PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

But step beyond bitcoin and enter the world of cryptocurrencies approaching mainstream acceptance. Additionally, there is a speed issue that needs to be addressed, since transacting with BTC requires the blockchain to be updated with a number of confirmations, which takes time. Bitcoin gets all the headlines.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

There is a fundamental irony in the “blockchain, not crypto” position espoused by traditional financiers and business professionals.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Morgan ’s Onyx , told Karen Webster that peer-to-peer (P2P) private blockchain networks can help streamline information flows tied to cross-border payments and remove the complexities tied to legacy systems. Morgan said it had established Onyx, a new business unit dedicated to blockchain and digital currencies. Liink, J.P.

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Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Several years ago, we began testing cryptocurrency transfers to better understand the technology as it relates to payments and immediately saw the value it could provide, says May Zabaneh, VP of Product at PayPal. We plan to continue to deliver more use cases for merchants and consumers around the world, says Zabaneh.

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Clearly Payments

JANUARY 4, 2024

Since 2009, the financial landscape has been undergoing a transformation with the emergence of cryptocurrencies. As digital currencies grow in popularity , merchants around the world are exploring the potential benefits of accepting payments in cryptocurrency.

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Cryptocurrency Stablecoins Cross-Border Payments Digital Currency 105

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. For example, online exchanges are making cryptocurrency trading and investing more accessible to consumers. download our best of blockchain research. download our best of blockchain research.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Furthermore, the report takes a forward-looking approach, incorporating forecasts for 2025 and exploring pivotal themes such as artificial intelligence in payments, the evolution of tokenisation and decentralised finance (DeFi), and the adoption of emerging technologies like blockchain, generative AI, and machine learning. and Brazil.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. The European Union has become the latest jurisdiction to pave the way for cryptocurrency adoption. European Union Next To Ease Crypto Adoption. Many more made contactless payments.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Rather than shying away from the complexities of the digital asset revolution, the city-state is actively embracing the potential of tokenisation and cryptocurrencies. The global nature of cryptocurrencies presents regulatory hurdles, particularly in areas like anti-money laundering (AML) and combating the financing of terrorism (CFT).

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Fintech Review

AUGUST 27, 2024

Blockchain technology has revolutionised numerous industries by providing decentralised, secure, and transparent systems. However, one of the significant challenges it faces is interoperability between different blockchain networks. However, these networks often operate in isolation, limiting the potential of blockchain technology.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Not all that long ago, blockchain and bitcoin were inseparable – shorthand for the Wild West of cryptocurrencies and speculation. One firm, tZERO Group , is betting that blockchain can help disrupt capital markets themselves. Blockchain can help automate compliance efforts and settle trades with speed. The Use Cases .

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CB Insights

JANUARY 25, 2019

Blockchain made plenty of headlines last year. We’ve seen stories on everything from price volatility surrounding cryptocurrencies to increased adoption of blockchain tech by some of the world’s largest corporations. GET the 47-page blockchain TRENDS report. Fiat-crypto exchanges. Decentralized exchanges.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Crypto boosters have spent the better part of the past decade promoting the idea that great fiat-currency disruptions are coming care of blockchain and literally hundreds of thousands of variations of cryptocurrency circulating in the world today. Or at least they didn’t until now. Crypto’s Path To Spendability.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This massive market, which includes a broad range of financial “plumbing” services, could be poised for a blockchain shake-up. But a growing number of companies want to employ distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to offer a simpler, streamlined way to verify transactions — to upend this status quo.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 1, 2024

However, the idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency is slowly falling by the wayside as different use cases are emerging and being rapidly adopted. We will: Explore the biggest innovations over the past year in the cryptocurrency, stablecoin, blockchain and digital assets spheres.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 22, 2024

Technology The decentralised network connected through a network of computers or nodes underlies blockchain technology, synonymous with cryptocurrencies. Blockchain protocols are the guidelines or rulebooks that determine how a blockchain works. They want to be the first to use the product.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 22, 2024

However, the idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency is slowly falling by the wayside as different use cases are emerging and being rapidly adopted. Our monthly focus now turns to the most well-known form of digital assets : cryptocurrencies.

