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Mastercard is angling to become the go-to for governments and private entities when testing and rolling out central bank digital currencies or stablecoins. origin »
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Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending. Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and […] The post US Bitcoin payments are getting real: Retail rails could push $2M a day on-chain appeared first on CryptoSlate.
Bitget saw a 683% increase in Gen Z users in November, marking a shift in crypto demographics following Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. Gen Z’s share of new users on the crypto exchange jumped from 26.
What are the key trends highlighted by the global crypto adoption index, and how do they reflect crypto’s role in global economic shifts? The global crypto adoption index is an essential tool for understanding how well different countries are adopting…
Chanalysis submitted a Polkadot governance proposal on April 18 that could lead to a $10 million partnership. The services provided by Chainalysis will include monitoring and tracing the DOT token activities on the Relay Chain, ensuring visibility of any potentially risky on-chain actions to regulators and institutional entities.
Banking giant HSBC is set to introduce digital asset custody services for tokenized securities such as bonds on the blockchain. The bank expects to go live with the service in 2024. The service is geared toward institutional investors and will continue expanding the lender’s offerings in the digital asset realm.
Advocates for the Bitcoin Lightning Network and decentralized protocol Nostr funded Kweks’ Kilimanjaro climb.
Polygon Labs announced on Sept. 29 that it has added Google Cloud to the decentralized group of validators powering its proof-of-stake Network. Polygon said in its statement that Google Cloud is now among more than 100 validators who secure the Polygon PoS Network, a network that originally operated under the name Matic Network and which […] The post Polygon adds Google Cloud to its validator set appeared first on CryptoSlate.