Wirex news and trends

Web3 This Week: BlackRock CEO Calls Bitcoin ‘Legitimate,’ Mainstream Off-Ramps Grow
Blockchain // July 17, 2024

Traditional financial operations are centralized, regulated and audited. Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies are, well, pretty much the opposite, relying instead on cryptographic algorithms and decentralized consensus mechanisms to secure transactions. But despite the sector’s troubled youth, as the blockchain and digital asset space matures, major...

Visa and Wirex Partner on Digital Currency Use in Europe, UK
Connected Economy // July 15, 2024

 Visa has teamed with WireX to promote the use of digital currencies in Europe and the UK. “This collaboration will explore new opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative Visa cards and reduce friction in payment experiences,” the companies said in a news release Monday (July...

This Week in Web3: Usability, Utility and Oversight 
Blockchain // April 10, 2024

The next iteration of the internet, Web3, has been around for a while now.  Meta’s Reality Labs division — the arm of the tech giant that focuses on metaverse, mixed reality (MR), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives — is...

Wirex Plans Decentralized Autonomous Organization for WPay Platform
Digital Payments // April 09, 2024

Wirex says it is creating a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for its payment platform WPay. The project is designed to give users the opportunity to play a larger role in shaping the future of the platform, the Web3 money app said in a Tuesday (April 9) news release....

Interviews & Exclusives
Wirex Says Consumers’ Crypto Concerns Must Be Addressed To Increase Adoption

April 01, 2022
While most consumers have yet to purchase or use cryptocurrencies, they are interested in and aware of crypto, setting the stage for near-term growth as technologies supporting cryptocurrency transactions continue to mature. Some consumers see cryptocurrencies as a promising new investment asset that could even be used as collateral for loans, while others are interested […]

NEW REPORT: Capturing the Global Cryptocurrency Payments Opportunity

October 11, 2021
Consumers and businesses alike are expressing more curiosity surrounding emerging payment methods after a year of rapid change to common shopping and banking practices. Both groups are making a larger...

How Mastercard Is Taking Crypto To The Point Of Sale

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...

Quick Reads
Wirex Launches Blockchain-Based Network With 80 Million Merchants

August 30, 2024
Wirex has launched its mainnet, making its decentralized payment method, Wirex Pay, live and ready to use. This blockchain-based payment method allows users to make transactions using cryptocurrencies at more than 80 million merchants in more than 200 countries, the company said in a Wednesday (Aug. 28) press release. “With the mainnet now live, Wirex Pay is […]

Visa and Wirex Partner on Digital Currency Use in Europe, UK

July 15, 2024
 Visa has teamed with WireX to promote the use of digital currencies in Europe and the UK. “This collaboration will explore new opportunities to leverage and integrate innovative Visa cards...

Wirex Plans Decentralized Autonomous Organization for WPay Platform

April 09, 2024
Wirex says it is creating a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) for its payment platform WPay. The project is designed to give users the opportunity to play a larger role in shaping the future...

Wirex Courts Wealthier Customers With Wirex Private

April 18, 2023
Payments and cryptocurrency ecosystem Wirex has launched a private service aimed at wealthier consumers. Wirex Private, announced Tuesday (April 18), is aimed “at Wirex’s growing segment of affluent customers,” and offers a “luxury service”...