Mastercard eyes more crypto expansion moves

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Visa’s head of crypto disputes report of company pausing crypto push

Ad Visa’s head of crypto Cuy Sheffield described Reuters’ report that the payment giant was pausing its crypto endeavors as “inaccurate.” In a Feb. 28 Twitter thread, Sheffield said the company has continued to partner with crypto companies to build new products. He said: “We continue to partner with crypto companies to improve fiat on…

Adoption grows as more than $7T settled with stablecoins in 2022

The ongoing bear market did little to curb the rising use of stablecoins. On the contrary, dollar-pegged coins like USDT and USDC saw a parabolic growth in market cap this year, becoming a defacto settlement currency of the crypto industry. Following the collapse of Terra and its algorithmic stablecoin UST, the two stablecoin giants took…

FTX, Nexo to launch crypto debit cards

Debit cards are becoming increasingly popular among crypto users. Leading the pack, Coinbase and Crypto.com cards, among others, are already in the market. As announced today on, American crypto derivatives exchange FTX is next in line launching a Visa card to its customers. FTX users are now allowed to sign up for the card by…

Visa onboards first Solana project to its Fintech Fast Track program

Zebec, a programmable cash stream protocol, has partnered with Visa to join the exclusive Visa Fintech Fast Track Program. According to a press release shared with CryptoSlate, Zebec is the first Solana-based project accepted to the Visa program, which supported companies such as Stripe, Chime, and Crypto.com. Continuous payments are coming to Solana and Visa…

Chamath Palihapitiya: Visa and MasterCard biggest business losers for 2022

Sanctor Capital wraps up another mentorship program for early-stage founders exploring Web3 and Metaverse Project demos were followed up by four compelling panels that hosted some of the industry’s top experts, who shared their stance and ideas regarding the future of Web3 infrastructure, NFTs, on-chain gaming, and finally, privacy and interoperability. 2 min read