November 11, 2019 Airbnb Now Bookable With Bitcoin and Lightning Network via Fold App Bitcoin can now be spent to book housing at Airbnb via Fold app gift cards alongside other big-name retailers such as Amazon, Starbucks and Uber.…
November 11, 2019 HCM Capital Expects China’s Digital Currency to Launch in 2-3 Months China’s digital currency will launch in two to three months, said founding managing partner of HCM Capital Jack Lee.…
November 11, 2019 Singapore’s MAS, JPMorgan Unveil Multi-Currency Blockchain Prototype Singapore's central bank and state investment firm have created a prototype multi-currency blockchain-based payments network together with JPMorgan.…
November 8, 2019 Malaysia to Impose Cash Transaction Limit of $6K in 2020: Report Malaysia’s 2020 cash restrictions will affect everything except humanitarian aid and regulated financial institutions. Malaysia is planning to impose a $6,000 limit on cash transactions in 2020, according to a deputy governor at the country’s central bank.…
November 8, 2019 Fed Must Launch FedNow Ahead of Facebook’s Libra, Says Gov’t Official A senior U.S. federal official argued that Facebook’s Libra highlights the need for the FED to urgently launch its own real-time payments system — FedNow.…
November 6, 2019 Ripple CEO: Only 1% of Today’s Cryptocurrencies Will Survive Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse predicts that 99% of all crypto will likely go to zero as they are not focused on real problems.…
November 5, 2019 Facebook’s Calibra Exec: Libra Is More Like Email Than PayPal Libra will be a “journey of years and decades” and not a payment service like PayPal but more of an interoperability protocol like email, says Calibra’s VP of product.…
November 5, 2019 Global Blockchain B2B Volume Expected to Hit $4.4 Trillion by 2024 Business-to-business cross-border payments carried out on a blockchain will exceed $4.4 trillion by 2024, after reaching $171 billion this year, says Juniper Research.…
October 31, 2019 Tracking Bitcoin Transactions, Explained Keeping track of your crypto transactions can be crucial for some much-needed peace of mind. How can I be informed of what’s happening with my crypto transactions?Some crypto exchanges are aiming to deliver full transparency to their users.This attitude toward openness can be especially beneficial for users who are using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for the first time.HitBTC, which bills itself as one of the most advanced crypto exchanges on the market today, has created a System Monitor that delivers live statistics concerning incoming and outgoing transactions for each of the cryptocurrencies it supports.…
October 30, 2019 China’s Central Bank Introduces Certification System for Fintech Products The Chinese central bank has introduced a new system to certify 11 different types of fintech hardware and software pertaining to digital payments.…
October 29, 2019 Stablecoin Adoption: DAI in a Visa Card, Tether Sees Use in E-Commerce Ethereum-based decentralized stablecoin DAI is now spendable where Visa cards are accepted and Tether sees more use by e-commerce organizations.…
October 29, 2019 Calibra Head David Marcus Touts Libra’s Money Laundering Standards The head of Calibra — the wallet for Facebook’s Libra stablecoin — said that the network will have better money laundering standards than most other payment networks.…
