16 Jun 22 @ 10:07

When an American online retailer became the first major merchant worldwide to accept cryptocurrency as payment in 2014, it was big news. Since then, digital currency has entered the mainstream.... read more

27 May 22 @ 16:36

Most crypto owners would prefer to interact with digital assets through their banks and other traditional financial institutions, according to Navigating Crypto: How Banks and Other Financial Intermediaries Can Integrate... read more

19 May 22 @ 12:55

The cryptocurrency and assets market has grown significantly and is now worth £1.6 trillion globally. In the UK, over 2.3 million consumers now hold some form of cryptoasset. With such... read more

16 May 22 @ 11:14

The crisis engulfing one of the world’s biggest stablecoins has worsened, inflaming regulators’ concerns over the assets that underpin the global cryptocurrency market. The episode has poured fresh fuel on... read more

12 May 22 @ 16:32

Yesterday there were amazing report about a man, who had never flown an airplane managing to successfully land the plane as the pilot had passed out…he had plenty of support... read more

04 May 22 @ 09:59

Cryptocurrency has been in the sights of the payments industry for more than a decade, but it still only just making its way into mainstream commerce. One reason is volatility... read more

27 Apr 22 @ 16:41

“170 years ago Americans pushed westward across the frontier to seek their fortune in the gold rush. Greed and lawlessness turned this promised land into the Wild West, where the... read more

22 Apr 22 @ 10:50

In early March of 2022 the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released warning on illegal crypto ATMs operating in the UK – but why? In the warning the FCA noted... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 11:59

I think it would be a fair statement to make, that some people are still sceptical about the Metaverse. However, Citi bank sees tremendous potential in the concept of the... read more

06 Apr 22 @ 11:08

Demystifying Crypto – Shedding light on the adoption of digital currencies for payments in 2022 is a new report, pointing to increasingly positive trends in the adoption of cryptocurrencies for... read more

18 Mar 22 @ 10:48

The regulation of crypto assets and related services is still not treated uniformly in the European Union and resembles more a patchwork of regulatory fragmentation. Although the fifth Anti-Money Laundering... read more

28 Feb 22 @ 10:51

More than 80% of Americans used some form of digital payments in 2021, continuing a long-standing trend. The findings of McKinsey’s 2021 Digital Payments Consumer Survey – an ongoing research... read more

04 Feb 22 @ 15:20

New research from app analytics and marketing platform App Radar has found that 2021 was a record year for crypto apps with over 82.9 million Google Play Store downloads compared... read more

25 Jan 22 @ 12:07

Thanks to the pandemic, consumers have become accustomed to doing almost everything online, accelerating digital transformation and embedding new behaviours. After a 5% in global payment revenues in 2021, the... read more

19 Jan 22 @ 12:53

Following the October 2020 launch of a “sand dollar” by the Bahamian Central Bank, other markets are making moves to normalise the use of cryptocurrencies in their economies with varying... read more

11 Jan 22 @ 10:06

New research reveals that 55% of crypto owners – rising to 60% of 18-24 year olds – would rather get paid their salary in cryptocurrency. The top reasons for this... read more

08 Dec 21 @ 17:45

Visa is doubling down on it investments into crypto by launching new consulting and advisory service to help its clients navigate the world of cryptocurrencies. It announced its crypto advisory... read more

05 Nov 21 @ 16:27

As cryptocurrency continues to rise in popularity, there’s been an acceleration of new and growing apps with capabilities to buy, store and sell crypto. This has also led to larger... read more

30 Sep 21 @ 15:23

Visa has announced the launch of a Universal Payments Channel that will support transactions between stablecoins and CBDCs. It an ambitious idea from Visa at this time as it hopes... read more

30 Sep 21 @ 07:41

BitPay and Verifone, have announced the extension of BitPay’s blockchain payment technology to enable consumer cryptocurrency acceptance of payments on Verifone’s in-store and e-commerce platforms in the US. This enables merchants to... read more