PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

According to an article via the MIT Technology Review , this will be the year that blockchain becomes “boring,” with innovative projects that will “bear fruit” this year even amid the declines seen last year in the sector, and in cryptocurrencies. This, said the Review , will be the way that blockchain becomes normal. In the U.S.,

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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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

5) was its prowess in cryptocurrency. Cash App users can purchase and sell bitcoin; they can also make cryptocurrency transfers to other wallets. Square has been a supporter of cryptocurrency, which generated $65.5 The revenue and profit from cryptocurrency did not count toward the company’s earnings, which showed $1.92

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

. “By leveraging the banks and our partners core strengths, we aim to launch a stablecoin that can be used securely by institutions and individuals across a wide number of use cases. As public chain instruments with proven use cases, stablecoins play a critical role in the overall digital asset ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

But step beyond bitcoin and enter the world of cryptocurrencies approaching mainstream acceptance. And, he added, many individuals want to hold bitcoin as an investment, while the volatility that marks the price of bitcoin itself makes using it in everyday spending also less than attractive. Bitcoin gets all the headlines.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Treasury Department is researching use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC), as well as drafting regulatory proposals for private stablecoins, U.K. On another note, Colorado-based cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift has delisted privacy coin Zcash (ZEC), after delisting monero (XMR) and dash (DASH) on Friday (Nov.

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Blockchain may have received its most exposure as the distributed ledger technology at the foundation of cryptocurrency exchanges, but its use cases are advancing into other data-driven or supply-chain industries pursuing the Internet of Things.

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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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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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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. But it's not only consumers driving demand for real time.

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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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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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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. Major blockchain networks such as Ethereum 2.0

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

They encourage those entering the space to widen their view of these new protocols beyond their speculative monetary values in favor of real-world use cases of the technology, writes Sky Guo, CEO of Crypherium.

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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. Building The (Retail) Use Cases.

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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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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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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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The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Elkhan Nasibov CEO, Guavapay Beyond the broader digitalisation trendssuch as embedded payments, open banking, BNPL, contactless technology, and AItwo areas saw significant acceleration in 2024: cryptocurrencies and sustainability in payments. and Brazil. Looking ahead, consumer openness to new payment methods is mixed.

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The Fintech Times

AUGUST 7, 2024

Through the new partnership, Ripple and the DIFC Innovation Hub aim to jointly drive blockchain and crypto adoption amongst early-stage companies and scale-ups, while introducing and positioning the technology with traditional large strategic institutions and their use cases.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

When PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users can deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants next year, it was characterized as the inevitable advance of digital currency. While few dispute the future potential viability of cryptocurrencies or stablecoins backed by the U.S.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 30, 2025

In light of this, this May we are looking to spotlight blockchains use cases and where the tech is going next. Accessibility problem Mike Sparshott, fintech specialist at servers.com AI has a simple use case that many users understand: it automatically generates things.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

TRM Labs’ Global Crypto Policy Review & Outlook 2023/24 delves into the advancements in regulation as well as the regulatory challenges faced by major APAC markets, shedding light on their unique strategies and key developments in navigating the complex world of cryptocurrency. This transition is currently in progress.

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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. At its core, Web3 employs blockchains, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs to return ownership to users. Web1 was read-only, Web2 is read-write, and Web3 will be read-write-own.

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Fintech News

APRIL 28, 2024

The funds raised are expected to support further domestic investments and facilitate the company’s international expansion, focusing on cryptocurrency use cases such as remittances for migrant workers and services for digital nomads.

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Payments Source

APRIL 9, 2019

Cryptocurrencies will come and go but blockchain will flourish, because it has game-changing use cases that will fundamentally improve the way financial transactions get done, according to Vinay Pai, senior vice president of engineering at Bill.com.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 30, 2024

The news was announced at Consensus 2024 , the long-running cryptocurrency, blockchain and web3 event. PayPal USD (PYUSD), PayPal ‘s USD stablecoin, will now be available on the Solana blockchain. PYUSD availability on Solana will provide users with the choice of multiple blockchains allowing for increased flexibility and control.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 6, 2025

But theyre not perfect for every use case and moving money between traditional currencies and stablecoins is still challenging. 32trillion stablecoin transactions were processed globally in 2024, with payments use cases estimated to account for $5.62trillion.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 2, 2019

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

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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 17, 2020

As of this writing, and as noted by CNBC , the marquee name of cryptocurrency stands out as it touches fresh new highs of about $23,000, eclipsing the highs seen as far back as three years ago, when bitcoin approached $20,000. Ternio, of course, has linked with Visa as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

As reported by Reuters , the Sand Dollar – a new digital currency issued and backed by the Bahamian central bank – is now in circulation, and bit by bit, has been making inroads into retail use cases. Central Banks Around the World Eye CBDCs.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

JPM Coin is not meant for consumer payments, but rather is a specific technology for a specific use case that the bank controls. Its value comes not from JPM Coin's appeal, but from JPMorgan's titanic wholesale payments business.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 5, 2024

From the word go, it was able to support all of our use cases, including providing GBP and EUR payout coverage for our clients sending payments into the UK and European Union. A host of new currencies are scheduled to be switched on for Ripple customers later this year.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

The company noted that the solution can be applied across a broad range of payments use-cases, including B2B and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions. VSoft wields its existing banking relationships to use traditional rails to move funds, yet without a middleman from one bank to another. "The BitPay Secures Wyre Integration.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

OKX, a cryptocurrency exchange and global onchain technology company, has teamed up with Standard Chartered, appointing the international cross-border bank as its third-party crypto custodian for its global institutional business. Bitget , the cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company, appoints Min Lin as its chief business officer.

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