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Finance

Jack Mallers’ Crypto Payment Firm Strike Raises $80M

Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Wyoming were among the investors in the Series B funding round.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

BigCommerce to Offer Crypto Payments For Merchants With BitPay, CoinPayments

The company's merchant clientele will be able to accept a wide variety cryptocurrencies including bitcoin, ether, dogecoin and a number of stablecoins.

Buying online with credit card (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Bitcoiners Owe Andrew Ross Sorkin a Big Thank You

By successfully campaigning to further politicize the payments system, The New York Times columnist just made value-neutral cryptocurrency networks more valuable in the long term.

New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin at CoinDesk's Invest 2018 (CoinDesk)

Finance

JPMorgan Hires Former Microsoft Executive to Its Digital Assets-Related Payments Group

Microsoft’s former corporate treasurer and chief investment officer Tahreem Kampton joined JPMorgan Payments, which focuses on digital payments and blockchain technology.

JPMorgan building (Shutterstock)

Policy

Una plataforma global de CBDCs podría reducir costos de pagos transfronterizos, según el FMI

El Fondo Monetario Internacional sigue siendo escéptico acerca de un sistema privado, pero está impulsando nuevas ideas sobre monedas digitales respaldadas por estados.

Autoridades del FMI quieren facilitar pagos transfronterizos a través de CBDCs. (William Potter/Getty Images)

Finance

Dubai-Based Virtuzone to Accept Crypto Payments via Binance Pay

The business formation services provider is joining a number of other UAE companies using Binance Pay for crypto payments. 

Dubai (David Rodrigo/Unsplash)

Finance

Ripple Unveils Crypto On-Demand Liquidity Service in Brazil

The company is teaming up with the digital bank Travelex to introduce the product, which will initially allow transactions between Brazil and Mexico.

Bandera de Brasil. (Mateus Campos Felipe/Unsplash)

Finance

Reddit Expands Community Points Offering With FTX Pay Integration

Reddit users can now purchase ether directly on the app.

Reddit has submitted a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “RDDT.” (Brett Jordan/Unsplash)

Finance

B2B Payments Startup Paystand Acquires Mexican Peer Yaydoo

While the companies will operate independently, there is hope for cross-selling opportunities.

(Scott Graham/Unsplash)

Policy

Vladimir Putin Signs Law Banning Digital-Asset Payments in Russia

He has signed a bill that adds to a previous prohibition against cryptocurrency payments in the country.

El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin. (DimitroSevastopol/Pixabay)