Project Jura: The next step for a Swiss CBDC?
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is continuing its experiments in the field of central bank currencies (CBDCs). “Project Jura” is investigating cross-border payment processing in…
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Venmo offers Cryptocurrencies to 70 million customers
Venmo now offers its more than 70 million customers the opportunity to buy, store and sell cryptocurrencies directly in the app. Adoption of crypto-assets as…
Visa Settling Transactions with USDC on Ethereum
Visa announced it will allow the use of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin to settle transactions on its payment network. The company is launching a…
Tesla accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment
After stunning the market earlier this year with a bold bet on Bitcoin, Tesla Inc. has now started accepting Bitcoin (the world’s largest electronic currency)…
Baseball Team Accepting Bitcoin for Purchases
The Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team is now accepting payments of Bitcoin (BTC) for home-game luxury suites. This follows a larger trend of…
Mastercard Accepts Individual Crypto Currencies as a Means of Payment
Credit card company Mastercard announced this week that they will accept “select crypto currencies” as payment. Their focus will primarily be on centralized stable-coins and…
Visa expands its support of cryptocurrencies
Visa, the largest company for payment cards alongside Mastercard, continues to intensively look into supporting cryptocurrencies. CEO Alfred Kelly sees great potential in this industry,…
Korean payment giant Danal Fintech joins Blockchain ecosystem
Korean payment giant Danal Fintech joins Korea’s largest blockchain ecosystem and integrates its cryptocurrency into its payment app. The goal of th…
Just Eat Enables Bitcoin Payments in over 15,000 Restaurants
One of the biggest food delivery services, Just Eat, accepted bitcoin as a payment means on the territory of France. This includes over 15,000 restaurants…
Brazil plans to introduce a digital central bank currency in 2022
Roberto Campos Neto, the President of the Central Bank of Brazil, shared the plans regarding digital Central Bank currency (CBDC). A possible starting point is…