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July 04, 2024
Crypto’s Three Priorities for 2024: Interoperability, Acceptance, Regulation

Halfway through 2024, and the cryptocurrency and blockchain space finds itself at a critical juncture.  It is the same critical juncture, or at least one strikingly similar, that the crypto...


July 03, 2024
SendBlocks Raises $8.2 Million for Blockchain Data Management

Israeli blockchain data management startup SendBlocks has raised $8.2 million in seed funding. The company, which has just emerged from stealth, announced the funding in a news release Wednesday (July...


July 02, 2024
Singapore Bank DBS Forges Stablecoin Custody Pact With Paxos

Singapore’s DBS Bank is reportedly set to begin a custody service for stablecoin reserves. It’s part of a collaboration between the city-state’s largest lender and a local unit of cryptocurrency issuer Paxos...


June 28, 2024
SEC Charges Web3 Firm Consensys With Unregistered Sale of Securities

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Consensys Friday (June 28), charging the blockchain and Web3 software company with engaging in the unregistered offer and sale of securities and with operating as...


June 28, 2024
This Week in Web3: Mt Gox Bitcoin and Crypto’s Future

The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin...


June 27, 2024
Stripe and Coinbase Integrate Crypto Services

Stripe and Coinbase have partnered to expand the global adoption of cryptocurrency and provide faster, cheaper financial infrastructure. This collaboration aims to serve businesses and people around the world, Coinbase...


June 27, 2024
TechREG® Chronicle – Regulating Digital Currencies

Dear Readers, Since the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009, blockchain and aspects of crypto technology have been on a roller-coaster ride, not only in terms of their monetary value, but...


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...


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.