Bitcoin and the global cryptocurrency market reportedly hit record highs Wednesday (Nov. 20). Bitcoin hit a record high of $94,982.37 before dipping to $93,709, a figure that was still up 1.6%, Reuters reported Wednesday. The value of the global cryptocurrency market also hit a record...
Blockchain is entering its institutional era. And the enterprise treasury function is all eyes and ears to the innovation. For example, news came this week that enterprise software maker MicroStrategy, whose business mission includes buying bitcoin, sold 13.6 million shares, tapping the public markets explicitly...
If the payments landscape had a holy grail, it would be seamless cross-border payments. Unlike domestic payments, which are shifting toward a real-time, 24/7 model, cross-border transactions are still fraught with inefficiencies and remain a critical yet complex challenge facing businesses looking to expand and...
No matter the application, the guiding principle behind tokenization remains the same: replacing sensitive data with a digital representation (token) that protects that data. Recent weeks and months have seen the rise of what we might term two “tracks” of tokenization. There’s payment tokenization, and...
Goldman Sachs plans to spin out GS DAP, its blockchain-based platform for participants in digital capital markets, from its Digital Assets business. The financial institution plans to explore strategic opportunities to do so with the aim of GS DAP becoming an industry-owned distributed technology solution,...
As the price of bitcoin surges on promises of a crypto-friendly White House, a juxtaposition is emerging in the digital asset space: While speculation soars, the industry’s promised revolution in payments remains largely unrealized. This disconnect points to a larger truth: While market excitement and...
Payment financing (PayFi) network Huma Finance launched its protocol on Solana. The expansion to this blockchain network expands Huma’s ability to provide instant liquidity solutions for global businesses and meet the demand for affordable, accessible and secure on-chain payment financing, Huma said in a Wednesday...
The PayPal USD (PYUSD) stablecoin now uses LayerZero’s Omnichain Fungible Token (OFT) Standard to enable transfers between the blockchain networks Ethereum and Solana. This integration enables fast, secure and cost-effective transactions for both users and businesses, the companies said in a Tuesday (Nov. 12) press release. “We believe that PYUSD holders will...
Donald Trump’s election victory has been a win for the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. The price of bitcoin came close to $90,000 on Tuesday (Nov. 12), driven by continued enthusiasm for the advent of a pro-crypto White House, Reuters reported. The price of bitcoin had...
