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Edge releases confidential bitcoin Mastercard

Edge Mastercard

The company that developed the popular cryptocurrency wallet Edge announced today its new Mastercard, which requires no identification (KYC) to use. According to Edge CEO Paul Puey, you won’t need a name, phone number, or email address to use the card, just 15 seconds of free time. According to Puig, there is still a large percentage of people who, for one reason or another, cannot open a bank account. The new card is not just for bitcoins (BTC), users will be able to top up their card with cryptocurrencies such as Dogecoin (DOGE), Dash (DASH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC). The card is already ready to be accepted by some merchants in the U.S. Edge Mastercard users will have a daily spending limit of $1,000 for the first time after launch. To recharge the card, users will need to sell their cryptocurrency in the wallet and send the dollars received to the card account. There will be no charge for recharging. According to Puig, those who want to make purchases online with the card can do so seamlessly with the credentials.

Banca Generali integrates Bitcoin for private customers

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At the beginning of 2022, Banca Generali will complete the full integration into its home banking of the Conio platform (fintech in whose capital it entered a year ago as the main investor of a $14 million capital increase).

From 2022 you will be able to buy them in the bank. At least for Banca Generali’s private clients, who will be able to operate in self mode by buying or selling the most famous cryptocurrency through the platform of Conio Inc, with which the bank 50% controlled by Assicurazioni Generali has entered into a partnership that celebrates one year in these days.
“We will complete the integration at the beginning of next year,” Riccardo Renna, Banca Generali’s Chief Operation Officer & Head of Innovation, tells We Wealth. “From that moment, clients will be able to operate safely on an asset class that could otherwise be risky if approached incorrectly. For Banca Generali, this is “a further step towards the completion of our private hub with services and platforms available to our bankers and their clients”.

Crypto.com acquires two trading platforms in $216 million deal

FinTech

Crypto.com continues its expansion and has acquired two CFTC-regulated trading venues targeting the derivatives market in the US. Crypto.com has been on a marketing spree lately and it shows no signs of slowing down. The project shocked the market when it acquired the Staples Center in Los Angeles in a deal that saw the legendary arena change its name to Crypto.com Arena.

Jack Dorsey’s Square changes its name to ‘Block’

FinTech

A few days after Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO of Twitter, his other company is changing its name. Square is renaming itself Block as it focuses on technologies like blockchain and expands beyond its original credit card reader. Jack Dorsey’s payments giant said in an announcement that the new name, which takes effect Dec. 10, “recognizes the growth of the company” and “creates room for further growth”

Jack Dorsey steps down as CEO

FinTech

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is giving up his chief post at the short message service. His successor is to be the current head of technology Parag Agrawal, as the San Francisco-based company announced on November 29, 2021. “I have decided that it is ultimately time for me to go,” Jack Dorsey wrote on Twitter. That decision apparently matured over several months. As Dorsey noted, he had been working toward the company being able to break away from its founders.

Coinbase: direct salary payment in cryptocurrency possible in the U.S.

Crypto News, FinTech

Coinbase is launching a program for direct deposit of paychecks into cryptocurrencies. PayPal and Robinhood already offer this service in the US.

Coinbase will soon allow U.S. companies to deposit their employees’ paychecks directly into accounts at the crypto exchange. In a blog post Monday, Coinbase Senior Director of Product Prakash Hariramani announced the option. This will allow employees to use their paychecks to purchase cryptocurrencies without transaction fees. For their part, companies can set up direct deposits through a supported payroll company in the Coinbase app or through a company’s human resources department.

China says a “completely anonymous” digital yuan is “not feasible”

CBDC, FinTech

The country pioneered state-backed digital currencies and plans to launch the digital yuan before the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The Chinese government wants to maximize privacy options in the upcoming digital yuan, the state’s native “Central Bank Digital Currency” (CBDC), a report said Monday (and China is getting bullish on Bitcoin).

Officially called Digital Currency, Electronic Payment (DCEP), the Chinese digital currency is backed 1:1 by the yuan and is on track to become the world’s first government-backed stablecoin.

Current products on the market, such as Tether and others, are operated by private companies and are unregulated. In most cases, Bitcoin (go to Plus500 Buy Bitcoin Guide) is unregulated and trustless.

Last weekend, Mu Changchun, head of the People’s Bank of China’s Digital Currencies Research Institute, said that so-called “controllable anonymity” was an important feature in the design of the e-yuan.

However, he added that complete anonymity – as offered by private cryptocurrencies such as Dash and Monero – was “not feasible” because CBDCs would have different reporting standards.

According to Changchun, large transactions would be monitored and tracked to prevent illegal transfers from the country and maintain financial security. Also, complete anonymity would thwart the use of DCEP, i.e., money laundering, terrorist financing, and tax evasion.

Apple’s electric car

FinTech

After negotiations with Hyundai, Kia or Nissan are said to have failed. Apple is now considering hiring Foxconn or Magna, according to a report.

Apple has apparently still not found a manufacturer for its first electric car. Talks with vehicle manufacturers who were supposed to take over production for the iPhone manufacturer have not been successful – at least according to the car companies concerned in partially veiled statements.

In addition to Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia, Apple has bitten the bullet with Nissan. According to a report, Apple now wants to rely on a different model – the use of genuine contract manufacturers, as the company has done for many years with the iPhone, iPad, Mac and others. There had been the corresponding speculation for some time. As the financial news agency Bloomberg now writes and the largest iPhone manufacturer Foxconn from Taiwan, the Austrian Magna Group is also on Apple’s list.

Amazon could launch digital currency project

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Recent job postings suggest Amazon may be preparing to launch a digital currency project in Mexico.

Job postings suggest that e-commerce giant Amazon may be preparing to launch a digital currency project in Mexico. Simultaneously, Amazon has yet to announce the project, several job postings at the company hint at a typical walled digital currency that could launch in emerging markets.

Amazon is currently looking for a software development manager whose job would be with digital and emerging payments. In its job posting, the tech giant said it brings together a technology team to develop innovative payment products for customers in emerging markets. The tech team consists of talented software development engineers (SDEs) and software development managers (SDMs).

Mastercard is planning to give merchants the option to receive payments in cryptocurrency

Crypto News, FinTech

The credit card provider Mastercard wants to open its global network for cryptocurrencies this year. And that would be a sensation. It would allow merchants to tap into more customers who already rely on digital assets. However, Mastercard will not support all cryptocurrencies, as some digital coins still have insufficient compliance measures.

Das Interesse an Bitcoin nimmt zu: Kryptowährungen sorgen derzeit für Schlagzeilen. Nicht nur an der Börse, wo sie laufend an Wert gewinnen, sondern auch in Sachen Akzeptanz. Anfang dieser Woche hatte hatte Tesla-Chef Elon Musk erklärt, sein Unternehmen investiere 1.5 Milliarden Dollar in die Kryptowährung und wolle die Digitalwährung bald als Zahlungsmittel akzeptieren.

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