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Visa, Uber and PayPal Will Back Facebook’s Crypto Asset: Wall Street Journal

Visa, Uber and PayPal are three of 10 companies reportedly backing Facebook's crypto asset GlobalCoin. Each company will contribute $10…

June 14, 2019

Ripple Says 14 New Banks and Financial Institutions Just Joined RippleNet

Ripple's global head of banking says the company's network of banks and financial institutions, called RippleNet, is growing at a…

June 13, 2019

Crypto Platform for Catholics Taps Former US Senator and Republican Presidential Nominee Rick Santorum

A Catholic organization has launched a mobile cryptocurrency solution to help drive donations and spur engagement among Millennials. Cathio is…

June 11, 2019

Crypto Challenger: Visa Aims to ‘Transform Cross-Border Payments’ With Launch of Blockchain-Based Platform

Visa has introduced B2B Connect, a blockchain-based platform that will allow clients to make international payments. According to Kevin Phalen,…

June 11, 2019

Ripple Reveals Record-Breaking Surge in Transactions on Global Payment Network RippleNet

Ripple is reporting a record-breaking burst in the number of transactions on RippleNet, the network of banks and financial institutions…

June 11, 2019

Crypto Killer or Bitcoin Savior? Six Predictions on Facebook’s Secret Cryptocurrency

Co-founder of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition, Caitlin Long, a 22-year Wall Street veteran who has been active in Bitcoin since…

June 10, 2019

Fierce Bitcoin Critic Admits Crypto Assets Have Role in Global Finance

Speaking at the Conference on Technology-Enabled Disruption, Agustín Carstens, the general manager of the Bank of International Settlements, questions the…

June 6, 2019

Major Banks Take on Bitcoin (BTC) and Ripple (XRP) With Blockchain-Powered Coin

The world's biggest banks are launching a platform designed to utilize blockchain-based currencies that are 100% backed by central banks.…

June 3, 2019

Multi-Billion-Dollar Crypto Team Launching New Social Media Platform on EOS

Block.one is launching a new social media network called Voice. The platform will be built on EOS, a public blockchain,…

June 2, 2019

Global Powerhouse Opens Code to Experimental Ethereum Blockchain Project

Any interested person can now view the code behind Ernst & Young’s experimental private-transaction project on the Ethereum blockchain. EY,…

June 2, 2019