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3 Giga-Brained Ideas From Consensus Day 2
Crypto shows that ideas can be valuable, even if they’re not useful … yet.
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(Nuvei)
Payments Firm Nuvei’s Ties With FTX Questioned in Spruce Point Capital Report
Nuvei's shares fell by as much as 6% in premarket trading after Spruce Point warned of a 50% downside, but rebounded into positive territory mid-morning.
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Next-Generation DeFi Platform M^ZERO Exits Stealth Mode With $22.5M Funding Round
The seed capital was led by Pantera Capital and included the Scaramucci-linked SALT Fund, and Mouro Capital, the venture capital operation connected to the Santander Group.
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(Ralph Lauren)
Ralph Lauren Miami Store to Accept Crypto Payments
The brand is also partnering with Web3 community Poolsuite to release a co-branded NFT collection.
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EU Lawmakers to Vote on Limited Ban on Self-Hosted Crypto Payments
Anti-money laundering plans seen by CoinDesk have slightly liberalized, but would ban anonymous crypto transfers of more than 1,000 euros.
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Stablecoins Explained: 3 Things You Need to Know
Stablecoins Explained: 3 Things You Need to Know
Stablecoins are meant to provide a predictable haven within the volatile world of cryptocurrency. Former Paxos Head of Portfolio Management and Columbia Business School Adjunc...
Stablecoins Explained: 3 Things You Need to Know

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 24:  John Collison, Co-founder and President of stripe, attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. The VivaTech exhibition in Paris brings together nearly 1800 start ups alongside the largest international groups.  (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)
Payments Processor Stripe Secures $6.5B in Funding at $50B Valuation
Stripe's valuation has fallen about 47% from its 2021 fund raise of $95 billion.
PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 24:  John Collison, Co-founder and President of stripe, attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. The VivaTech exhibition in Paris brings together nearly 1800 start ups alongside the largest international groups.  (Photo by Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)
U.S. Federal Reserve’s Real-Time Payments System Coming in July
The new government-operated payments system – often used as an argument against the need for crypto’s payments innovations – will have its first participants certified within...
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Stop sign (Walter Knerr/Pixabay)
UK Bank NatWest Limits Daily Crypto Payments to $1,200
Customers will be limited to payments of 1,000 pounds ($1,218) per day and 5,000 pounds ($6,090) over a 30-day period.
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Binance GBP Funding On-/Off-Ramp to Be Suspended in May
The exchange was notified by its fiat partner that it will no longer provide British pound deposit and withdrawal services.
(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)