Deloitte integrates blockchain for digital credentials

    The credentials will “have multiple use cases,” including regulatory compliance for banking and decentralized finance, age verification for e-commerce, private logins and fundraising. Big Four accounting firm Deloitte has integrated blockchain technology to allow customers to store verification credentials in a single digital wallet to streamline the “typically inefficient” verification processes. In a May 4 statement,…

    Stripe tackles ‘cold start problem’ with the launch of fiat-to-crypto onramp

    Web3 companies can utilize the Stripe-hosted fiat-to-crypto onramp to allow their customers to buy crypto at the “precise moment they need it.” Internet payment processor Stripe has introduced a fiat-to-crypto onramp to address the “cold start problem” faced by Web3 companies, as a result of customers not having “crypto in their wallets to carry out…

    Hong Kong security regulator to issue crypto license guidelines in May

    The crypto business guidelines were reportedly revealed by the chief executive of Hong Kong’s Securities Futures Commission, Julia Leung. The Hong Kong Securities Futures Commission (SFC) is reportedly set to release cryptocurrency exchange licensing guidelines next month. The plans were reported by Bloomberg on April 27, which cited comments from the SFC’s chief executive Julia Leung on…

    ‘Worst code I’ve ever seen’: Euro stablecoin faces centralization criticism

    Some pundits shared harsh sentiment toward a new euro-pegged stablecoin, but it’s not publicly accessible for the time being. Criticism has been leveled at a new euro-pegged stablecoin released in France due to a decision to restrict peer-to-peer transactions. French bank Societe Generale-Forge (SGF) released the Ethereum-based stablecoin called EUR CoinVertible (EURCV) on April 20, which is…

    Breaking: Binance CEO CZ rejects allegations of market manipulation

    Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has refuted claims made by the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission in its March 27 complaint against Binance. Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has rejected allegations from the Commodities Futures and Trading Commission, arguing that the crypto exchange “does not trade for profit or ‘manipulate’ the market under any circumstances.” In a March…

    So, you have KYC Bitcoin. Now what?

    What is KYC Bitcoin, and what steps can users concerned with privacy take to address the issues presented by KYC Bitcoin? – Anthony Feliciano expressed his opinion in a guest post on Bitcoin Magazine. If you have spent time going down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin or bought Bitcoin from an exchange, then you have…