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Avalanche Visa Card Goes Live Aiming to Further the Mass Adoption of Crypto

Users can spend their Avalanche tokens (AVAX), wrapped AVAX as well as the USDT and USDC stablecoins at any store in person or online that takes Visa.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

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Hong Kong Confirms Bitcoin, Ether Can Be Used to Prove Wealth for Investment Visa

Hong Kong's New Capital Investment Entrant Scheme, a visa targeting wealthy migrants, accepts crypto as a means to prove required net worth, a spokesperson confirms.

Hong Kong's skyline (Chris Lam/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase, Visa to Allow Real-Time Crypto Deposits Through Debit Card

While millions of users are already using debit cards to connect to their Coinbase accounts, the Visa debit card holders offer near-instant transfers, which wasn’t possible before.

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Visa to Help Banks Issue Fiat-Backed Tokens on Ethereum Via New Tokenized Asset Platform

Visa's new Platform will enable the development of fiat-backed tokens powered by smart contracts.

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Latin American Crypto Exchange Ripio Unveils DeFi Credit Card With Visa

The card will allow users to access up to 30% of blocked assets in a liquidity pool.

Ripio CEO Sebastian Serrano (Ripio)

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Visa and Santander Selected by Brazil’s Central Bank for a Second Phase of CBDC Pilot

In May 2023, the BCB selected 14 participants for the first phase of the pilot.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)

Finance

TradFi Underestimates Bitcoin's Enormous Scale, Franklin Templeton CEO Says

Bitcoin processed $36.6 trillion in transactions last year, far more than payment network giants Mastercard and Visa combined.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton President and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

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Visa's Data Partner Allium Labs Raises $16.5M as Their New Findings Show Stablecoin Activity Is Back Up

Visa and Allium Labs released their latest findings on stablecoin activity which showed demand for stablecoins has picked back up in 2024 and there's a steady growth of monthly active stablecoin users.

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Videos

Visa Is the 'Bridge' Between Payment and Blockchain Technologies: Head of Crypto

Cuy Sheffield, Vice President and Global Head of Crypto at Visa, joins CoinDesk Live at Consensus 2024 to discuss Visa's role as a bridge between payment services and blockchain technologies.

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Who Needs an Off-Ramp? Ether.fi Plans Visa Card for Crypto Investors

The "Cash" Visa card from Ether.fi, the liquid restaking startup on Ethereum, might help crypto natives turn their decentralized finance investments into spending money.

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