Steven Walgenbach

Payment giant Visa says it will roll out support for four stablecoins across four “unique blockchains” as adoption of its blockchain-based products grows. “We are adding support for four stablecoins running on four unique blockchains, representing two currencies that we can accept and convert to over 25 traditional fiat currencies,” said Visa CEO Ryan McInerney […]

USD Coin (USDC) issuer Circle has announced the launch of its new layer-1 blockchain Arc, and has already lined up several partners to test the network. In a blog post today, Circle said that it wants to position Arc as the “Economic OS of the internet.” Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, WisdomTree, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock […]

A US lawmaker is trying to ban US President Donald Trump, his family, and politicians from trading crypto or stocks. “We should ban any elected official from having cryptocurrency, and accepting foreign money,” said US Representative Ro Khanna during an appearance on MSNBC. Khanna raised concerns around Trump’s apparent conflict of interest as his family […]

Bitcoin’s performance this October has flipped green again after the record liquidations earlier this month, keeping the “Uptober” narrative alive. That’s after the largest crypto by market cap printed a more than 1% 24-hour gain to trade at $115,389.27 as of 7:50 a.m. EST, data from CoinMarketCap shows.  October’s Bullish Reputation Could Remain Intact October […]

Crypto products saw $921 million in inflows over the past week as investor sentiment improves in anticipation of a potential US Federal Reserve interest rate cut. That’s as the latest US Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in cooler than expected. “The lower-than-expected CPI data released on Friday helped restore some confidence that further rate cuts […]