Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2024

Ripple, a provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, has finalised its acquisition of Standard Custody & Trust Company, a regulated digital asset custodian, after securing necessary regulatory approvals. Following this acquisition, Ripple has announced plans to launch a USD-backed stablecoin.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Paxos, a regulated blockchain and digital asset solutions provider, now supports Chainlink’s PayPal USD (PYUSD) price feed on the Ethereum mainnet. This collaboration aims to streamline the adoption of PYUSD, a USD-backed stablecoin issued by Paxos under PayPal’s banner.

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Fintech News

JUNE 19, 2024

Stablecoins have been rising in conversation within the financial ecosystem of Singapore. As the name implies, stablecoins are digital assets designed to maintain a stable value relative to a reference asset, such as the US Dollar or gold.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 2, 2025

Rain , a global card issuing platform built for stablecoins, is helping usher in a new era of onchain finance through its work with Visa. Rain announced it has joined Visa’s pilot program for stablecoin settlement. Rain is programmatically leveraging stablecoins enabling network settlement 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

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The Payments Association

JANUARY 13, 2025

Most of these centre on how firms handle digital assets, particularly stablecoins, as well as the operational and legal adjustment needed to navigate the changing landscape. Stablecoins, as a subset of digital assets, have been a focal point of both the Bill and the FCAs regulatory discussions.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The growing adoption of stablecoins across Asia marks a significant shift in the regions financial landscape. dollar-pegged stablecoins like USDT and USDC primarily dominate the cryptocurrency topography. Operating on Ethereum and other blockchain networks, XSGD boasts a market cap exceeding $18 million. Traditionally, U.S.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Blockchain has the potential to disrupt nearly every industry. Among plenty of emerging use cases, the technology aims to create a new and improved payments system for the world — one that’s secure, transparent, decentralized, fast, and uses cryptocurrencies (types of digital cash) as a means of exchange. Limitations.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 7, 2024

Ripple , the blockchain and crypto solution provider, is partnering with the Dubai International Financial Centre’s (DIFC) Innovation Hub, to accelerate blockchain and digital assets innovation in the UAE. It also plans to provide financial, technical, and business support to developers.

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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.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 4, 2025

As a result, the USD-denominated stablecoin is now being integrated into Ripple ‘s flagship payments solution, Ripple Payments, as the digital asset infrastructure provider looks to drive RLUSD’s utility and demand. Access liquidity for remittance and treasury operations.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 20, 2025

Compared to traditional currencies, cryptocurrencies operate on decentralised networks, often powered by blockchain technology. While B itcoin, introduced in 2009, is the most well-known cryptocurrency, there are thousands of cryptocurrencies with various use cases today.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As more firms look to enter the blockchain and decentralised space, easy integrations and the ability to develop applications are an absolute must. Axelar network’s integration with the XRPL aims to help bolster the XRPL DeFi ecosystem by providing essential liquidity for stablecoins and large-cap assets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Bitcoin and other offerings have not yet evolved into real alternatives to sovereign monetary activities, but stablecoins present challenges. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

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The Payments Association

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

This is a significant milestone and a step closer to bringing more high-quality assets to the XRPL, driving new opportunities, liquidity, and institutional use cases for users, developers, and applications. Ripple appreciates your patience and enthusiasm as it works towards making RLUSD a robust and reliable stablecoin for everyone.

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The Payments Association

MAY 3, 2025

Among these, the integration of blockchain and stablecoins in cross-border payments and treasury management emerged as a central theme. Now, digitally native businesses are leveraging blockchain and stablecoins not to speculate, but to optimise cost and speed in cross-border transactions.

