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Markets

Payments Card Issuer Infini Offers Reward for Return of Funds After $49 Million Exploit

The neobank offered the perpetrator 20% of the stolen funds to return the money within 48 hours, threatening legal action otherwise.

Glasses in front of monitors with code (Kevin Ku/Unsplash)

Finance

European Payments Giant Klarna Says It Will Look To Integrate Crypto

The “buy now, pay later” company is backed by venture capital firm, Sequoia Capital, which has a 22% stake.

Klarna co-founder and CEO Klarna Sebastian Siemiatkowski in London in 2015. (John Phillips/Getty Images)

Finance

Revolut to Strengthen Crypto Fraud Protections With Added Security, Risk Scores

The Revolut Pay enhanced due diligence API will be rolled out to crypto customers from start of 2025.

Revolut app

Finance

Revolut Expands Crypto Exchange Across EU After Successful Launch in UK

Tens of thousands of traders have been using the bank’s crypto exchange in the UK, a spokesperson said.

CoinDesk at CES 2023

Finance

Crypto-Friendly Bank Revolut Plans to Sell $500M of Employee Shares at $45B Valuation: WSJ

Revolut has been in talks with investment firm Greenoaks over the sale, which would pave the way for a potential IPO

Revolut to Suspend Certain Crypto Services (Kaysha/ Unsplash)

Opinion

The Catch-22 of U.S. Crypto Regulation

The SEC is asking crypto and fintech firms to do the impossible. Only Congress can stop that, Marcelo M. Prates writes.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Opinion

What's Wrong With PayPal's Stablecoin?

If PYUSD is to gain true and lasting traction, the newly minted stablecoin issuer needs to address certain centralization concerns, Kima Chief Technology Officer Guy Vider writes.

The ability to transfer all PYUSD user funds into PayPal may leave crypto natives hesitant to adopt the stablecoin. Oliver Buchmann/Unsplash)

Videos

Rep. Davidson on State of U.S. Crypto Sector

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) weighs in on the future developments of crypto services and fintech companies in the U.S. The Congressman told "First Mover" in part, "we've set up the protocols and architecture for every major innovation since the industrial revolution...why would we bail now on fintech?"

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