Conduit, Braza Group Debut Stablecoin FX for Payments in Brazil

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Conduit, a stablecoin-focused cross-border payments provider, said on Thursday it has teamed up with Brazil’s Braza Group for real-time foreign exchange (FX) swaps between the Brazilian real and major foreign currencies using stablecoins. The service allows users to convert Brazilian real to U.S. dollars or euros and settle transactions in minutes with stablecoins —a sharp […]

XRP Ledger Payments Count Crashes to Lowest Since October as XRP Fails to Keep With Bitcoin (BTC)

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Activity on the XRP Ledger, a decentralized public blockchain designed for quick, cost-effective real-time transfer of XRP, fiat currencies and other digital assets, has slowed considerably since the first quarter. The number of payment transactions, representing the transfer of value from one account to another, dropped to 320,747 at press time, the lowest since October […]

KuCoin Enhances Point-of-Sale Mobile Payments With AEON

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Crypto exchange KuCoin’s merchant service is enhancing its provision for users to complete mobile transactions with cryptocurrency. KuCoin Pay has tapped payment protocol AEON to allow users to pay for goods and services online and in-store using cryptos such as bitcoin , ether and stablecoins USDT and USDC, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. […]

Lyzi Raises $1.4M to Expand Tezos-Based Retail, E-Commerce Crypto Payments Service

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Tezos-based crypto payment hub Lyzi said it raised 1.3 million euros ($1.4 million) in a seed funding round to expand the development of its platform. The round included participation from angels investors Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines, founder of Dfns, and Jean-Luc Bernard, founder of Astek, according to an emailed announcement shared with CoinDesk on Tuesday. […]

Ripple Bags UAE Crypto Payments as XRP Inches Higher

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Shaurya Malwa Shaurya is the Co-Leader of the CoinDesk tokens and data team in Asia with a focus on crypto derivatives, DeFi, market microstructure, and protocol analysis. Shaurya holds over $1,000 in BTC, ETH, SOL, AVAX, SUSHI, CRV, NEAR, YFI, YFII, SHIB, DOGE, USDT, USDC, BNB, MANA, MLN, LINK, XMR, ALGO, VET, CAKE, AAVE, COMP, […]