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Crypto has no shortage of detractors, but even they would concede the industry has produced massive innovations, including Bitcoin and stablecoin payment rails, that have had a profound effect on…
Read article →There is a new trend in prediction markets: betting on whether Bitcoin will go up or down in the next five of fifteen minutes. On Polymarket, a five-minute wager on…
Read article →Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. bought nearly $1.6 billion worth of Bitcoin—the company’s largest purchase since January—leaning more heavily on a security promising investors an 11.5% annual payout backed by the…
Read article →PayPal is dramatically expanding the map of countries where users can send and receive its branded stablecoin. As of this month, customers in 70 nations will now be able to…
Read article →Mastercard has finally pulled the trigger on a stablecoin acquisition. The payments giant on Tuesday morning announced a deal to acquire the London-based startup BVNK for up to $1.8 billion,…
Read article →Scott Galloway doesn’t want the markets to go up. He said so out loud, live at South by Southwest, and the audience—skewing young—didn’t boo him. They cheered. Recommended Video “At…
Read article →The fintech giant Stripe along with Tempo, a blockchain startup incubated by the payments company as well as the venture firm Paradigm, launched a new payments protocol on Wednesday to…
Read article →Coinbase’s 60-second spot, “Your Way Out,” drops viewers into a low-resolution video game world where everyone moves in a loop: commuting, working, spending. The protagonist is an NPC, a non-playable…
Read article →Polymarket, one of the two leading prediction market sites, built its platform on blockchain rails—a design that offers efficiency but that can also add a layer of unwanted complexity. On…
Read article →The artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency industries spent big and lost often in this week’s Illinois primaries, an early setback for technology firms that are trying to reshape the midterm elections and establish themselves as power…
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