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2025

Use case: Customers can pay by tapping their smart devices into the vendors NFC-enabled POS. Use case: Placing NFC tags on products allows customers to tap their phone to the tag and quickly pay for an item. Use case: Placing NFC tags on products allows customers to tap their phone to the tag and quickly pay for an item.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Blockchain companies raised more venture capital and private equity funding in H1’21 than any full year in history. download our best of blockchain research. download our best of blockchain research. But blockchain’s potential extends well beyond crypto and NFTs. First name. Company name. Phone number.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 1, 2025

One of the biggest barriers holding crypto back is its limited use in an everyday setting. Looking to tackle this issue and enable merchants to accept stablecoin payments, Bitget Wallet , the Web3 non-custodial wallet, has been integrated into Paydify, the universal gateway enabling crypto payments across all wallets and blockchain networks.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 2, 2019

Walmart has filed a patent application for a digital currency that, like Facebook's Libra, would be a stablecoin backed by traditional currencies. And it envisions a very specific use case where its coin could stand in for cash — or even for a bank account.

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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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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 17, 2024

BVNK will integrate USDC more deeply into its payment offerings, enabling businesses to leverage USDC’s speed and stability for a variety of payment use cases. USDC is a fully reserved dollar stablecoin backed 100% by liquid cash and cash-equivalent assets and is redeemable 1:1 for US dollars. trillion in June 2024.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 5, 2024

Ripple , the provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions, plans to launch a stablecoin, pegged 1:1 to the US dollar (USD). Ripple’s stablecoin will be 100 per cent backed by US dollar deposits, short-term US government treasuries, and other cash equivalents. trillion by 2028.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

PYMNTS examines the latest initiatives that look to improve upon existing rails, or embrace new ones like blockchain and RTP. In a statement, First Horizon noted that the service addresses the growing demand for accelerated payments across a range of use cases, including payroll and commission payouts.

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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. Stablecoins. This year promises to be no different.

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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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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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Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

May Zabaneh, VP of Product at PayPal The ability to send a payment over the blockchain in seconds at a fraction of the cost was simply incredible. By 2024, its stablecoin PYUSD initially launched on Ethereum expanded to Solana for faster, lower-cost transactions. PYUSD is now on both Ethereum and Solana.

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The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The first stage of this partnership will focus on increasing the accessibility and adoption of SG-FORGE’s MiCA1-compliant stablecoin EUR CoinVertible , which will be listed on Bitpanda’s platform and made available to retail investors as well as white label partners in the coming weeks.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has launched a new tool providing real-time data and educational resources on digital money with an initial focus on stablecoins. The stablecoin market has surged from less than $3billion in 2019 to more than $130billion in 2024.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 21, 2024

Yellow Card , Africa’s leading stablecoin on/off ramp, has announced that it is integrating digital asset infrastructure provider Fireblocks to improve cross-border transactions for both businesses and individuals.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Huawei has created a technology based on the blockchain to help the Beijing government more effectively monitor and supervise citizen information, CoinDesk reported. Moreover, the cloud services arm of Huawei has fueled the project with blockchain innovations like distributed ledgers.

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Fintech News

MAY 11, 2025

These companies span every segment of the market, from long-established remittances players and banks to neobanks, business-to-business (B2B) platforms, stablecoin providers and regional specialists, and are powering global trade. Released on May 08, the 2025 Cross-Border Payments 100 recognizes industry leaders across the sector.

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The Payments Association

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Web3 is transforming finance with blockchain, digital assets, and smart contracts, paving the way for a decentralised future. The signals of this steadily emerging new reality are all around us. The Web3 future is quickly taking shape, primarily driven by innovative leaps in financial services.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 26, 2025

Along with this announcement, Juno is launching MXNB token on Arbitrum, a stablecoin pegged to the value of the Mexican peso, which is fully fiat-backed on a one-to-one basis against reserves.

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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). Research Briefing: Blockchain in Review. Track the blockchain companies in this brief and many more on our platform. Track Blockchain Startups.

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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. The Broader Blockchain Horizon. Crypto’s Path To Spendability.

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Fintech News

MAY 27, 2024

Trialed Digital Tenge use cases include wholesale cross-border CBDC transactions with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, CBDC vouchers for school meals, smart contracts designed to safeguard public funds allocated for road construction, and Digital Tenge stablecoins on the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.

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