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Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

As the financial landscape undergoes a digital revolution, institutional investors are increasingly turning their attention to digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs). Cryptocurrencies followed closely behind CBDCs, with 23.5% Institutional investors focus on digital assets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Ripple, the blockchain company that owns XRP, the digital currency, has joined forces with NEM, Fetch.AI, and EMURGO/Cardano to create a new association that represents the interest of blockchain and cryptocurrency business in Europe. The group behind Blockchain for Europe isn’t the only player eyeing the technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In this week's roundup of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS finds B2B payments use cases serve as an important driver of adoption, with FinTechs and financial service providers embracing payment rails old and new to enable real-time B2B payments and foreign exchange. Plus, blockchain projects move closer to launch in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are continuing to attract attention from authorities for all the wrong reasons. Justice Department report is taking aim at the “emerging threats and enforcement challenges” associated with digital currencies, establishing a “Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework” to address problems.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) — which uses tech like blockchain to verify transactions without the need for a centralized authority — is gaining traction as a way to revamp capital markets infrastructure by making it more streamlined, improving transparency, and reducing associated fees. Please click to enlarge.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Social media giant Facebook is looking to grow its blockchain team, according to a report. The company posted on its careers page that it’s looking for data engineers and scientists, software engineers and a product marketing lead for its blockchain team. In the post, Facebook laid out the tenets of the employees it is seeking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Beyond the vagaries of cryptocurrencies, the price swings and headlines, and the investigations and speculation, use cases emerge. In illustrative use cases, users can send dollars to the U.S. Santander is no stranger to blockchain. In Brazil and Poland, said Santander, customers can transfer to the U.K.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Blockchain is permeating nearly every industry, from healthcare to supply chain management. Download our 78-page report on the future of the blockchain. VCs and corporations are hot on blockchain. Get the report to see where blockchain tech is going. Get the report to see where blockchain tech is going.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Late this month, a study from Nexus found that across 200 businesses surveyed, more than half of large and mid-sized companies queried are looking to adopt blockchain in an effort to mitigate operational risks in the wake of Brexit. That would leave room for blockchain. As reported in July via white paper, the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

HSBC is increasingly relying on blockchain technology to facilitate its foreign exchange trading services, reports in Financial Times said Monday (Jan. 14), with more than three million FX transactions having already been processed by the bank in the past year via blockchain.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This year’s blockchain craze has pushed a huge amount of new money into cryptocurrencies, private blockchain projects, and companies holding initial coin offerings (ICOs). As of now, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies stands at more than $220B — a huge leap from where it started the year at $18B.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters. Earlier this year, the British Virgin Islands partnered with blockchain firm LIFElabs.io

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The Fintech Times

MAY 29, 2024

The idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency has been slowly dispelled, as new use cases emerge and are rapidly adopted across the globe. The digital currency landscape in the MEA region is diverse, with a vast number of companies offering services to meet a variety of use cases and needs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

Blockchain has long been in the process of being divorced – operationally as well as conceptually – from its crypto connection. The hope has been that as blockchain moves beyond bitcoin , the decentralized way of moving data, assets and communications would find a wide berth in business. I say, ‘Show me the use case.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

5), bitcoin followed suit, rising to over $15,000, signaling a continued confidence in the cryptocurrency. In other news, ten Spain-based tech and finance companies are developing a self-managed digital identity using blockchain and have completed the concept test phase, according to a Santander press release. at 10:50 a.m. (ET),

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain company, announced news on Wednesday (April 11) that it has invested $25 million of its XRP cryptocurrency in Blockchain Capital’s $150 million fund Blockchain Capital Parallel IV. Blockchain Capital is the premiere fund for any project looking to get off the ground in the blockchain space.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Blockchain. Cryptocurrencies. As of this writing in mid-November 2017, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies hovers around $220B (with a single bitcoin trading for upwards of $8,000). Huge corporations — like Walmart and Pfizer — have completed successful blockchain pilots. What is blockchain?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly garnering headlines and attention for its use cases beyond cryptocurrencies. Blockchains provide that vital, real-time data, and the important accompanying documentation that can be associated with the goods.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It’s a self-proclaimed blockchain city. Dubai is gearing up for payments via digital coin through a concerted effort between the government and blockchain payments provider Pundi X , with hardware rolling out and a state-created cryptocurrency. Dialing For Blockchain. Tokens — Not Just For Speculation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This speaks more to an investment strategy (asset diversification, for example), we contend, than as a pivot toward using cryptos in the service of commerce. Toward that end, and more mainstream use cases, getting the rails in place to speed and streamline transactions, regardless of the cryptocurrency used, remains key.

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