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Major credit card company Visa may be planning to explore digital wallet services based on two recent trademark applications. 

Crypto exchange Blockchain.com has partnered with Visa to launch a crypto card, available to only U.S. residents initially, which allows users to pay using their crypto or cash balance wherever Visa debit cards are accepted.

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Anchorage is the only crypto-native bank in the US with a federal charter, boasting a valuation over $3 billion and investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, KKR, Visa and GIC (Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund). When approached for comment on the Build With Anchorage announcement, co-founder Nathan McCauley stated: “For crypto to move toward mainstream adoption, financial institutions need access to safe, secure, and regulated digital asset infrastructure. Build With Anchorage is a major step in this direction, allowing our institutional clients to build the next generation of crypto products in partnership with our team.” The new infrastructure offers streamlined institutional participation in crypto by providing clients with the security, engineering, regulatory, and design expertise of the Anchorage team.

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s chief executive announced incentives to lure talent and companies to the city, seeking to reverse an outflow driven by years of stringent pandemic controls and political upheaval that have hurt its reputation as a global business capital.

The cards allow users to convert and pay for goods and services with the crypto balance in their FTX wallets at the 80 million merchant locations worldwide that accept Visa.Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO, FTX, says: "This card allows users to make use of their FTX crypto balances 24 hours a day, 365 days a year securely and with no administrative or processing fees." Cuy Sheffield, head, crypto, Visa, adds: "At Visa, we believe that digital currencies will have a lasting impact on the future of financial services and money movement."

Payments giant Mastercard believes crypto assets have the potential to transform the financial infrastructure, outlining five key areas that can help “turn cryptocurrencies into an everyday way to pay.”

Confirm is a global account information validation tool, allowing participants to confirm account information and receive responses in near-real time from other network participants. The application is deployed through Liink, JP Morgan Onyx’s information exchange network that enables payment-related data sharing between institutions.

A fascinating part of crypto bear markets is the price action. When hype is removed from the sphere and in a macroeconomic risk-off environment, is it only projects delivering needed utility that can thrive. In lots of regards, investing in a bear market is far easier than investing in a bull market. The famous adage perfectly encapsulates this idea: ‘A rising tide lifts all boats.’ In the bear market, utility is everything and projects with shaky value propositions crumble. A new Ethereum-based token, Uniglo (GLO) has delivered a long-term value store and continues attracting a swelling base of investors. GLO is on track to reach a price target of $1.20 and will achieve this way before Cronos (CRO) or Algorand (ALGO). 

The Portuguese government submitted a report for 2023’s national budget to the country’s parliament. Within this report lies a proposal to subject crypto gains to the country’s capital gains tax laws. 

Ripple [XRP] appeared to defy all the odds considering the alt’s price movements and trading patterns since the beginning of October. On one hand, XRP registered gains and on the flipside Ripple continues to be embroiled in the never ending lawsuit with the SEC.

FTX [FTT] managed to get away from the woes of the downturns in the cryptocurrency market as the exchange was in the news for its recent partnership. As of 7 October, FTX confirmed that it had partnered with the payment platform Visa.

Payments giant Visa and crypto exchange FTX have inked a partnership to allow crypto holders from 40 countries to spend their digital assets when shopping. 

 

The cards allow users to convert and pay for goods and services with the crypto balance in their FTX wallets at the 80 million merchant locations worldwide that accept Visa.Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO, FTX, says: "This card allows users to make use of their FTX crypto balances 24 hours a day, 365 days a year securely and with no administrative or processing fees." Cuy Sheffield, head, crypto, Visa, adds: "At Visa, we believe that digital currencies will have a lasting impact on the future of financial services and money movement."

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Do you believe that in five years every second transaction in e-commerce will be settled on blockchain? No? Well, that’s what people thought of plastic credit cards versus cash a few decades ago when it came to traditional stores. 

 

 

The firm is now taping Modulr for embedded payment features like Direct Debit, Faster Payments and Sepa Instant. In addition, Nebeus will be able to issue branded virtual and physical cards - with ‘out of the box’ features like card-freezing, real-time spend notifications and spend controls - to their customers across the UK and Europe.