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June 27, 2024
Stablecoin Regulation & Adoption are Essential for U.S. Crypto Policy

This article discusses the role of stablecoins in the cryptoasset ecosystem, examining not only the functionality and role that these cryptoassets play in this rapidly growing sector, but how these...


June 27, 2024
Are Stablecoins Winner-Take-All?

Stablecoins have the potential to significantly increase competition in payments and financial services, although achieving this is not certain. Success hinges on fostering a diverse ecosystem with multiple issuers and...


June 27, 2024
The Impact of the SEC’s Regulation by Enforcement

This article delves into the SEC’s authority to govern digital assets, where that authority comes from, and how it has implemented a “regulation by enforcement” type approach. In reviewing 3...


June 27, 2024
The Controversial Biometric Data Processing of an Ambitious Crypto Asset

Worldcoin is a crypto asset that is distributed worldwide free of charge, on the condition that users consent to their irises being scanned in order for the token issuer to...


June 26, 2024
Algorand Debuts LiquidAuth for More Secure Crypto Communications

Blockchain builder Algorand has debuted a tool for decentralized authentication and communication called LiquidAuth.  As the company said in a news release Wednesday (June 26), LiquidAuth is an open-source solution...


June 21, 2024
BitoGroup and Bankee Partner on Crypto-Friendly Bank Accounts

Cryptocurrency exchange BitoGroup and Far Eastern International Bank Bankee have partnered to launch a dedicated “crypto-friendly bank account.” With this collaboration between the crypto exchange and the financial institution, the companies...


June 20, 2024
Inside Deutsche Bank’s Pilot to Use Blockchains to Manage Tokenized...

Digital technology is undoubtedly the spear tip of innovation driving financial services forward. And that spear tip is coming to include blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. That’s because proponents of...


June 19, 2024
What Can Shoppers Buy With Crypto? eCommerce Could Have the...

As has played out over and over across the payments landscape, end-users ultimately want simplicity. After all, no payment innovation can scale if it isn’t easy and intuitive to use....


June 18, 2024
Velera CEO: Credit Unions Need Gen Z Consumers to Gain...

The average credit union member is 53 years old. Reasonably affluent, well traveled down the journey of life’s financial goals — and well aware of the personalized and community approach...


Why Public-Private Collaboration Is Key To Blockchain Adoption

Nine in 10 of the world’s central banks are pursuing digital currency projects, but private sector expertise and buy-in will be pivotal to their success. In this month’s “Blockchain Payments Tracker®,” a collaboration with Algorand, Anish Jain, CEO of WadzPay, explains how blockchain’s interoperability with legacy banking systems is the key to its adoption.

Cryptocurrency, Blockchain And Cross-Border Payments: Selecting A Blockchain Technology Partner
Banks Help Corporates Overcome Their Blockchain Regulatory Concerns Businesses see blockchain payments technology as important to streamlining cross-border payments, but more than half worry that it comes with regulatory risks. PYMNTS’ new Cryptocurrency, Blockchain And Cross-Border Payments playbook, a Circle collaboration, surveyed 250 FIs to examine how they're using compliance and regulatory tools to ease businesses’ blockchain concerns and unlock the technology’s benefits.