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Binance-Backed DeFi Credit Union Platform Secures Partners, Funding Before Launch
Xend Finance, a Nigeria-based decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for credit unions and cooperatives, has secured new partners and funding as it prepares for its bid to bring high-interest savings opportunities to Africa.Set to launch its mainnet in March, the firm announced Tuesday that it has partnered with software service provider
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Union Square Ventures to Allocate 30% of New $250M Fund to Crypto-Related Investments
Planned investments "will include holding tokens directly as well as equity in early-stage blockchain-related projects." Source
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BOE’s Bailey, Western Union CEO Part of Davos Panel on Digital Currencies
The session will focus on the diminishing role of cash and the emergence of central bank digital currencies, moves accelerated by the pandemic. Source
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Western Union Suspends US Dollar Transfers to Cuba
The move follows the latest sanction from the Trump administration. Source
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Western Union Makes Takeover Offer for MoneyGram
[sociallocker id="55298"] Western Union might be purchasing cross-border payments company MoneyGram.According to a June 1 article on Bloomberg, the payments giant recently made a takeover offer for MoneyGram. If successful, this would combine the two of the biggest money-transfer companies in the United States. Ups and downs during pandemicLockdowns and shelter-in-place
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European Union Looking to Blockchain Technology for Defense?
Sharing is caring!The European Union has put out a call for proposals targeting innovative defence products, solutions and technologies to the community of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s). They are offering up to 10 million euro to support several consortium defence proposals and considering multiple contributions of up to 2.5
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European Union Drafts Law Suggesting Consideration of Eurocoin
A draft document issued by the European Union suggests that the union should consider issuing its own digital currency.Will the EU wage war on crypto?Reuters reported on Nov. 5 that the draft in question — which is still subject to amendments — urges member states to develop a common
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Facebook Faces European Union Antitrust Probe over Libra Cryptocurrency
According to Bloomberg, the EU’s antitrust regulators have started investigating the Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency project.Earlier in August, EU authorities sent out questionnaires to the groups involved with the Libra project, stating that the Commission is investigating whether the new digital currency project would unfairly shut out rivals. The questionnaire is
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