The news: Shopify partnered with Crypto.com so merchants can accept cryptocurrency payments from customers through Crypto.com Pay, per a press release. Crypto.com will waive settlement fees (0.5% per transaction) for one month for Shopify merchants that integrate Crypto.com Pay into their checkout for a limited time. More on this: Crypto.com...
Source: Adobe/photo_gonzo Major US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is backing the development of the “first-ever” enterprise-grade liquid staking protocol, bringing know-your-customer (KYC) checks to the world of decentralized finance (DeFi). According to an announcement from Coinbase on Tuesday, the new liquid staking protocol is being developed by Alluvial, a development...
Several startups have put their IPO plans on hold over the past few months, amid turmoil in global markets. Delhivery, which decided to press on with its offering last week, felt the effects of the downturn – its IPO was only 24% subscribed after two days. Now ecommerce firm FirstCry,...
Updated at 12:32 pm EST U.S. stocks powered higher Friday, potentially snapping a six-day losing streak for the Dow, as investors looked to an ease in market volatility amid stabilizing cryptocurrency prices and detailed comments on near-term rates hikes from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Speaking with the Marketplace public...
In late April, the retirement giant Fidelity Investments surprised the broader financial world when it announced plans to integrate Bitcoin into its 401(k) retirement offering. The company said that people whose employers allowed it would be able to invest as much of one-fifth of their 401(k) retirement savings into the...
The government of Venezuela is now focusing its action on trying to establish the bolivar as the go-to currency for purchases in the country. According to several economists, this might be a risky bet in a country that has just exited hyperinflation and still suffers high levels of inflation. However,...
In 2020, Natalie Arabian bought bitcoin at $6,700 and ether at $173, then dropped out of college. Shortly after, she bought over 200 ether tokens at an average cost of $300 each. Now, she’s a full-time crypto influencer and investor, and aims to inspire more women to invest. Loading Something...
Cryptocurrency prices slid Thursday afternoon along with major stock market indexes. Bitcoin declined 7% to $36,981, from $39,780.33, erasing Wednesday’s gains. Ethereum fell 6.5% to $2,751.88, from $2,943.42 on Wednesday. Of the top 30 cryptocurrencies listed by CoinDesk, 28 were down on the day. Apart from a brief selloff in...
Prashanth Balasubramanian (CTO, Founder) – Second from the bottom left, and Bernardo Magnani (CEO, Co-founder) – First from the bottom left Estonia, the startup-friendly digital nation, has revamped its crypto regulation. Striga, the crypto banking-as-a-service platform, moves its HQ to leverage it. The crypto regulatory landscape is consolidating in Europe....
Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive of Google, recently shared his thoughts on cryptocurrency and Web3. Schmidt states that he has invested “a little bit” of money in cryptocurrencies, but does not specify which ones. However, he believes that the most intriguing aspect of blockchain is not digital assets. It...
