Tue, November 5

Visa Unveils Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP) Set for 2025 Rollout

To facilitate the issuance and management of digital assets, Visa unveiled its new Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP). The financial services behemoth unveiled the VTAP on October 3; it claims to be compatible with several tokenized assets, including stablecoins and CBDCs. Visa reports that BBVA is one of many participating

October 3, 2024 2 mins read

HKMA Launches Second Phase of e-HKD to Explore Digital Currency

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) officially commenced the second phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) pilot on Monday, renaming the initiative to “Project e-HKD+.” This phase aims to explore the commercial feasibility of the e-HKD through innovative use cases developed by 11 selected firms across various sectors.

September 24, 2024 2 mins read

Visa Launches Onchain Analytics Dashboard for Monitoring Stablecoins

As a result of all the recent buzz around stablecoins, Visa’s crypto division has released a new platform called the Visa Onchain Analytics Dashboard. It was after seeing a line chart made by well-known crypto enthusiast Nic Carter that Cuy Sheffield, Head of Crypto at Visa, decided to develop the

April 25, 2024 1 min read

Visa Unveils Web3 Loyalty Program for Enhanced Customer Engagement

According to a recent announcement by the digital payment’s behemoth Visa, its new Web3 loyalty program will include interactive treasure hunts and gamified prizes. Brands will be able to build digital wallets on behalf of customers to store reward points and experiences using the customer engagement platform called the Visa

January 4, 2024 1 min read

Solana (SOL) Active Addresses Hit a Two-Year Low

Solana (SOL), one of the top 10 cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap, has shown a significant surge in the last 24 hours. The unexpected increase from Solana caught the attention of the cryptocurrency community, even though the entire market is in severe decline. At the same time, the

September 6, 2023 2 mins read

Visa Expands USDC Settlement Pilot to Solana Blockchain

Visa is bringing its stablecoin settlement pilot to the Solana blockchain, enabling high-throughput transactions with negligible costs for issuers and merchants using USDC. The move comes after an extensive evaluation of Solana’s speed, costs, and decentralization. Visa cited demand from clients to leverage newer, high-performance chains for moving USDC settlements.

September 5, 2023 2 mins read

Crypto Exchange Lama Issues Visa-branded Cards With 2% Bitcoin Cashback

Visa cards are being distributed to crypto exchange Lama’s consumers. The physical and digital cards make it possible to instantaneously convert cryptocurrency to fiat and use it everywhere Visa is accepted. The cards come with some unique advantages, such as a 2% BTC reward on all purchases for the Gold plan. Lama, a

June 14, 2023 2 mins read

Visa Introduces A Roadmap For Ambitious Crypto Product

Visa, one of the leading digital payment companies in the world, has looked to increase its reach across the digital payment landscape via a new ambitious crypto product roadmap. On Monday, Cuy Sheffield, the Visa head of crypto, stated that the company is aiming for a further push into mainstream

April 25, 2023 2 mins read

Gate.io Partners With Visa to Launch Crypto Debit Card in Europe

Even if the market were to tank, it seems like Visa’s cryptocurrency operations would continue as planned. The company behind the widely-used cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io, Gate Group, has announced that it would launch a Gate Visa crypto debit card. Gate has announced that it is now accepting registrations and waiting

March 9, 2023 2 mins read

Is Payment Giant Visa Still Open To Crypto Partnerships?  

The world’s leading payment giant, Visa, stepped up to deny the news of temporarily halting their crypto services on Twitter. The seeming news involved the payment giants – Visa and Mastercard – and caused high speculations in the financial sector. Clearing those all, Visa’s Head of Crypto, Cuy Sheffield, declared

March 2, 2023 2 mins read