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Tokenization and Stablecoins Continue to Be TradFi's Top Interest in Crypto: Expert
Tokenization and Stablecoins Continue to Be TradFi's Top Interest in Crypto: Expert
Will Peck, Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree, answers five questions from CoinDesk, including his crypto genesis story, features of the WisdomTree Prime Visa debit card and...
Tokenization and Stablecoins Continue to Be TradFi's Top Interest in Crypto: Expert

WisdomTree Visa Debit Card Highlights 'Real World Use Cases for Blockchain': Head of Digital Assets
WisdomTree Visa Debit Card Highlights 'Real World Use Cases for Blockchain': Head of Digital Assets
WisdomTree Head of Digital Assets Will Peck joins "First Mover" to discuss the launch of their new Visa debit card for digital assets and the broader impact of such initiative...
WisdomTree Visa Debit Card Highlights 'Real World Use Cases for Blockchain': Head of Digital Assets

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Web3 Payments Firm Transak Joins Visa Direct to Streamline Crypto-to-Fiat Conversion
The deal allows the Web3 payments infrastructure provider's users in over 145 countries to easily convert crypto into local currencies.
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How PayPal, Visa and BlackRock View Crypto in 2023
How PayPal, Visa and BlackRock View Crypto in 2023
Major players in the traditional finance sector including PayPal, Visa and BlackRock jumped head first into crypto this year. "CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a cl...
How PayPal, Visa and BlackRock View Crypto in 2023

El Salvador Targets Bitcoin Millionaires in New Push to Attract Long-Term Residents
El Salvador Targets Bitcoin Millionaires in New Push to Attract Long-Term Residents
El Salvador kickstarted its "Freedom VISA" program last week, with plans to distribute residency to a maximum of 1,000 people per year who invest at least $1 million worth of...
El Salvador Targets Bitcoin Millionaires in New Push to Attract Long-Term Residents

Cuy Sheffield of Visa (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)
Cuy Sheffield: The Reason Visa Is 'Everywhere’ in Crypto
Perhaps more than at any other TradFi firm, Visa’s crypto unit under Sheffield has been running experiment after experiment. That's why he's one of CoinDesk's Most Influential...
Cuy Sheffield of Visa (Mason Webb/CoinDesk)

Oobit Co-Founder Aims to 'Bridge the Gap Between Web3 and DeFi' to Traditional Payments
Oobit Co-Founder Aims to 'Bridge the Gap Between Web3 and DeFi' to Traditional Payments
Oobit launched a 'Tap and Pay' solution to help make crypto payments more accessible, allowing users to pay at any point of sale that accepts Visa or MasterCard using funds di...
Oobit Co-Founder Aims to 'Bridge the Gap Between Web3 and DeFi' to Traditional Payments

Solana Labs Co-Founder: Large Payment Networks See Tech 'Ready for Prime Time'
Solana Labs Co-Founder: Large Payment Networks See Tech 'Ready for Prime Time'
Visa has expanded its stablecoin settlement capabilities with Circle’s USDC stablecoin to the Solana (SOL) blockchain, designed to offer high-speed performance. Solana Labs co...
Solana Labs Co-Founder: Large Payment Networks See Tech 'Ready for Prime Time'

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Visa Taps Solana and USDC Stablecoin to Boost Cross-Border Payments
The company said it is one of the first major payment institutions to use directly the Solana network for settlements.
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CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)
Visa and Mastercard Distancing Themselves From Binance Unlikely to Hurt the Crypto Exchange: Experts
The decision comes only weeks after Binance has been grappling with multiple legal challenges in the U.S.
CEO of Binance Changpeng Zhao at Consensus Singapore 2018 (CoinDesk)