Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Bitcoin holds above $60k amid heavy volatility after FOMC confirms 50bp rate cut
Bitcoin (BTC) experienced heavy volatility on Sept. 19 following the Fed’s FOMC meeting but maintained its position above the $60,000 threshold. Fed chair Jerome Powell confirmed weeks of speculatio...

Institutional players drive crypto adoption in South Korea, Hong Kong — Chainalysis
Eastern Asia has emerged as the sixth largest crypto economy globally, largely driven by institutional activity in South Korea and Hong Kong, according to a Sept. 18 report by Chainalysis. The region ...

Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Now Available in Brazil and Mexico via the Two Countries’ National Payment Systems
Stablecoin issuer Circle is announcing the support of national bank transfers involving USDC in Mexico and Brazil. In a new blog post, the payments platform says that it will now be offering local ban...

4 Things B2B CPOs Should Know About Shrinking Paper Payments
The business-to-business (B2B) landscape is undergoing an explosion of innovation — especially around payments. Wednesday (Sept. 18) alone, news broke that Brex launched an embedded B2B payments s...

Report: OpenAI Hires Coursera’s Leah Belsky as First General Manager of Education
OpenAI has reportedly hired its first general manager of education: former Coursera Chief Revenue Officer Leah Belsky. In this role, Belsky will work to bring the artificial intelligence (AI) startu...

Deutsche Bank to Close About 50 Branches, Expand Video Capacity
Deutsche Bank will close a “mid-double-digit number” of smaller branches in Germany while adding new formats and technologies. The bank will negotiate the changes in the branch network with the Wo...

AI’s $100 Billion Data Center Push May Rewire Global Commerce
A newly formed coalition of tech and finance titans is betting $100 billion that artificial intelligence (AI) could alter global trade infrastructure, launching an ambitious plan to build a network of...

Three Banks to Lower Prime Lending Rate to 8% After Fed’s Rate Cut
Three banks will lower their prime lending rate after the Federal Reserve decided to reduce the federal funds rate. BMO, Truist Financial and MT&T Bank said in separate press releases issued Wednesday...

Cigna Launches E-Treatment Service for Convenient Patient Access
As the telehealth sector is projected to reach $450 billion by 2032, Cigna Healthcare recently launched an “E-Treatment” option via MDLIVE, offering customers access to urgent care from board-cert...

This Week in Web3: Blockchain Succeeds Where Crypto Can’t
People and businesses tend to think of crypto in one of two ways. The first is that crypto and blockchain more broadly are transforming technologies that will reshape the financial and payments sector...

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