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Finance

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Ends Blockchain Payment Network Plan

Slow growth in transaction numbers caused by COVID-19 made it difficult to expand the business at the pace originally planned.

MUFG

Finance

Crypto Custodian Fireblocks Acquires Stablecoin Firm First Digital

The move takes institution-focused Fireblocks into the business-to-consumer and cross-border payments spaces.

Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks)

Finance

Twitter Joins $20M Funding Round for Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode

The round, which valued OpenNode at $220 million, also included well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper.

(David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Payments Firm Wirex Expands to US, Begins Distributing Crypto-Linked Visa Debit Card

Wirex currently has over 4.5 million customers across the European and Asia-Pacific regions.

Wirex US launch (Wirex)

Finance

‘Pay’ Product Looks to Boost Stablecoin Payments on Solana

Can Solana Labs’ open-source payment plug-in pick up where the Bitcoin white paper left off?

Solana's Breakpoint came at the market's previous zenith (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance to Reinstate Payments From EU's SEPA Platform: Report

The rollout will start in Belgium and Bulgaria and expand throughout the bloc in coming weeks.

Euros

Juridique

Thai Authorities Plan to Regulate Crypto as Means of Payment

The Thai SEC has also proposed a set of guidelines to limit the use of digital assets for payments.

Bangkok, Thailand's capital. (Florian Wehde/Unsplash)

Finance

BCB Group Expands in Europe With Acquisition of 100-Year-Old German Bank

The German regulator is expected to approve the transaction by the end of February.

Hamburg, Germany

Finance

Payments Firm XanPool Raises $27M in Funding Round Led by Valar Ventures

XanPool plans to transform its network to become more like the traditional banking world’s SWIFT network, but compatible with cryptocurrency and e-wallets.

Peter Thiel Says Bitcoin Could Be a Chinese 'Financial Weapon'

Finance

Strike Users in US Can Now Get Paid in Bitcoin

Tested with professional athletes, the service is now widely available in 48 U.S. states.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers (Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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