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Posted inThe Chain

Will Twitter be the next bitcoin domino to fall?

by Paul Muir February 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Twitter may soon be following its sister company Square and other corporates such as electric car company Tesla, business intelligence firm MicroStrategy and insurance giant MassMutual down the bitcoin path. The latest big name to embrace crypto is Mastercard, which announced this week that its network will be accepting digital currency payments. In an interview with […]

Posted inThe Chain

Mastercard to open up network to cryptos

by Paul Muir February 11, 2021February 12, 2021
Posted inThe Chain

Adult web portal goes all in on crypto

by Paul Muir December 15, 2020December 15, 2020
Posted inThe Chain

Mastercard launches CBDC testing platform

by Paul Muir September 11, 2020September 11, 2020
Posted inAT Financial

Please don’t make me sign with that germ-laden pen

by Bradley K. Martin April 14, 2020April 14, 2020
Posted inChina

MasterCard gets green light in China

by Dave Makichuk February 17, 2020February 19, 2020
Posted inChina

Alipay now lets tourists shop like locals

by Dave Makichuk November 6, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Guangzhou, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Shanghai, South Korea, Taiwan, World

Monday’s blockchain and crypto news, from Asia and beyond

by Pete Sabine December 10, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inUncategorized

Is MasterCard’s new patent centralizing the decentralized?

by Luke Thompson July 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Digital adaption to decide Asia’s future winners

by Alan Boyd October 10, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand, World

China Unicom joins e-commerce partnership

by Liu Hsiu Wen and Zheng Xin August 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan

Chinese outbound tourism expected to boom in coming years

by Daniel Meesak January 28, 2017January 27, 2017

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