payments
Ripple Sold $226M of XRP in Q4; Sees Strong Growth in On-Demand Liquidity Product
The firm’s on-demand liquidity product has expanded to forty countries.

Bank of America Says CBDCs Are the Future of Money and Payments
Central bank digital currencies have the potential to revolutionize global financial systems, a report from the bank said.

Visa Proposes Automatic Payments Using Ethereum Layer 2 System StarkNet
Visa said self-custodial wallets could use a unique “account abstraction” method to set up automatic recurring payments on StarkNet as existing smart contracts do not currently support such steps.

Crypto Exchange Binance.US Introduces Payments Service for Customers
The feature for users outside the U.S. started in February 2021.

Symbiont.io, Which Tried to Bring Blockchain to Traditional Finance, Files for Chapter 11
Bankruptcy is latest sign of distress amid the brutal crypto winter.

Stripe Debuts Fiat-to-Crypto Payment Offering for Web3 Businesses
The widget allows customers to more easily use crypto to engage with businesses and content creators across the world.

USDC Stablecoin Issuer Circle Says Businesses Can Accept Apple Pay
The addition will help crypto businesses by making it easier to take payments, the company said.

Ramp Network Raises $70M to Provide Crypto Payments Infrastructure
The round was co-led by UAE wealth fund Mubadala Capital and Korelya Capital.

Jack Dorsey's Block Sees Drop in Bitcoin Revenue as Consumer Demand, Crypto Prices Slump
Block cited declines in consumer demand and the price of bitcoin for its bitcoin-based revenue decline.


