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Coinbase to Invest US$500 Million Into Crypto Assets

American cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced that it has committed to invest US$500 million of its cash and cash equivalents into a diverse portfolio of crypto assets. Coinbase added that going forward, it will also allocate 10% of quarterly net income into this same portfolio. According to a statement by the firm, this move will make it the first publicly traded company to hold Ethereum, Proof of Stake assets, DeFi tokens, and many other crypto...

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MoneyLion to Offer Crypto Investment Ahead of SPAC Merger

US-based neobank MoneyLion announced the launch of its new cryptocurrency capabilities, enabling customers to buy and sell digital currencies within its app. MoneyLion said that eligible customers will initially be able to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as round-up their debit card purchases in Bitcoin. In the coming months, the neobank plans to add more cryptocurrencies and related features to the offering. The rollout is underway and will continue over...

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MoneyLion to Offer Crypto Investment Ahead of SPAC Merger

US-based neobank MoneyLion announced the launch of its new cryptocurrency capabilities, enabling customers to buy and sell digital currencies within its app. MoneyLion said that eligible customers will initially be able to buy and sell Bitcoin and Ethereum, as well as round-up their debit card purchases in Bitcoin. In the coming months, the neobank plans to add more cryptocurrencies and related features to the offering. The rollout is underway and will continue over...

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Facebook Pay To Be Available to Online Retailers Starting With Shopify

With digital payments picking up pace across the globe, social media giant Facebook is extending its payment services to online retailers. Shopify has become the first e-commerce platform to sign up for Facebook Pay. This will allow Shopify merchants to offer Facebook Pay as a payment option during checkout, eliminating the need to re-enter payment information for every transaction. Prior to this, Facebook Pay, which was launched in 2019, was available for its main...

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Visa Customers Spent More Than US$1 Billion on Crypto-Linked Cards in 2021

Visa revealed that its customers had spent more than US$1 billion on its crypto-linked cards in the first half of 2021. The payments giant reported that it had partnered with 50 leading crypto platforms on card programmes that make it easy to convert and spend digital currency at 70 million merchants worldwide. Visa had previously announced in March 2020 that it will allow the use of USD Coin (USDC), a stablecoin backed by the US dollar, to settle transactions on...

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PayPal Allows American Customers to Use Cryptocurrencies for Purchases

PayPal announced the launch of Checkout with Crypto, where US customers will be able to choose to check out with crypto seamlessly. Building on the ability to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency with PayPal, customers using Checkout with Crypto can check out safely and easily, converting cryptocurrency holdings to fiat currency, with certainty of value and no additional transaction fees. Checkout with Crypto will automatically appear in the PayPal wallet at checkout...

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Trumps Handelspolitik: Note ungenügend

Donald Trump wollte Amerika wieder gross machen – und China wirtschaftlich in die Knie zwingen. Doch sein Handelskrieg ist alles andere als eine Erfolgsgeschichte. Ausser Spesen… : Das US-Handelsdefizit hat sich trotz Trumps Bemühungen erhöht. Foto: Getty Images Die Amerikaner wählten 2016 Donald Trump zu ihrem Präsidenten, weil er versprach, Amerika wieder gross zu machen. Um das zu erreichen, sollte China wirtschaftlich in die Knie gezwungen werden. Anderthalb Jahre...

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Das Wundermittel Obamacare

Obamacare sei ein Jobkiller, behaupten die Republikaner um Donald Trump im US-Wahlkampf. Doch offenbar ist genau das Gegenteil der Fall. Besser als erwartet: Bundesstaaten mit Obamacare verzeichnen einen Anstieg der Erwerbstätigkeit. Foto: Keystone Politiker, die antreten, um das nationale Gesundheitssystem zu reformieren, haben einen schweren Stand. Lorbeeren sind keine zu gewinnen. Die Materie ist geradezu grotesk komplex. Und als ob das schon nicht reichen würde,...

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Trumps wahre China-Politik

US-Präsident Donald Trump geht es im Handelskrieg mit China bloss um seine eigene Position. Und nicht um einen fairen Aussenhandel. Da schien der Handelskrieg beigelegt: Trump und Xi Jinping am G20-Gipfel in Japan 2019. Foto: Keystone Seit der Corona-Krise ist der Handelskrieg in den Hintergrund gerückt. Doch seine Ursachen sind nicht behoben. Im Gegenteil: Gerade wegen der Krise verschärfen sie sich weiter. Angesichts einer schwachen Nachfrage im Inland sind alle...

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Soziale Folgen des Rassismus

Zum geringen Ausbau der sozialen Abfederung in den USA kam Alesina zusammen mit weiteren Ökonomen in einer Studie zum Schluss: «Amerikas beunruhigende Rassenbeziehungen sind klar ein wichtiger Grund dafür, dass es dort keinen Wohlfahrtsstaat gibt.» Innerhalb der USA sei die Rassenzugehörigkeit der wichtigste Einzelfaktor für die Zustimmung zu Wohlfahrtsleistungen. Ein Wohlfahrtsstaat hat gemäss Alesina je grössere Chancen, je weniger fremd sich die Einwohner eines Landes empfinden und je...

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