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Finance

Crypto Exchange Kraken Unveils ‘Krak,’ Its New All-in-One Global Money App

The Krak app allows users to instantly transact across borders for almost no cost, while earning competitive rewards on their account balances.

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Finance

Stripe Explores Bank Partnerships on Stablecoins as Payments Importance Grows, Says Company President

The payments firm recently introduced stablecoin accounts for its users, while its recent acquisition Bridge rolled out a USDC token.

John Collison, co-founder and president of Stripe (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Finance

Tether, Tron Dominate Fast-Growing Stablecoin Payments Arena, Survey Shows

Analytics specialist Artemis, assisted by VC firms Dragonfly and Castle Island Ventures, looked at data from 31 stablecoin payment companies.

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Finance

KuCoin Enhances Point-of-Sale Mobile Payments With AEON

KuCoin is exploring how it can accelerate crypto adoption by allowing users to easily spend it when carrying out day-to-day transactions

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Policy

Dubai Government Opens Door to Accepting Crypto for Service Fees

The deal with Crypto.com will allow residents and businesses to pay fees using crypto wallets while the government receives dirhams.

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Finance

Mesh Adds Apple Pay to Let Shoppers Spend Crypto, Settle in Stablecoins

The feature aims to close the "last-mile" gap that has stalled mass crypto adoption in payments, co-founder and CEO Bam Azizi said.

Contactless payment via a mobile phone (Jonas Lupe/Unsplash)

Finance

Stablecoins Are a 'WhatsApp Moment' for Money Transfers, a16z Says

Stablecoins are revolutionizing global money transfers by reducing costs and eliminating intermediaries.

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Finance

Ripple Integrates RLUSD Stablecoin Into Cross-Border Payments System

Ripple USD's market cap reached $244 million since its December debut, growing 87% over the past month.

Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple Labs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Sony Begins Accepting USDC Payments in Its Singapore Online Store

Sony Electronics' Singapore has added cryptocurrency payments in partnership with crypto exchange Crypto.com.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Finance

MoonPay Buys Crypto Payment Processor Helio for $175M

MoonPay's acquisition of Helio is reportedly valued at $175 million.

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