The New Jersey-based regional bank has an increased profile after the trio of recent bank collapses – and will likely face added regulatory scrutiny.
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How Visa And FTX Will Partner To Offer Debit Cards Across 40 Countries
Per a report from CNBC, crypto exchange FTX will expand its cooperation with payment giant Visa. The partners will take their crypto debit cards from the United States to over 40 countries and millions of users and merchants worldwide.
This new cooperation will be focused on providing payment alternatives to emerging markets. In that sense, FTX and Visa are targeting users in Latin America, Asia, and countries in Europe.
The crypto debit card allows people to use their digital assets and cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, to purchase items and conduct everyday transactions. The card will be linked to the users’ investing wallet and will be directly used in the cryptocurrency to pay at commerce or shop.
Portland Trail Blazers Cut Jersey Patch Partner Deal With Staking Firm StormX
Amidst CeFi chaos, it’s been a relatively quiet year for Seattle-based staking platform, StormX. Despite signing a multi-year deal jersey patch sponsorship with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers last year, that deal has come to a close according to the team on Friday. StormX is yet to comment on the matter.
Let’s review the brief details that we’re hearing through the wire in the last 24 hours regarding the matter, and how things got to this point.
StormX: Past And Present
How This Ripple Partner Launched A Crypto Payment Solution In Argentina
Tomorrow, September 27th, Ripple partner Bitso will roll out its new payment solution in Argentina. The product will enable users in the Latin American country to access the first QR code payment system in the region powered by XRP and other cryptocurrencies.
Bitso is one of the largest exchanges in the region with over 5 million users. In Argentina alone, the platform onboarded over 1 million customers that will be able to make QR code crypto payments in certain regions as of tomorrow. The product will expand to the entire country in the coming months.
New England Patriots Secure Official Blockchain Partner, Chain
The New England Patriots are in their post-Brady era, and as the NFL season gets into full swing, so too does the Patriots’ partnerships team. The club has locked in a new deal with NFT software firm Chain this week. Let’s look at the details of the deal, and what we can expect to see as the partnership comes to life in the months ahead.
The Patriots & Chain: What The Deal Looks Like
Blockstream, Sevenlabs Partner To Launch Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange
With XDEX, users can trade bitcoin, stablecoins and other assets related to bitcoin like Liquid assets in a P2P transaction, thereby removing intermediaries.
- Blockstream, Sevenlabs partnered with Poseidon Group to launch a decentralized exchange for bitcoin and security assets.
- The exchange, XDEX, is being built on the open source protocol TDEX and will operate 24/7.
- The app is expected to launch on IOS and Android in Q4 2022.
Blockstream and Sevenlabs, bitcoin infrastructure service providers, have partnered with Poseidon Group to launch the first decentralized security token exchange for Bitcoin in Switzerland, per a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine.
Crypto Casino Stake.com Sued For $400 Million By Former Partner
An former partner of Stake.com who claims he was excluded from the wildly successful company is suing the Australian creators of the largest bitcoin casino in the world in the US for $ US400 million in damages.
However, the creators of Stake.com, Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani, who just bought the most expensive home in Melbourne, have called the lawsuit “utterly frivolous” and “provably false.”
Stake.com Is $ 1 Billion Operation
The cryptocurrency casino Stake.com, which was thought to be an overseas operation, was actually formed in Melbourne in 2017 by Craven and Tehrani, according to a late 2021 investigation by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Standard Tokenization Protocol Launches Proof of Business Program and Announces Block72 as Inaugural Partner
JUNE 28 2019 — Standard Tokenization Protocol, a globally compliant open-source standard and decentralized network for the tokenization and issuance of any asset, announced today the launch of a new “Proof of Business” (PoB) program that will enable companies to stake STPT tokens and earn staking rewards. Through STP Network’s PoB program, any company or […]
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Chinese Listed Companies and Bitcoin Mining: Partner or Predator?
This article was originally published by 8btc and written by Lylian Teng.
Some Chinese listed companies have jumped on the bandwagon of bitcoin mining following the bitcoin bull run throughout 2017, either under the guise of cloud computing or providing mining hosting services, in an effort to bypass regulations considering the country’s tough stance on bitcoin.
