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Finance

UK Finance, Member Banks See Benefits During Experimental Phase of a Tokenization, CBDC Platform

Barclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.

(Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

Finance

Ferrari to Extend Cryptocurrency Payments to Europe: Reuters

The company also plans to extend the service to other markets by the end of the year.

Ferrari (NoName_13/Pixabay)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Enters UK as Global Expansion Rolls Out

The payments firm now operates in over 100 countries and territories globally.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaking at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Finance

Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado

Stablecoin adoption is soaring in the region as many people turn to the crypto tokens as a shield against currency devaluation and cheap remittances.

El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)

Finance

Stripe Brings Back Crypto Payments Via USDC Stablecoin

The payments firm stopped taking crypto payments in 2018 due to bitcoin’s high volatility.

Stripe co-founder and President John Collison said, "crypto is finding real utility," in a keynote on Thursday. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Finance

Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein

Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said.

(Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Finance

BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform

The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology.

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Finance

With Mastercard, MetaMask Tests First Blockchain-Powered Payment Card

Issued by Baanx, the card would let users spend their crypto "on everyday purchases, everywhere cards are accepted," according to marketing materials CoinDesk reviewed.

MetaMask test image (MetaMask)

Finance

Mastercard’s Latest Crypto Loyalty Scheme Aims to Plug Google Pay Gaps

Mastercard is working with emerging markets-focused mobile payments app Swoo Pay to offer loyalty rewards in cryptocurrency.

close up of Mastercard logo and hologram on a payment card

Finance

Crypto Payments App Oobit Raises $25M in Series A Funding Round Led by Tether

The round also included participation from Anatoly Yakovenko, the co-founder of Solana.

(Christiann Koepke/Unsplash)