Crypto
Visa, Coinbase offer real-time crypto purchases via debit cards
VISA customers with eligible debit cards will be able to deposit funds into their Coinbase Global accounts – sometimes instantly – via a partnership announced by the payments giant...
Sequoia to rake in more than US$100 million from crypto acquisition
VENTURE capital (VC) firms are set to make hundreds of millions of US dollars from Stripe’s acquisition of crypto platform Bridge for US$1.1 billion in cash and stock, according...
Hong Kong pledges more licenses for crypto exchanges by year-end
HONG Kong authorities expect to license more digital asset exchanges by the end of 2024 after completing a five-month inspection period that had raised doubts about the prospect of...
BlackRock seeks bigger foothold in crypto derivatives market
BLACKROCK is pushing to have its money-market digital coin more widely used as collateral for crypto derivatives trades, as Wall Street firms push deeper into digital asset markets.The world’s...
Singapore rejects crypto CEO’s PR bid; Nansen boss may relocate
SINGAPORE’S push to foster a digital-asset hub jumped back into the spotlight this week when Nansen chief executive officer Alex Svanevik revealed his application for permanent residence (PR) there...
Sam Altman’s rebranded Worldcoin ramps up iris-scanning crypto project
WORLDCOIN, a cryptocurrency project founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, said on Thursday (Oct 17) it was rebranding to World Network and was ramping up efforts to scan every...
Trump’s crypto platform falters on first day of sales
FORMER US president Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency platform had a faltering sales launch Tuesday, with only a fraction of its digital tokens that went on the market finding a buyer.The...
Binance’s crypto market share drops to lowest level in four years
BINANCE’S rehabilitative efforts appear to be slow to take root, with the largest crypto platform’s share of trading volume in the roughly US$2 trillion digital-asset market falling in September...
