Place/Date: San Francisco, CA - April 22nd, 2021 at 12:00 pm UTC · 4 min read Source: Public Mint
Public Mint, the fiat-centric crypto payments platform, and Decentr, the Web3 browser that gives back control over user data, have partnered to deploy a far-reaching product integration between the two projects.
Public Mint will act as the payment and fiat on and off-ramp solution within the Decentr suite of products. Decentr users will be able to transact between crypto and synthetic fiat without having to learn about the complexities and costs involved in operating through crypto exchanges.
Decentr is building a suite of products with the Decentr Web Browser as the flagship. The browser aims to change the user’s relationship with their own personal data, which is currently extracted from users without any kind of compensation. Decentr allows users to control and receive value for sharing their data while browsing, which is secured by a blockchain-based Decentralized ID (De
Late last year Paypal had good news for crypto users with their new Checkout with Crypto , which would allow any PayPal account holder to buy, and sell products across thousands of merchants using their digital currencies. This was announced to fanfare and had the positive effect of helping boost the price of the related cryptocurrencies.
This was especially good news for those eager to see cryptos move closer to a state of mass adoption. At that time PayPal had over 346 million active accounts. This did however come with some drawbacks. Merchants would receive their payments in fiat currency. For the users, they would not be able to buy cryptos on the platform and those users with third-party crypto wallets could not move their holdings from those wallets into their Paypal account.
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March 6, 2021 @ 4:04 pm By Omar Faridi
With over $40 billion locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms (at the time of writing), according to DeFi Pulse data, it’s now clear that the era of DeFi has arrived, crypto analysts have argued.
However, with many new exploits frequently taking place, there’s been significant growth in platforms that offer insurance for investors in order to mitigate or minimize the risk of loss of funds because of scams, unaudited smart contracts, digital asset exchange hacks and other cyberattacks.
With platforms such as Nexus Mutual, Cover Protocol and Opium Finance currently providing coverage, Bridge Mutual has also introduced its services and “quickly skyrocketed” to become a major DeFi insurance platform, according to an update shared with CI.