All articles by Kuldeep Jha
Kuldeep Jha
Kraken rolls out Mastercard crypto debit card in UK and Europe
The card offers up to 2% cashback, paid weekly in Bitcoin, euros or pounds.
Block settles Cash App case with 46 US states for $45m
State officials alleged that Block’s marketing gave users the impression that Cash App provided bank-like protections.
Nium acquires crypto wallet and issuing firm Cypher
Cypher was founded by Kuberan Marimuthu and has received backing from Y Combinator and Coinbase Ventures.
Japan’s SBI Holdings to buy crypto exchange Bitbank
The two exchanges are expected to hold around Y1.1tn in assets under custody and serve about 2.92 million crypto accounts.
Airwallex raises $320m in Series H round at $11bn valuation
The company will use the proceeds to speed up product development in autonomous finance and agentic commerce.
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Blockchain.com enters Brazil with institutional payments infrastructure launch
To support the offering, the company is partnering with US banks to enable USD settlement and international payment routing.
Newland and PeP roll out Android payment terminals in Poland
The device includes integrated printing, contactless, smart card and magnetic stripe acceptance, and camera functionality.
Ripple secures preliminary CASP licence approval in Luxembourg
The licence will allow the company to broaden regulated cryptoasset services across the 30 countries of the European Economic Area.
Bank of England softens draft stablecoin rules after industry concerns
The central bank has abandoned plans to cap individual stablecoin holdings and will instead limit total issuance per stablecoin, initially at £40bn ($52.8bn).
China nears launch of mBridge as alternative to Swift – report
The cross-border digital currency platform is backed by the central banks of mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, the UAE and Saudi Arabia.