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Cryptocurrency Economy Reaches $1.9 Trillion Market Cap

March 30, 2021

The overall market cap of cryptocurrency assets touched an all-time high of $1.9 trillion on 30 March after Bitcoin and Ethereum posted significant gains in the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency market started ...

Mastercard Plans to Support Cryptocurrency Payments in 2021

February 11, 2021

Mastercard, an American financial services firm, announced that it is planning to support some cryptocurrency assets on its network this year. The company mentioned that digital currencies are becoming an impor...

Mastercard Plans to Support Cryptocurrency Payments in 2021

February 11, 2021

Mastercard, an American financial services firm, announced that it is planning to support some cryptocurrency assets on its network this year. The company mentioned that digital currencies are becoming an imp...

Mastercard Cuts Ties With Pornhub

December 12, 2020

Mastercard cuts ties with Pornhub. Global payment companies Mastercard revealed on 10 December 2020 its formal decision to prohibit their customers from using credit and debit cards to buy one of the largest ...

Citigroup Assisting World Governments To Build Digital Currencies

December 5, 2020

Citigroup assisting world government to build digital currencies. Citigroup Chief Executive Michael Corbat said his bank is helping governments "around the world" to create digital sovereign currencies, other...

Facebook’s Libra Allegedly Launching In January 2021 As USD Stablecoin

November 27, 2020

Facebook's Libra allegedly launching in January 2021 as USD stable coin. After over a year of examination by global financial regulators, Libra is said to be launching a US dollar-backed digital currency, the...

SiGMA Bridges Europe With Americas In Triumphant 2 Day Gaming Digital Summit

September 24, 2020

As we come to the close of digital gaming events, virtual sports dominates Portuguese and English poll with 50% and 44% of viewers respectively voting for it. To start off the day LatAm market Operations Man...

Mastercard Files Patent For Billing System Using IOTA’s Tangle Protocol

August 26, 2020

The Asia/Pacific division of financial services giant Mastercard has filed a patent for a shared device billing system that mentions the use of blockchains and IOTA’s Tangle protocol. According to a patent t...

WireX Becomes First to Issue a Mastercard-Enabled Crypto Card

July 20, 2020

Payments processing giant Mastercard has allowed WireX to be the first company to issue native cryptocurrency cards with its label. This came with the expansion of Mastercard’s cryptocurrency program as it i...

Visa And Mastercard Excluded As Payment Option On German Online Casinos

June 2, 2020

Visa and Mastercard excluded as payment option on German online casinos. German consumers on online casino platforms will no longer be able to use Visa and Mastercard as a mode of payment. This comes after a ...