page of the newspaper gives…
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Things are becoming clearer by the day for the Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DC/EP), the future digital yuan ecosystem of the People’s Bank of China. Today, Meituan Dianping, the Chinese…
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The Stellar cryptomoney project was started in 2014 by Jed McCaleb, two years after the latter founded (and then left) Ripple. Today, the Stellar network is taking a big step…
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