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[ad_2][ad_1] The first Litecoin native Visa debit card (LTC) was launched by BlockCard. Charlie Lee told Cointelegraph that this is their second attempt as the previous one failed: “We previously worked with LitePay on a debit card, but it failed when LitePay went out of business.” Lee also made a …

[ad_2][ad_1] Visa says it is working to integrate digital currencies with its existing global network of 61 million merchants. The global payments technology giant is working with two licensed and regulated digital currency platforms, Coinbase and Fold. In a blog post, Visa says the emergence of fiat-backed digital currencies or …

[ad_2][ad_1] Lightning developer and founder of Zap, Inc. Jack Mallers announced Thursday that his startup’s Strike product, which allows people to receive bitcoins as dollars through direct bank deposits, is finally entering public beta. A Visa card is also in the works. “Zap, Inc. has joined Visa’s Fast Track program,” …

[ad_2][ad_1] Professors at MIT, Standord, UC Berkeley and four other US colleges are joining forces to build a faster cryptocurrency than Bitcoin, Ethereum and XRP. The cryptocurrency is called "Unit-e" and is the first project of Distributed Technology Research (DTR), a new non-profit organization supported by Crypto Hedge Fund Pantera …

[ad_1] Visa CFO, Vasant Prabhu, seems rather upset with Bitcoin. He also thinks it is a bubble that is about to explode. Recently, when asked about Bitcoin, he gave the piece of Inquirer of his mind. According to him, most of the people who are asking for Bitcoin have no …

[ad_2][ad_1] The popular Visa payment service provider has shown interest in expanding its business ventures into crypts. Their plans came much closer to reality when they decided to buy Earthport, a start-up with close ties to Ripple, the company behind the XRP cryptocurrency. Earthport is a London-based start-up focused on …

[ad_2][ad_1] Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, provided his daily commentary on traditional and cryptographic markets for December 31, 2018. The highlights include: Ring of the markets in 2019: Contrary to last week's roller coaster, this week's markets are seeing a more relaxed side. Analysts are giving …

[ad_1] The use of blockchain technologies continues to be an area of ​​interest for banks and financial services and Visa has decided to take a step forward and acquire Earthport Plc, a British fintech focused on enabling solutions to international payment via DLT. Recently, Earthport successfully closed a strategic partnership …

[ad_2][ad_1] According to a new report, the Earthport-based payment company in the United Kingdom has recently been bought by the US-based Visa giant for $ 250 million. Earthport is a well-known international payment service that provides services to businesses and banks around the world. It is also one of the …

[ad_2][ad_1] The American payment services giant Visa Inc. is acquiring the partner of Ripple Earthport Plc, a payment network for cross-border transactions, Reuters U.K. reported on December 27th. Founded in 1997, Earthport, based in London, is a financial services company offering cross-border payment services to banks and financial institutions. Earthport …