Bitcoin jumps more than 9% as U.S. acts to protect deposits at crypto-linked banks

Bitcoin and Ether led a strong price rebound in the top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies in morning trading in Asia as U.S. banking regulators took control of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank,...

Utah authorities discover mysterious crypto-linked antennas in the mountains; Searching for owners

Authorities in Utah are seeking to unravel the mystery behind antennas that have been cropping on the foothills within the Salt Lake City area. Notably, there is insufficient information on the indivi...

Mastercard and BitOasis to Launch Crypto-Linked Payment Cards in the MENA Region – crypto.news

BitOasis has teamed with Mastercard to offer a series of cryptocurrency card programmes that will enable cryptocurrency payments at e-commerce platforms and physical locations. The crypto card will al...

Mastercard, BitOasis Roll Out Crypto-Linked Cards in the MENA Region

Payment giant Mastercard has inked a deal with Middle East-based cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis to establish a series of crypto card programs aimed at boosting daily cryptocurrency usage in the Midd...

Mastercard and BitOasis partner to launch crypto-linked cards

Cryptocurrency exchange BitOasis and payments giant Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have struck a strategic partnership that will see them release crypto-linked cards, according to an announcement published on ...

FTX Seeks to Roll Out Crypto-Linked Visa Cards Globally

Card allows users to make purchases using crypto at the 80 million merchant locations that accept Visa Product rollout in Latin America and Europe is planned by the end of 2022, with additional region...

Here’s how crypto-linked PACs are spending in the New York and Florida primaries 

Crypto-linked super political action committees (PACs) have poured $3.6 million into congressional races in New York and Florida, flexing some political muscle on both sides of the aisle ahead of Tues...

Ebang’s Ebonex To Launch Crypto-Linked Card Through Partnership With Mastercard

Ebang International Holdings Inc., a China-based publicly listed company providing mining hardware for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, on Friday announced that its Australian crypto exchange platform, ...

Here’s how crypto-linked PACs are spending in Tuesday’s primaries

Super PACs linked to some of crypto’s biggest names are spending some serious cash in primary elections this week. The outside groups have reported boosting candidates in Arizona, Michigan and Missour...

Schwab set to launch its first crypto-linked ETF

Investment brokerage Charles Schwab has launched its first crypto-related ETF, with trading set to begin on or around August 4. The asset manager made the announcement on Friday, sharing that the fund...

Charles Schwab’s asset management arm launches crypto-linked ETF

Schwab Asset Management, the asset management arm of financial giant Charles Schwab, has launched an exchange-traded fund (ETF) with exposure to firms linked to cryptocurrencies.  In a Friday announce...

Crypto-Linked Stocks See Billion Dollar Bump From Retail

Cryptocurrency-related stocks saw inflows of nearly $1 billion dollars last week, due to a resurgence in retail investment, according to a report from VandaTrack.  Last week, Marathon Digital Holdings...

Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital Suspends Redemptions in a Crypto-Linked Fund

SkyBridge Capital suspended redemptions in the Legion Strategies fund amid further declines in stock and crypto asset prices. The suspension came about on July 18, 2022, because 20% of the Cayman Isla...

Bitcoin Growth Trend Fails to Trickle Down to Crypto-Linked Stocks

Despite the current outlook of MicroStrategy shares, the company is relatively unrelenting in its push to invest in Bitcoin. The Bitcoin (BTC) and the broader crypto industry have been experiencing a ...

Small Bitcoin Holders are Stacking amid Visa’s Crypto-Linked Card Payments Hitting $2.5B

Given that holding is a favored strategy in the crypto space, accumulation by small Bitcoin (BTC) holders continues to gain steam. Lex Moskovski, the CIO of Moskovski Capital, confirmed: “Bitcoi...

Visa Partners With Over 65 Crypto Platforms — Crypto-Linked Card Usage Soars Despite Price Volatility – Featured Bitcoin News

Visa has now partnered with more than 65 crypto platforms and exchanges. In addition, the payments giant revealed that crypto-linked card usage exceeded $2.5 billion in the first fiscal quarter, “whic...

Visa reports meteoric rise in crypto-linked payments, volumes cross $2.5 billion

Visa recently released its stellar quarterly results. With that, it is also the first quarter after the financial services company amped up its crypto offerings. In its recent earnings call, Visa note...

Visa Customers Made $2.5B in Crypto-Linked Payments in Fiscal Q1

Visa users made $2.5 billion in payments with crypto-connected cards during the company’s fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 31, Visa CEO Al Kelly said on the company’s earnings call Thursday. The ...

Visa Records Over $2B in Transactions for Crypto-linked Cards in 2022 Q1

Pro-crypto international payment firm Visa, in its recent earnings call, revealed that users of its platform carried out around $2.5 billion worth of transactions using their crypto-linked cards.  Thi...

Visa says crypto-linked card usage hit $2.5 billion in its first quarter

Coinbase launched its own debit card in an effort to promote the use of cryptocurrencies in payments as well as investing. Coinbase Visa said during its recent earnings call that customers made $2.5 b...

Crypto-Linked Crime Climbed 78% in 2021 Compared to Previous Year

The value of crime linked to cryptocurrencies nearly doubled last year to $14 billion, rising 79% from $7.8 billion in 2020. Roughly $10 billion worth of cryptocurrencies are currently being held by i...