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IP Strategy Appoints Brian C. Jun to Board of Directors

April 18, 20264 min

IP Strategy Holdings, Inc, the first company to adopt a treasury reserve policy centered on the $IP token, today announced the appointment of Brian C. Jun to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Jun brings deep expertise in digital assets, blockchain taxation, and international tax structuring, with more than 15 years of experience advising leading companies, financial institutions, and Web3 organizations. He currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Gurufin Inc., an institutional-grade stablecoin...

by FTB News Desk

In-House Features

Why Stablecoins and Digital Assets Are Becoming Critical in Modern Finance

March 30, 202615 min

Explore why stablecoins and digital assets are critical in modern finance, improving cross-border payments, liquidity, and financial system efficiency.

by BusinessWire

Blockchain

Elliptic Integrates With Tempo, the Payments-First Blockchain

March 21, 20264 min

Elliptic, the leader in digital asset decisioning, today announced full blockchain coverage for Tempo, the payments-first Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. With this integration, compliance and investigation teams gain full visibility into one of the most significant expansions of real-world financial activity onto blockchain infrastructure. “We’re excited to have Elliptic providing compliance infrastructure on Tempo from day one. As payments move onchain at scale, builders and their customers need real-time tools to meet...

by BusinessWire

Compliance & Scoring

Mastercard to Acquire BVNK to Connect On-Chain Payments, Fiat Rails

March 18, 202611 min

Expands capabilities to support greater choice in how people and businesses exchange value BVNK’s digital asset infrastructure complements and extends Mastercard’s trusted global payments network, creating interoperability between fiat and stablecoins Enables financial institutions and other customers to address new use cases with stablecoins, tokenized deposits and tokenized assets Mastercard today announced a definitive agreement to acquire BVNK, a leader in stablecoin infrastructure, for up to $1.8 billion, including $300 million in contingent payments. The...

by PRNewswire

Crypto Currencies

Barclays Invests in Ubyx to Advance Digital Money Connectivity

January 8, 20263 min

Ubyx provides a global clearing system for tokenised deposits and stablecoins.

by PRNewswire

Crypto Currencies

BitHide Launches Transaction Safety Levels

November 26, 20253 min

BitHide, a confidential crypto wallet for businesses, announces a breakthrough in corporate crypto privacy: Transaction Safety Levels, a payout framework that lets companies choose their preferred level of transaction confidentiality. Since 2021, BitHide has been helping businesses work with digital assets securely, conveniently while protecting sensitive operational data. Modern blockchain transparency creates significant risks for businesses, including exposure of turnover, counterparties, internal structure, wallet ownership, and other operational details. Transaction Safety Levels solve this problem by providing transaction-level confidentiality control while maintaining AML...

by BusinessWire

Compliance & Scoring

Taxbit Names Colby Mangels Head of Global Gov’t Solutions

October 28, 20254 min

Architect of OECD crypto reporting standards adopted by 70+ countries joins Taxbit to advance global regulatory collaboration and digital asset transparency

by PRNewswire

Platforms

Crowded Named to CB Insights 2025 Fintech 100

October 27, 20254 min

Crowded is recognized for its innovative financial-management platform for nonprofits, and reinforces its commitment to donation transparency amid a recent industry scandal. CB Insights today named Crowded, a Miami-based fintech platform for nonprofit financial management, to its eighth annual Fintech 100, showcasing the 100 most promising private fintech companies in the world. “This year’s Fintech 100 showcases a new generation of companies turning AI, automation, and digital assets into the backbone of financial infrastructure,” said Laura Kennedy, Principal Analyst at CB Insights. “This year’s winners...

by PRNewswire

Payments

KuCoin Pay, Refillarena Partner to Expand Crypto Payments

September 23, 20254 min

KuCoin, a leading global crypto platform built on trust, today announced that its payment arm, KuCoin Pay, has partnered with Refillarena, a global e-commerce platform. This collaboration enables KuCoin’s global users to seamlessly spend cryptocurrencies on everyday essentials like gift cards, mobile top-ups, and eSIMs, further bridging the gap between digital assets and real-world utility. Through this integration, users can now access Refillarena’s extensive catalog—such as entertainment vouchers, connectivity recharges, or travel data plans—directly via KuCoin Pay’s secure payment...

by BusinessWire

Crypto Currencies

Rapyd Launches Stablecoin Payments for Businesses

September 10, 20256 min

Rapyd offers a single provider approach for stablecoin pay-ins and pay-outs, giving businesses an end-to-end solution in one integrated platform. What was once a fragmented, complex process is now unified, giving companies real-time liquidity and more control over cross-border payments. The fintech’s flexible settlement options and instant global payouts allow businesses to settle in stablecoins or send funds worldwide in seconds.

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