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The "fintech innovators" will receive direct support from Mastercard as they bring their products and services to market. 2761 Total views 14 Total shares Mastercard Start Path, an accelerator program for fintech startups, has welcomed six new companies innovating in the field of blockchain-based payments.Asante Financial Services, Cledara, Jifti, Moeda Seeds, SpendDebt and Tippy were…

In a blow for bruised Bitcoin bulls, the long-awaited NYDIG Bitcoin ETF has suffered another setback. 355 Total views 14 Total shares The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has postponed its decision to approve NYDIG’s spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) for Bitcoin (BTC), delaying until March 16.In a notice published on Tuesday, the SEC found…

The San Francisco-based fintech company now supports Binance.US, Gemini, Robinhood and SoFi accounts. 358 Total views 42 Total shares United States data transfer network Plaid has added four major cryptocurrency exchanges to its platform, giving users the ability to connect their digital asset portfolios to other applications more easily. Crypto platforms Binance.US, Gemini, Robinhood and SoFi…

The chairman of the upper house of Russian parliament has urged MPs to expedite their work on digital economy bills that include a draft on crypto regulation, local news agency TASS reports on Tuesday, Jan. 29.Valentina Matvienko, who has headed the Federation Council since 2011, spoke to officials from several institutions, including the Upper House…

White hat hackers have detected over 40 bugs in blockchain and cryptocurrency platforms over the past 30 days, tech news outlet The Next Web (TNW) reported on March 14.According to an investigation conducted by TNW, 13 blockchain- and cryptocurrency-related companies were hit with a total of 43 vulnerability reports from Feb. 13–March 13.In the blockchain…

Crypto wallet service Blockchain Wallet has integrated cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay.Payments conducted through Blockchain WalletBlockchain announced the news on Aug. 23, stating that it now allows its users to copy or scan invoices, allowing them to make a Bitcoin (BTC) payment entirely through its wallet app. The new functionality reportedly allows users to purchase products and…

Blockchain accelerator MouseBelt has launched a blockchain education initiative at three campuses in the University of California system.Blockchain education at U.S. universitiesIn a news release shared with Cointelegraph on Aug. 22, MouseBelt announced an initiative with UC Davis, UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Barbara to support blockchain-focused education, research and entrepreneurship. An initial donation…

The hackers say they have nabbed the data of about 300,000 users of Coin Cloud residing in the United States and Brazil. 109 Total views 22 Total shares An anonymous group of hackers claims to have stolen personal information for about 300,000 customers of the Bitcoin (BTC) ATM company called Coin Cloud, the pseudonymous cybersecurity

Co-founder of market research firm DataTrek Research Nicholas Colas says that Bitcoin (BTC) is a geopolitical turmoil indicator.Bitcoin as a market indicatorIn an interview with CNBC published on Aug. 14, Colas claimed that Bitcoin was one of the few assets of which the price predicted Hong Kong’s protests and the consequent local capital flight. When the…