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Even with the onset of crypto winter, 2022 has been a watershed year for venture capital funding. Crypto and blockchain companies collectively raised $30.3 billion in venture capital in the first half of 2022, exceeding all of last year's totals. While the number of deals has declined in recent months, startups
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Mastercard sees cryptocurrency as more of an asset class than a means of payment, according to the payments giant’s chief financial officer. Mastercard’s crypto strategy “has been fairly successful ever since crypto environments came up,” he added. Mastercard’s CFO on Crypto as Asset Class vs. Means of Payment Mastercard Chief Financial Officer
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Unbacked cryptocurrencies are not an efficient means of payment and stablecoins are vulnerable to runs, top officials at the European Central Bank have pointed out in a new article making the case for a digital euro. The executives have marked key objectives for the project which should provide Europeans with
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Summary: President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a new bill banning the use of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a form of payment within Russia. Crypto service providers must now reject any transactions that can potentially lead to using digital assets to substitute the Russian ruble as a payment instrument. The legislation was
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A British jeweler has sued its insurance company for refusing to cover a bitcoin ransom payment of $7.5 million. The jeweler paid the hackers to prevent sensitive customer data from being published. Insurance Company Faces Lawsuit for Refusing to Cover Bitcoin Ransom Payment A luxury British Jeweler, Graff, has sued its insurer,
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With the extreme growth of cryptocurrencies in the crypto market, from top commercial businesses to street-end markets are now accepting crypto as their payment. To make it happen, they need to have a payment gateway that accepts crypto which is called a Crypto payment gateway. Out of many kinds of
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The governor of the Jamaican central bank has warned people using or who have plans to use cryptocurrencies to be mindful of the associated risks. The governor added that cryptocurrencies’ unpredictability means they cannot function as a medium of exchange. Not Stable Enough to Be Good Means of Payment The governor
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Elon Musk, billionaire and CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and new owner of Twitter, stated that integrating digital payments into Twitter "makes sense." Musk recently reached an agreement to buy Twitter for $44 billion. Despite considerable public skepticism about the deal's completion, it appears to be on schedule, and Musk's
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A new bill presented in Brazil is trying to introduce bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as an approved means of payment in the country. The bill, presented by Federal Deputy Paulo Martins, proposes to amend already existing regulations to include several dispositions that would allow cryptocurrency payments and investments to be
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