Coinbase is the first crypto company to become a principal partner of the payments giant. Will crypto debit cards soon become commonplace? On Feb. 19, Coinbase announced that it has become a principal member of Visa. In an apparent first for the cryptocurrency industry, the firm is now able to issue debit cards without having […]
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An in-depth analysis of the recent malfunction and performance issues suffered by the Binance crypto exchange. As Cointelegraph reported on Feb. 19, Binance temporarily suspended most of its crypto trading platform activities due to unscheduled system maintenance. For several hours the exchange’s users were unable to perform most basic functions including deposits, withdrawals, spot trading, […]
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Crypto-supporting banking app Revolut has raised $500 million in a fresh funding round and tripled its valuation to hit $5.5 billion. United Kingdom-based digital bank Revolut has raised $500 million in a fresh funding round and tripled its valuation to hit $5.5 billion. This, as the Financial Times reported on Feb. 25, makes the crypto-supporting […]
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Binance now offers both deposits and withdrawals in Hong Kong dollars without deposit fees. Binance, one of the world’s foremost cryptocurrency exchanges, now allows deposits in Hong Kong dollars. According to a Feb. 21 announcement, Binance now offers both deposits and withdrawals in Hong Kong dollars without deposit fees. After depositing Hong Kong dollars, users […]
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Sports fan token project Socios plans to launch an integrated membership and fiat-crypto prepaid debit card, which also provides blockchain-based global ID functionality. Cooperation between fiat currency card issuers and the blockchain industry appears to be proceeding apace. On Feb. 24, sports fan token project Socios announced the launch of an integrated membership and fiat-crypto […]
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Alex Tapscott discusses his recently released book Financial Services Revolution with Cointelegraph. When the United States Treasury said on Feb. 13 that it would seek to enact new regulations governing cryptocurrencies, the price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell by almost 2% within an hour. But Alex Tapscott, for one, thinks it unlikely that the U.S. government […]
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E-commerce giant Shopify has joined the Libra Association, a network of founding members supporting Facebook’s stablecoin project, Libra. E-commerce giant Shopify has joined the Libra Association, a network of founding members supporting Facebook’s stablecoin project Libra. Shopify, a major Canada-based digital commerce platform hosting more than one million merchants, will be collaborating on the establishment […]
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Payment system ePayments has been halted by the FCA for about a week now, and all accounts remain suspended. Does crypto have anything to do with it? On Feb. 11, ePayments Systems Ltd, a United Kingdom-regulated electronic money institution, suspended all online payment activity at the request of the Financial Conduct Authority, the local regulator. […]
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In the Senate, Loeffler will reportedly help oversee the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a potential conflict of interest given that her husband’s company is regulated by the CFTC. Today is Saint Valentine’s Day, and in honor of this most romantic of holidays, Cointelegraph presents five of the crypto community’s most notable unions and breakups […]
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Cointelegraph talks to Hedera Hashgraph CEO about the potential of the company and how their governance model triumphs Libra. Independent research firm Fundstrat predicts that Hedera Hashgraph, the enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform, could generate $1.9 billion in value across its network by 2024. Fundstart’s predictions are highlighted in their latest report, which analyzes Hedera’s […]
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