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Cryptocurrency Payment Gateways: What Are They and How Do They Work?

In the dynamic landscape of the digital age, cryptocurrencies have emerged as more than just a speculative asset; they are rapidly becoming a vital method for businesses to accept payments globally. The surge in the adoption of digital currencies has prompted the rise of cryptocurrency payment gateways and crypto payment processors – specialised p...

29 September 2023 /payments /crypto

Benas Skridulis 

What do you need to know about a Private Key, and what happens if you lose it?

In the crypto world, there are two types of keys: Private and Public. A public key is an address everyone can see and use for sending crypto assets to each other. A private key is like a password used to provide access to your owned crypto assets. What is a private key? A private key is a large, randomly-generated number with hundreds of digits and...

16 August 2023 /crypto

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Cryptocurrencies – Not just a new Asset Class but the Democratisation of Banking

Living and working in a developed economy, it is easy to view crypto as simply a new and interesting alternative investment class – a useful way to diversify a portfolio or earn yield. Crypto is yet another menu item on the abundant and sophisticated investment smorgasbord, competing for allocation. What we lose sight of is the grand vision of cry...

03 August 2023 /inclusion /crypto

Paul Moukhin Partner at BDC Consulting

What are inflationary and deflationary cryptocurrencies?

In the wide expanse of the digital financial universe, cryptocurrencies shine as pioneering assets, challenging the traditional framework of economics and ushering a shift in financial transactions. They are the vanguard of financial innovation, democratizing monetary power through decentralization, and introducing an unprecedented level of transp...

03 August 2023 /crypto

Mousser Rahmouni Head of Strategic Partnerships at Striga

How to Issue Branded VISA Crypto Cards with One Simple Set of APIs

If you're interested in offering your users a more convenient way of managing their crypto assets, consider utilizing a card-issuing platform from a reliable provider that offers seamless and secure solutions. With partnerships and integrations with major card networks and issuing banks, this platform makes it easy to issue customized virtual car...

01 August 2023 /payments /crypto

Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk

Insights from ESMA's first Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation consultation (1st package)

With the Consultation Paper on Technical Standards for the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA), the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) aims to collect views, comments, and opinions from stakeholders and market participants on the appropriate implementation of the regulation. The paper comprising the "1st package" cov...

14 July 2023 /regulation /crypto

Arijit Goswami Innovation Manager at Capgemini

CBDCs and Insurance - A Transformative Interplay

Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is a digital form of central bank money that is issued by a country's central bank and backed by the government. It is an innovative digital payment system that is gaining popularity among central banks worldwide. CBDCs have the potential to transform the financial system in many ways, including how insurance i...

02 June 2023 /retail /crypto

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Crypto Chronicles: The Consultant's View

A few weeks ago, the Treasury's consultation into the Regulatory Regime for Cryptoassets closed. First published back in February, the consultation asks for views on the Government’s intended regulations of cryptoassets. This is the second main stage in crypto regulation – moves to regulate stablecoins, where used as a means of payment, are alread...

30 May 2023 /payments /regulation

Todd Crosland Founder and CEO at CoinZoom

In times of economic uncertainty, crypto enables the era of financial autonomy

Born partly in reaction to the 2008 financial crisis, cryptocurrency was created as a radical alternative to the traditional financial industry. Rewind 15 years: banks that were “too big to fail” had failed and subsequently caused mass panic across the globe. These institutions that held most of the population’s money, lent out trillions of dollar...

12 May 2023 /inclusion /crypto

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Exploring ZK Rollup: The Future of Scalable Blockchain Transactions is Now

Cryptocurrency Ethereum, in early 2021 processed over one million transactions a day, a figure that stayed relatively stable in recent years. It is a meteoric growth, given its humble beginnings in August 2015. The use of digital tokens and decentralised systems powered by blockchain technology has exploded over the years, giving rise to issues li...

10 May 2023 /crypto