Digital Currency Update

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Digital Currency Update

Stables, an Australia-based digital wallet provider, has partnered with Marqeta to offer a Mastercard prepaid card. Users can convert digital assets into fiat currency for retail spending. TBD, a Block-owned developer platform focused on digital currencies, has partnered with Yellow Card, a digital currency exchange that operates in 16 African countries. In March, the companies conducted a pilot test of payment rails connecting the US to Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria in real time. Zebec, a company specializing in real-time payroll via blockchain payments, launched a Mastercard prepaid card for cus...

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Nilson Report

1239

April 2023

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