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SEC Withdraws Enforcement Action Against Paxos’ BUSD Stablecoin

SEC Withdraws Enforcement Action Against Paxos’ BUSD StablecoinThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to end its investigation into Paxos, a New York-based issuer of stablecoins, suggesting that stablecoins may not be treated as securities in most cases. This decision comes more than a year after the SEC sent Paxos a Wells Notice concerning the BUSD stablecoin, which is backed by […]

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Paypal Ventures-Backed Mesh Partners With Conio to Launch Open Banking Solutions for Bitcoin in Europe

Paypal Ventures-Backed Mesh Partners With Conio to Launch Open Banking Solutions for Bitcoin in EuropeMesh, a U.S. fintech company backed by Paypal Ventures, has partnered with Italian digital asset wallet Conio to enhance cryptocurrency exchange access for Conio’s 430,000 customers. This collaboration allows users to access 10 leading crypto exchanges, including Binance and Coinbase, through the Conio app, and seamlessly transfer bitcoin purchases directly into their Conio wallets. By […]

XRP and Solana Surge in Price Amid Rumors Trump Is Considering ‘America First’ Crypto Reserve: Report

Nubank brings Bitcoin Lightning to its 100M Latin American customers

Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard for Nubank, which gives an email-like address for users to send and receive money.

Brazilian neobank Nubank has partnered with payments platform Lightspark to offer the Bitcoin Lightning Network to its 100 million customers in Latin America.

Lightspark said on June 25 that it’s working with Nubank to start the Lightning “integration, mapping, and building potential products” and would have “more to share in the future.”

Lightspark will also integrate the Universal Money Address standard — a payment system built on top of Lightning that gives users an email-like address to transfer money.

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MoonPay announces PayPal fiat on-ramp for UK and EU

MoonPay noted that PayPal is the third most commonly used payment option in the United States, behind Apple Pay and traditional bank cards.

MoonPay has announced the integration of another fiat on-ramp for customers in the European Union and the United Kingdom. Customers across Europe will soon be able to use PayPal as an option to purchase crypto within the MoonPay platform.

The integration is currently live for 1% of European users, with a full rollout across the region in the coming weeks, and will not be available to residents of Croatia, Iceland, or Hungary.

In a press release, MoonPay cited PayPal’s status as the third most popular payment method in the United States, following Apple Pay and traditional bank cards. Ivan Soto-Wright, the company's CEO and co-founder, touched on PayPal’s ability to provide an easier user experience for new customers:

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PayPal’s new stablecoin on Solana will offer ‘confidential transfers’

Confidential transfers allow merchants to provide confidentiality for transaction amounts to their consumers while maintaining visibility for regulatory purposes.

PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin, which was recently deployed on Solana, will offer “confidential transfers” as an additional feature. 

On May 29, payments platform PayPal announced that it had deployed its PYUSD dollar-pegged stablecoin on Solana, having only previously been available on Ethereum.

One notable extension initialized for PYUSD is “confidential transfers,” which will allow merchants to “provide confidentiality for transaction amounts to their consumers while maintaining visibility for regulatory purposes,” according to a May 29 Solana blog post.

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‘We’re just scratching the surface’ of crypto and AI — Microsoft exec

The symbiotic relationship between AI and crypto is still in its nascent stages, according to tech execs.

Microsoft believes that artificial intelligence (AI) is “the defining technology of our time,” and it has been on the cutting edge of both AI research and investment. 

But that doesn’t mean the Seattle-based tech giant isn’t paying close attention to the cryptoverse too, including ways that blockchain technology and AI might one day support each other.

At the recent Cornell Blockchain Conference in New York, Yorke Rhodes, Microsoft’s director for digital transformation, blockchain and cloud supply chain, was asked how the company viewed this possible intersection of technologies.

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US Treasury Accused of Spying on Americans’ Bank Transactions in Secret Surveillance Program As Secretary Yellen Confirms ‘Communications Took Place’

US Treasury Accused of Spying on Americans’ Bank Transactions in Secret Surveillance Program As Secretary Yellen Confirms ‘Communications Took Place’

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is responding to accusations that the US government and more than a dozen financial institutions have teamed up to spy on Americans’ private bank transactions. The House Judiciary Committee recently published a memo accusing the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) of urging banks to surveil their customers’ transactions […]

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XRP and Solana Surge in Price Amid Rumors Trump Is Considering ‘America First’ Crypto Reserve: Report