Coinbase and payment processor Stripe form partnership for onboarding

June 27, 2024
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The partnership will bring USDC support to Stripe on Coinbase’s layer-2 network, Base, and several other integrations.

With May’s Bitcoin halving event drawing ever closer, Coinbase recently took to pushing the “Bitcoin as digital gold” narrative. In a tweet-storm to promote an accompanying blog-post published Feb. 7, it covered the key reasons why the halving and subsequent supply rate reduction will further cement that link.Scarcity creates valueSince the gold standard was broken…

US is ‘unquestionably’ behind the curve on crypto ETFs, says Brian Brooks

Brian Brooks proposed regulators treat crypto in much the same way as traditional financial institutions rather than creating an entirely new body to create a single framework for digital assets. 149 Total views 49 Total shares Bitfury CEO and former Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks has hinted the regulatory environment in the United…

South Korea’s Financial Watchdog Urges Lawmakers to Move Forward With Crypto Bill

South Korean watchdog the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has urged lawmakers to hasten their approval of the country’s first cryptocurrency bill, Bloomberg reports July 26. Hong Seong-ki, head of the FSC’s virtual currency response team, has reportedly warned of the security and money laundering risks courted by the country’s domestic crypto exchanges. Bloomberg cites…

New Ecosystem Says It Allows Sending and Receiving Crypto or Fiat With No Fees

An upcoming crypto ecosystem has bold ambitions to offer “a much smoother way of moving fiat and cryptocurrency over the internet,” enabling people to pay in the fiat or crypto of their choice — whatever the requested currency — without fees.YPTOspace says it plans to develop a “first-of-its-kind platform that connects blockchain assets to real-world…

Crypto job posts on LinkedIn rocketed 395% in 2021

Job postings with terms like “Bitcoin,” “Ethereum,” “blockchain” and “cryptocurrency” grew 395% in the United States last year. 767 Total views 19 Total shares It wasn’t just a bull run for prices last year. Careers in crypto outstripped price action in 2021, as crypto job searches soared by 395% in the United States alone according…

Van Eck Associates CEO: Bitcoin Investors Are Moving to Gold

Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck Associates, suggested that Bitcoin (BTC) investors have moved to gold during an interview with CNBC published on Jan. 26.Van Eck declared that he thinks “that Bitcoin pulled a bit of demand away from gold last year, in 2017.” Afterward, he concluded:“Interestingly, we just polled 4,000 Bitcoin investors and…

Ethereum reclaims 42% outflows from Solana: DeFi Report

The DeFi Report founder, Michael Nadeau, said most of the value that left Ethereum flowed to layer 2s that would continue to drive value to the layer-1 blockchain.

Sweden Is Testing Its New Central Bank Digital Currency

The country of Sweden has begun testing an e-krona, bringing it that much closer to the proper release of a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The pilot program will be in operation for one year, until February 2021.If and when the e-krona formally launches for use by the public, the idea is that this blockchain-powered…

Coinsquare becomes first Canadian crypto exchange to receive IIROC registration

All crypto exchanges must register with IIROC if they want to operate in Canada, and there is currently a backlog of applications. 181 Total views 5 Total shares

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