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Vidéos

Fostering Crypto Group Growth at HBCUs: Education Is Key

Cuy Sheffield, head of Crypto at Visa, joins “Community Crypto” to share his stories and discuss the importance of more blockchain, financial tech and crypto education in the Black community at the collegiate level.

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Vidéos

Bitcoin Energy Footprint Comparable to Dollar Infrastructure

Bitcoin’s energy footprint draws comparisons to other payment networks like Visa, but Castle Island Ventures General Partner Nic Carter claims such comparisons are misleading and that supporting the U.S. dollar infrastructure consumes more energy.

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Marchés

Credit Card Companies Should Offer Stablecoin Payments or Be Left Behind: Gartner

The fee strategy, which sit at odds with blockchain's peer-to-peer model, could be the very thing that sees these firms fall behind the competition from stablecoin payment networks.

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Finance

Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin

Visa is working with Anchorage to allow customers at traditional banks to "buy and sell digital assets."

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Marchés

Visa May Add Cryptocurrencies to Its Payments Network, Says CEO

The card giant could eventually use digital currencies over blockchain in the same way it processes traditional money.

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Finance

Bitpanda Launches Debit Card That Lets Users Spend Fiat, Crypto and Precious Metals

Users can select any investment in their Bitpanda account to fund payments with the physical Visa card.

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Juridique

Visa Abandons $5.3B Acquisition of Plaid Over DOJ Antitrust Concerns

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday the deal is off.

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Finance

Bitcoin Lightning Startup Zap Goes Global, Adding Multiple Fiat Pairs, Stablecoins

Visa partner Strike is adding support for multiple fiat currency pairs plus stablecoins as part of its journey to become a “Bitcoin neo-bank.”

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at Bitcoin 2019 in San Francisco.

Marchés

Payments Firm Simplex Becomes Visa Principal Member

Israel-based global fiat payment processor Simplex announced Tuesday it has become a principal member of the Visa network.

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