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Finance

Blockchain Payments Platform Ansible Labs Raises $7M in Seed Funding Round

The startup was founded by two former Visa workers.

Ansible Labs co-founders Daniel Mottice and Matt Vanhouten (Ansible Labs)

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Bankoff’s Crypto Wallets Nearly Empty After Virtual Debit Card Provider Folds

The Delaware-registered company said Visa and Stripe cut it off for serving too many Russians, but on-chain data has stoked users' suspicions.

More than $8M worth of USDT passed through Bankoff's wallets since December 2020, but less than $2,000 remains.

Opinion

Why We Need Crypto Payments to Work

In a word: competition. This post is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

(JP Koning)

Videos

Visa Launches NFT Program

Visa has announced its new “Creator Program” that will help selected small business owners in fields like music, fashion and film expand their work into the NFT space. “The Hash” team discusses former Major League Baseball player Micah Johnson’s involvement in this project and how NFTs can empower creators. 

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Finance

Visa Program to Help Creatives Build Their Businesses With NFTs

Selected creators will participate in a one-year NFT immersion program.

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Finance

Fintechs See Strongest Payments Challenge From Stablecoins and CBDCs, Not Bitcoin: Cowen

The team at Cowen recently held fireside chats with executives from PayPal and Visa, among others.

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Finance

Visa’s Crypto Product Lead Leaves for Payments Startup

Daniel Mottice had served in the position since last May before co-founding a payments and infrastructure company called Ansible Labs, he said on Twitter.

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Finance

Visa Looking to Hire College Students to Develop In-House Crypto Talent

Program participants will build expertise in areas such as DeFi, NFTs, stablecoins and CBDCs, according to the payment giant’s job listing.

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Finance

Visa CEO Still Uncertain on Crypto’s Role

Al Kelly questions the utility of cryptocurrencies even as the payments giant gets involved in the sector.

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