
Public blockchains—the other option
Public blockchains also provide enterprise solutions despite its issue in scalability, and despite the popularity of private blockchains in businesses, it also has its fair share of woes.
Public blockchains also provide enterprise solutions despite its issue in scalability, and despite the popularity of private blockchains in businesses, it also has its fair share of woes.
Barry Silbert was bullish on bitcoin in 2014; however, in 2017-2022, he turned to a multi-chain and speculation/trading-based investment strat, leading to one of the major bankruptcies of this bear market.
Competition in the payments industry heats up as Visa looks to become a key player in the digital asset sector, filing two trademarks that will tap into NFTs and the metaverse.
Western Union appears to be preparing to enter the digital asset sector by filing three trademark applications, joining competitors Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal.
In the 38-page report, Visa highlighted several aspects of CBDC, including central bankers' current motivations in exploring the CBDC, its policy implications and risks.
Brazil is moving forward with its central bank digital currency plans, and in the latest move, it has picked nine firms to explore digital real possibilities, including the region’s largest digital currency exchange.
The platform would enable CBDCs to be transferred from one blockchain to another, and would also allow stablecoins to operate on different blockchains.
Bitcoin historian Kurt Wuckert Jr. closed the CoinGeek Conference in Zurich with the final session of CoinGeek TV, alongside reporter Natalie Mason and Dr. Craig S. Wright, as well as some surprise guests.
Visa now settles payments for some of its partners in the USDC stablecoin–this is a major milestone for the digital currency industry.
South Korea’s biggest internet company Naver has joined the race to acquire a stake in Bithumb digital currency exchange.
This week, Visa wants to join the club of tech giants adding digital currencies in their networks.
Visa announced that the first bank to pilot its digital currency APIs will be First Boulevard Bank, a bank focused on financially empowering Black America.