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Mastercard Partners Immersve to Support Web3 Payments

Mastercard partnered Web3 payment protocol Immersve to enable users to conduct Web3 crypto payments via USDC token settlements

Blockchain & Crypto

Crypto Outflows Surge Amid SEC Crackdown

Institutional investors are massively withdrawing crypto funds as the SEC targets more and more aspects of the crypto industry in the US, making it harder for crypto trading platforms to provide custody, minting and staking services

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New York Regulators Crackdown on Binance

The company’s complaints to the New York regulator were followed by Paxos being ordered to cease minting Binance BUSD stablecoin.

Blockchain & Crypto

PayPal Pauses Stablecoin Project

PayPal temporarily stops the implementation of the stablecoin project.

Finance & Economics

Tether Announces $960 Million In Excess Reserves

Tether has published a report according to which there are excess reserves and the transfer of assets to treasury bills.

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Bank for International Settlements to Step Up Work on Monitoring of Stablecoins

The Bank for International Settlements has published a plan for the development of its network of innovation hubs for 2023, which, among other things, provides for active monitoring of stablecoins on an ongoing basis.

Blockchain & Crypto

Binance-Pegged BUSD Integrates on Ethereum’s Optimism Network

Binance opens deposits and withdrawals for Binance-pegged BUSD on the Optimism Network.

News

Cardano Launched ADA-Backed Stablecoin

ADA-backed stablecoin ‘Djed’ launched on Cardano blockchain.

Blockchain & Crypto

GBPT Stablecoin Integrates into 18,000 ATMs in UK

Thousands of crypto ATMs in the United Kingdom now allow customers to withdraw cash for GBPT, a stablecoin backed by British pound

Blockchain & Crypto

Moody’s Preps Stablecoin Scoring System

Moody’s is developing a system for evaluating up to 20 stablecoins.

Finance & Economics

Saudi Arabia Central Bank Launches CBDC Experiment

Saudi Central Bank continues CBDC experimentations, currently focusing on domestic wholesale of CBDC in collaboration with local banks and fintechs.

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Binance SWIFT Banking Partner to Ban USD Transfers Below $100K

Binance’s SWIFT partner, Signature Bank, has set a minimum transaction limit of $100,000.

Blockchain & Crypto

Universal Digital Payments Network Launches at Davos

A Universal Digital Payment Network (UDPN) for stablecoins and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) was launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

Finance & Economics

Over 1% of Binance Tokens Just got Burned

BNB Chain has burned over $500 million worth of its native BNB tokens during its 22nd scheduled burn, the first quarterly burn of 2023.

Blockchain & Crypto

Tether’s Settlement Volume Flips Visa and Mastercard

According to Coin Metrics, Tether (USDT) handled $18.2 trillion in transactions in 2022, far surpassing established payment processors Visa and Mastercard, who processed $14.1 trillion and $7.7 trillion, respectively.

Blockchain & Crypto

US Senator Introduces Stablecoin Bill

If passed by Congress, the stablecoin bill would permit non-state and non-bank institutions to issue stablecoins with a federal license