Cryptocurrencies and digital assets are of great interest to numerous companies. In China, Tencent aims to venture deeper into this ecosystem. It is a remarkable decision for the Chinese internet giant and parent company of WeChat. Tencent Explores Digital Currencies Exploring and researching new use cases for cryptocurrencies remains a somewhat controversial approach. Company employees...Read More
Tether Holdings, the firm that issues tether (USDT), has plans to launch an offshore Chinese yuan stablecoin called CNHT. Tether’s digital dollar presence within the crypto economy has been massive in recent months, seeing significant demand from China. Bitfinex shareholder Zhao Dong has explained in a recent interview that Tether is also preparing to launch...Read More
Ever since Facebook announced its plans to launch its own cryptocurrency, the world’s regulatory and financial space hasn’t been the same. However, the news cycle about Libra was soon overtaken by lawmakers and regulatory bodies voicing their grave concerns about the same, while also highlighting Facebook’s own problematic history. What is missing however from the...Read More
Photo: A1 Austria’s telecommunications giant and the country’s largest mobile service provider A1 has officially announced accepting cryptocurrency payments at some of its store locations across Austria. In the official announcement, A1 states that in its pilot project, they will accept cryptocurrency payments at some A1 shops while demonstrating global businesses that integrating digital currency...Read More
Facebook Inc further extends its reach towards establishing its dominance in the Asian market. Having that it’s instant-messaging app – WhatsApp partners with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services. Indonesia has an estimated value of 260 million people. Been that the nation enlists among the top-five largest markets for WhatsApp,...Read More