In a significant leadership transition, BTIG, the global financial services firm and brokerage company, has announced the appointment of Anton LeRoy as its new Chief Executive Officer. He replaces Scott Kovalik, the Co-Founder. In a statement released by the company today (Tuesday), Kovalik and Steven Starker, the Co-Founder, will assume the roles of Co-Chairmen of […]
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Visa expands its stablecoin capability to include USDC issued on Solana
Visa started venturing into USDC settlements back in 2021 through a partnership with Crypto.com. Crypto.com’s Australian card program’s cross-border volume was paid for using Ethereum-based USDC. Visa is now expanding its USDC settlements to include Solana issues USDC coins. Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement capabilities to merchant acquirers launching pilots with Worldpay and Nuvei […]
El Salvador’s Ministry of Education Creates a Bitcoin Course for School Students
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. The non-profit and NGO My Primer Bitcoin has entered into an alliance with the Ministry of Education in El Salvador to include a Bitcoin course in its school curriculum. The initial training program for […]
Litecoin price outlook darkens as US dollar index (DXY) soars
The US dollar index jumped to the highest level in five months. The rally happened as the US economic growth continued. Cryptocurrencies like Litecoin have an inverse relationship with the USD. Litecoin price remained under intense pressure on Tuesday as the US dollar index (DXY) surged to the highest level in over five months. LTC […]
Blockchain Wire adds SHIB to list of accepted crypto
Blockchain Wire now accepts Shiba Inu (SHIB) as a payment method. Support for SHIB adds to already accepted Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC) Dogecoin (DOGE), Polygon (MATIC); as well as USDT and USDC. Blockchain Wire, a press release distribution provider for blockchain and crypto news, has integrated a new payment option in the form […]
1MDB Scandal: Singapore’s MAS Bans Former Goldman Sachs MD for Life
Singapore’s Monetary Authority (MAS) has issued lifetime prohibition orders (POs) against Ng, also known as Roger Ng, a former Managing Director of Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. The POs were issued following Ng’s conviction in the United States for conspiracy to launder monies embezzled from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) and violation of the United States’ Foreign […]
Casio to launch virtual G-SHOCK watch via Polygon
Casio is partnering with Polygon Labs to launch a virtual G-SHOCK watch project. 15,000 G-SHOCK creator pass NFTs will be distributed beginning September 23. Casio is set to debut a virtual version of its G-SHOCK watch on Ethereum scaling platform Polygon, a development that will bring the iconic watch to the metaverse. The Japanese electronics […]
Visa Extends Stablecoin Settlement System to Solana
Neither the author, Tim Fries, nor this website, The Tokenist, provide financial advice. Please consult our website policy prior to making financial decisions. Visa announced that it has extended its stablecoin settlement mechanism to Solana, helping Visa settle USDC payments on its blockchain along with Ethereum using merchant acquirers like Nuvei and Worldpay. Visa to Simplify Cross-Border […]
Best ICOs to Invest in for 2023 According to Reddit
An initial coin offering (ICO) is a way for projects to generate funds to help get themselves up and running. These are regularly used in the crypto world, allowing companies to help generate publicity, which in turn attracts further investment and new users to their platforms. ICOs are usually released with a white paper outlining […]
CME Group’s August ADV Soars to Second-Highest despite Uncertainties
The derivatives trading platform CME Group has unveiled its latest market statistics for August 2023, highlighting an average daily volume (ADV) of 24.2 million contracts. This metric represents a significant surge of 14% compared to the previous year and the second-highest ADV ever recorded for the month of August. CME Group recorded 13 million contracts […]
