The Chinese digital yuan, China’s central bank digital currency (CBDC), now features an interconnection with the Hong Kong payment system, allowing tourists coming to mainland China to purchase and top up a digital yuan wallet. The system, created by the Digital Currency Research Institute of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), was tested just recently […]
Gold-Backed Digital Tokens Now an Approved Payment Method Says Zimbabwean Central Bank
Zimbabwean residents and institutions can now pay or settle domestic transactions using the recently launched gold-backed digital tokens, the central bank has said. Bank governor John Mangudya said the central bank has enlisted the services of external auditors to “validate the availability and adequacy of gold to ZIG at any given time.” Preserving Value With […]
NAKA Launching the First Self-Custodial Payment Card/Scheme Working on POS Terminals Worldwide
PRESS RELEASE. SLOVENIA – Sep 27th, 2023 – NAKA introduces a new decentralized approach to finances, built upon a pioneering blockchain-based payment scheme and a payment card that links to the wallet managed by MetaMask and can be read by any POS terminal worldwide. NAKA has developed a new technology that bridges the gap …
Paypal Offers More Crypto Payment Options for Web3 Merchants in US
Payment processor Paypal announced it’s introducing on- and off-ramps to facilitate crypto payments for Web3 platforms. Once integrated, merchants in the sector will be able to employ them to expand their user base by connecting to Paypal’s payments system. Paypal Launches On- and Off-Ramps for Web3 Payments Payments giant Paypal revealed on Monday it’s moving […]
Lightspark CEO David Marcus Profiles Bitcoin as Global Payment Network
David Marcus, CEO of Lightspark and co-creator of Diem, Meta’s failed cryptocurrency project, explained his intentions of turning Bitcoin into a global payments network. Marcus explained that there was no universal protocol for sending value over the internet and that we were still in the “fax era” of global payments. Lightspark CEO David Marcus Wants […]