PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Blockchain — or rather, blockchain-focused projects — has been in the spotlight as China has been trialing financial services (FinServ) and security measures across those rails. However, blockchain is also gaining ground, and currency is offering a boost to the payments infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2018

Banks seem smitten by blockchain. Traditional banks, especially, and central banks, too. PwC writes in its “Global Blockchain Survey 2018” that responses from 600 executives across 15 territories are embracing distributed ledger technology (DLT) with enthusiasm. Seems everyone is getting into the act.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The alternative crypto inspired by a dog meme now has a $2 billion market cap, as noted by Business Insider and other sources. Separately, Bloomberg reported that the Securities and Exchange Commission halted transactions in UBI Blockchain Internet Ltd., based in Hong Kong – whose shares were up 900 percent last year.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Its resilience and forward-thinking approach have enabled the adoption of cutting-edge technologies like blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum computing , reshaping financial services and setting new benchmarks for innovation. As 2025 approaches, this momentum continues to intensify.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The bitcoin market cap was over $18.5 The big news as of late has come out of the Philippines after the central bank, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), announced it would actively regulate the bitcoin industry as a means to combat money laundering and terrorist financing schemes. On Thursday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

The digital currency’s market cap stood at just under $30 billion with some 16.3 Additionally, the rise in value has also come at a time when a number of global institutions and policy makers have boosted investigations into blockchain technologies en masse. The total crypto-market cap has grown from $27.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

billion market cap, overall, as determined by cryptoslate.com, and where Monero dominates with $1.3 billion of that market cap. These coins operate on their blockchains. In the variant known as privacy coins, the sector is relatively small, with $2.2 As Monero goes, so might this corner of crypto-land. We just live in it.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

When bitcoin was first released, a cap was placed on how many bitcoin could ever be produced. 10.5B | Bitcoin’s estimated market cap. New research from analysts at Citi Research have concluded one thing this week that many people could have already guessed: bitcoin doesn’t pose a threat to banking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Bank of Canada has put its toe in that digital dollar water by announcing this week that it was working with one of the largest banks in the land (of Canada) to create its own electronic version of the Canadian dollar : CAD-COIN, a blockchain-based digital fiat currency. Bitcoin hasn’t been priced this high since Feb.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

The digital currency’s market cap sat at just over $25.4 On Tuesday, Dubai FinTech company OneGram announced it would offer a blockchain technology-based, gold-backed digital currency called OneGramCoin with the hopes of raising over $500 million in capital. percent from Wednesday’s close. million, OGC 2.24

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2017

As of Wednesday (July 19), there was a $10 billion difference between the market caps of Bitcoin and Ethereum, and continued price increases could see Ethereum’s value rise to challenge Bitcoin once again. At its peak price, Ethereum’s market cap swelled to $35 billion — $3 billion away from surpassing Bitcoin.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, this may be because the company is limited on how much capital it can lend without raising bank debt, or may be a strategic decision to keep a cap on growth to avoid regulatory pushback. In March 2019, Amazon was reported to be working on a mobile payment system in partnership with Mexico’s central bank.

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Fintech News

MAY 29, 2025

While jurisdictions like Japan, Singapore, and Hong Kong are actively developing regulations, others like China and India are taking a restrictive stance, favoring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) over private stablecoins. Singapore leads in stablecoin adoption Singapore is a regional leader in regulated innovation.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

At its core, De-Fi is characterised by its use of blockchain technology and smart contracts to facilitate financial transactions without needing intermediaries. of the total cryptocurrency market capitalization, with a total market cap of $162.36 USD Coin (USDC) is the second-largest, with a market cap of $35.58 stock exchanges.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The report reveals that 76 per cent of surveyed firms initiated AI projects since 2023, with fintech challengers like Chime, Nubank and Gusto deploying AI at rates comparable to industry giants despite smaller market caps.

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Finovate

JANUARY 8, 2025

Ripple’s RLUSD challenges PayPal’s PYUSD, Circle’s EURC With a self-reported market cap of more than $53 million, Ripple’s stablecoin RLUSD recently surged past rival coins from PayPal (PYUSD) and Circle (EURC) in 24-hour trading volume. PYUSD has a market cap of more than $491 million. “As the U.S.

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