A recent report indicating that Huatie HengAn, a subsidiary of Chinese publicly listed company Huatie, lost over $ 23 million for its secret bitcoin mining business has caused quite a stir among investors and triggered investigations from regulators.
PR: Bitcoin.com and Cred Partner to Offer Lending and Borrowing
Bitcoin.com customers to earn up to 10% interest on BTC and BCH
SAN FRANCISCO and TOKYO– Bitcoin.com, the leading source for Bitcoin information with over 4 million Bitcoin wallets, and Cred, the leading provider of crypto borrowing and lending with over $ 300 million in credit facilities, today announced a partnership that will allow Bitcoin.com customers to earn up to 10% of interest on their Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.
ConsenSys Ventures Managing Partner Kavita Gupta Leaves the Firm
Kavita Gupta, the managing partner of ConsenSys Ventures, the venture arm of ConsenSys originally bankrolled with $ 50 million by Joseph Lubin, has reportedly left the firm. Gupta was tagged to lead the Ethereum-focused fund when it launched in 2017 and, over her tenure, has invested in startups ranging from BlockFi to Tenta Browser. I guess […]
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Cardano partner EMURGO announces blockchain explorer Seiza
EMURGO, the official commercial arm of Cardano – the first 3rd generation blockchain to grow out of a research-first driven approach –, announced at the IOHK Summit the upcoming release of Cardano blockchain explorer Seiza. Seiza will have more features than any other blockchain explorer, said a pre…
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BMW, Intel Partner With Government-Backed Blockchain Accelerator
BMW Group Asia, Intel and Nielsen are now corporate partners of the Singapore government-supported blockchain accelerator Tribe.
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In the Daily: Pro-Crypto Presidential Candidate, Kleros and Ethfinex Partner, Hardware Wallet Updates
In Friday’s roundup of news from across the cryptosphere, we look at the rise of U.S. presidential candidate Andrew Yang and his acceptance of cryptocurrency donations. We also detail a new partnership between Kleros and Ethfinex that will see the Ethereum-based exchange utilize crowdsourced jurors to govern token listings. Finally, we round up news from hardware wallet manufacturers Ledger and Trezor.
Also read: Former Bitmain Employees May Find Refuge in a Spinoff Startup Called Matrix
Dubai’s SEED Group names INVAO as intl. blockchain investments partner
Dubai’s SEED Group, an association of diversified firms owned by The Private Office of Sheikh bin Ahmed Al Maktoum, has selected INVAO, the blockchain asset pool for investors, as the exclusive international partner for blockchain investments, according to a press release CoinReport received from Wa…
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Binance CEO Wants to Partner With Ripple to Use xRapid, Eventually
Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao jumped on Periscope yesterday to conduct his first live Q&A, fielding questions from the crypto community. While there was significant focus on Binance’s upcoming decentralized exchange, perhaps the most notable aspect of the Periscope Q&A was when CZ revealed that he is interested in a partnership with Ripple to use its cross-border payment platform, xRapid. “We’re […]
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Winklevoss Capital Partner: Institutional Investors May Take a While to Get Into Crypto
Despite the initial intention behind the creation of Bitcoin (BTC), the cryptocurrency movement has become increasingly reliant on adoption by big-name financial institutions to further drive the bullish thesis. With the impending launch of institutional products like the Bakkt futures exchange, many retail investors believe the next big wave of adoption could happen at any […]
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Visa Acquires Ripple Partner Earthport For $250 Million
Credit card giant Visa Inc. is acquiring British payments firm Earthport for $ 250.6 million. Earthport — which provides cross-border payment services to banks and businesses — has been partners with Ripple, the blockchain-based payment network, since 2015. Under the merger, Visa paid four times Earthport’s closing stock price on December 26, Reuters reported. Visa was interested in acquiring Earthport
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Ledger, Neufund partner to build secure framework for managing real-world assets on blockchain
Neufund, the end-to-end solution for securities tokenization and issuance, announced in a press release CoinReport received from Blonde 2.0, Neufund’s PR firm, a partnership with Ledger, a leader in security and infrastructure solutions for digital currencies and blockchain applications. Both firms …
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Atlas Interactive Advertising Now Launching Atlas Partner Program
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