Visa to acquire cross-border payments fintech Currencycloud
Visa officially announced on Thursday that it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Currencycloud, a fintech platform supporting about 500 banking and technology clients across...
How El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law may change global finance – Cointelegraph Magazine
“Clearly, the thing that’s transforming is not the technology — the technology is transforming you.” Jeanne Ross, formerly of the MIT Sloan Center for Information...
DeFi can be halal but not DOGE? Decentralizing Islamic finance – Cointelegraph Magazine
While Islamic scholars have long wrestled with the question of whether cryptocurrency is halal, what if it’s really fiat that isn’t permissible?Islam has strict rules...
Judge allows Ripple to depose SEC official who decided ETH is not a security
San-Francisco-based fintech firm Ripple has notched up another small victory in its ongoing battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.U.S. District Court Judge...
Is this the most annoying — or valuable — man in DeFi? – Cointelegraph Magazine
Even Chris Blec’s biggest supporters acknowledge he can be as subtle as a sledgehammer when he’s pushing for transparency from DeFi projects on Twitter.The founder...
‘Make or break’ for Bitcoin, Binance under pressure, Strike attacks Coinbase
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
Gajesh Naik, 13, manages a fortune in DeFi – Cointelegraph Magazine
At 13, it is hard to believe that anyone can understand the potential — and responsibility and danger — of holding private keys to half...
Mintable platform raises $13M, will integrate ‘carbon neutral’ NFTs on XRP Ledger
An oversubscribed funding round has netted the Mintable nonfungible token (NFT) minting platform and marketplace a cool $13 million.The Series A funding round for the...
XRP price will fall to new lows vs. Bitcoin if this famous chart pattern plays out
Ripple blockchain’s native token, XRP, could make a full bearish price swing against Bitcoin (BTC), per a classic technical indicator.Dubbed as Head and Shoulders (H&S), the...
Bitcoin under threat, El Salvador rejected, Mark Cuban stung, McAfee ‘has nothing’
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
A new milestone for Bitcoin, COVID hits conference, Buterin’s DOGE payday
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...
We’ve passed peak corporation already — Michael Anderson, Framework Ventures – Cointelegraph Magazine
The pandemic has changed society forever — and in many cases, not for the better. But when historians look back in a few decades, will...
XRP purchasers back Ripple, arguing that it is not a security
On Dec. 22, 2020, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint against Ripple Labs. The complaint essentially alleged that Ripple had engaged...
Ripple acquires stake in cross-border payments firm
Ripple continues its push into the Asian market by acquiring a stake in a cross-border payments firm.According to a blog post, Ripple has agreed to...
Hodler’s Digest, May 30–June 5
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and...