The few months toward the end of 2022 brought devastating events in the crypto industry. With the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange, chaos erupted in the crypto markets. Prices of almost all the crypto assets took a hit. Also, the negative contagion effect sprung up within the crypto space as the number of investors…
Mastercard, a multinational financial services corporation, has jumped on the NFT bandwagon. Non-fungible tokens (NFT) have continued to gain popularity among mainstream industries. The most recent addition to the NFT world is the global payments leader. Related Reading | Visa Describes NFTs As Promising Means To Engage With The Fans On Thursday, September 16, the company announced that…
Alchemy has announced that it will be rolling out cryptocurrency cards that will support above 40 cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and others. Furthermore, the crypto-fiat platform disclosed that users could link the cards to their Paypal digital wallets and Google Pay from the announcement. With such, users can pay through both Visa and MasterCard networks seamlessly.…
Mastercard is queuing up a full suite of crypto partners, according to an announcement this week, in efforts to streamline its card program for crypto wallets and exchanges. The company initiative seeks to provide crypto companies with a card option that gives crypto-holders the ability to spend their digital assets anywhere that Mastercard is accepted.…
Crypto-linked card spending is on the rise. Visa shared this week that consumer spending with Visa-based crypto credit cards has exceeded $1B this year, through just the first six months of the year. Increasing Adoption Through Accessibility Visa also shared this week that it plans on partnering with 50 different cryptocurrency platforms to allow ease…
Bitcoin edged higher on Thursday after traders realized MasterCard’s plans to integrate cryptocurrencies into its traditional payment services later this year. The credit card giant’s revelation came days after Tesla, a Fortune 500 carmaker, showed a $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin in its balance sheets this Monday, further asserting that it would start accepting payments…
In an attempt to stay ahead of the curve, payment provider Mastercard has been foraying into the crypto industry throughout the past several months.Their excitement surrounding the future of currency appears to be growing as well, as they recently announced plans to accelerate their digital assets program.This will allow issuers to rapidly bring safe and…
Wow. Within the span of an hour or two, reports have revealed that Facebook’s crypto project, Libra, suffered some heavy blows. It first started on Friday morning, with the Financial Times revealing that both eBay, the e-commerce/online marketplace giant, and Stripe, a fintech giant, have dropped out of the Libra Association. Speaking to the outlet,…
Amid Mastercard’s unexpected push for a patent outlining “fractional reserve” banking for crypto assets, the CEO of Visa has claimed that cryptocurrencies aren’t a pertinent threat to the stability of legacy financial systems. Al Kelly: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Aren’t Immediate Threats To Visa Months after claiming that the “sun has set” on Bitcoin and crypto assets,…
Mastercard’s research and development wing is looking into the implications of blockchain and other cutting-edge technologies to increase general efficiency at the firm. The Ireland-based subsidiary of the international payments giant has been responsible for various innovations in the six years since its formation. Mastercard Labs Innovating in the Digital Payments Space The second largest…