Visa outlines plans to bring crypto services to Brazil

Visa, the multinational payment giant, has announced it is planning to bring cryptocurrency services to traditional banking platforms in Brazil. The company also revealed that it is working with several crypto companies in the country to bring cryptocurrency payment cards to the market, hinting at a possible direct integration of Bitcoin in payments. In a…

Forgotten crypto passwords: Billions of USD can be recovered

From 68,110 to 92,855 of lost Bitcoin, or up to $4.8 billion worth of crypto, could be recovered and returned to their owners, according to an analysis by Chris and Charlie Brooks, a father and son who run Crypto Asset Recovery. Chris and Charlie Brooks operate in New Hampshire, US, in the firm, specializing in…

US Senator calls crypto the ‘new shadow bank’

Senator Elizabeth Warren, one of the most vocal cryptocurrency skeptics in the US government, has called the cryptocurrency industry the “new shadow bank” and said that it’s “worth considering” banning US banks from holding the reserves to back private stablecoins. On Sunday, Warren told the New York Times that the cryptocurrency industry offers “many of…

UK regulator warned that over-extending regulating could backfire

Charles Randell, chair of the FCA and Payments Systems Regulator, warned in a new piece written for the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime that over-extending the reach of regulators could backfire in the case of some cryptocurrency tokens. The chair of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said that there is currently a…

DeFi: Charities could be doing more with their money

DeFi is changing the way the sector operates by using onramps and integrations across blockchains to make giving to charities easier, writes George Harrap on Cointelegraph. Most of the stories coming out of the crypto industry this past year have centered around enormous numbers flowing in and out of the space. From stablecoins topping over…

Crypto Trends Weekly 28 Aug. – 3 Sept.

Breaking crypto news from the last week (28 Aug. – 3 Sept. 2021): 28 Aug.: Deloitte, one of the Big Four, surveyed financial leaders as part of its 2021 Global Blockchain Survey, with the results suggesting a transition to digital assets is inevitable. Cybersecurity, regulation, and privacy are seen as the biggest obstacles to the…