CryptoPunk NFTs smash records as VISA purchases a CryptoPunk for US$150K
CryptoPunks sales volume increased by over 1,100% in the last 24 hours
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Crypto exchange Zipmex in Asia-Pacific tie-up with Visa
Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex has announced that it has struck a cooperation agreement with Visa. Fast facts The exchange’s payment network, ZipSend, will be integrated into Visa’s global merchant network. Visa will also cooperate with another 50 cryptocurrency platforms. Zipmex plans to launch Visa-branded payment cards later this year. In July, Visa said that its…
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Visa to launch first Bitcoin-linked card in Australia
Australians will soon be able to use Visa cards to spend their Bitcoin holdings for the first time as the global payment giant is partnering with local fintech app CryptoSpend, the Australian Financial Review reports. Fast facts CryptoSpend allows payments to be made in several cryptocurrencies to any account in the Australian banking system, crediting…
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Spending on crypto-linked Visa cards exceeds $1B in first half of 2021
More than US$1 billion was spent on crypto-linked Visa cards in the first six months of 2021, according to a Visa blog post this week. Fast facts Apart from enabling customers to buy cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin using its cards, Visa has partnered with 50 crypto platforms on card programs — such as Coinbase, the largest…
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Tesla drives bitcoin to the moon. Ripple XRP finds love in Japan. First Boulevard partners with Visa.
Other top blockchain and crypto news: ETH hits new high with CME Ethereum futures. DeFi yawns at YFI attack. China steps up DCEP digital yuan tests.
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Visa Launches Swift Payments Killer Using Blockchain
SAN FRANCISCO — Credit card giant Visa has launched its blockchain-powered business-to-business payments service B2B Connect. B2B Connect can now be used by businesses seeking to make payments to 30 markets, with 90 more expected to be added by the end of this year. To start, it’s available for B2B transactions of $15,000 and up, which…
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Fasset’s $1B Valuation Bets Stablecoins Can Settle the Agent Economy — If Trust Follows
The Billion-Dollar Bet on Agentic Settlement The race to build plumbing for the agent economy is increasingly defined by a tension between open standards and proprietary gardens. While many startups in this space lean on the speculative promise of future autonomous commerce, Fasset has secured a $1 billion valuation by anchoring its growth in a…
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Proof’s x401: The First Protocol Answering Who Is Behind the Agent
The Architectural Split in Agentic Commerce The naming convention is deliberate. In HTTP, 401 Unauthorized signals that a request lacks valid authentication credentials. 402 Payment Required is a reserved status code for future use, often associated with digital settlement. By naming its new protocol x401, Proof is signaling an architectural split: x401 handles identity, while…