Atis Shala

Trust in giving erodes through opacity far more than through fraud. Donors rarely lose money to theft; they lose the ability to connect a gift to an outcome. Blockchain donation systems improve transparency through four capabilities: immutable records, traceable fund flows, programmable release conditions and near real time visibility. A milestone smart contract can lock […]...

Tens of millions of European Economic Area (EEA) users lost access to USDT on major centralized exchanges, including Binance, Coinbase, and Kraken, following the enforcement of the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. The central point of contention is a MiCA rule requiring “significant” stablecoin issuers to hold at least 60% of their reserves within […]...

Stablecoins don’t make headlines the way Bitcoin and memecoins do. There’s no drama in a coin that costs exactly one dollar, until you realize that coin just processed more transactions in a single year than Visa and Mastercard combined. Key Takeaways: Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies pegged to stable assets, most commonly the U.S. dollar, and have […]...

Mastercard is preparing one of its biggest crypto-related acquisitions yet, with plans to buy Chicago-based Zero Hash for nearly $2 billion, according to a Fortune report citing multiple sources familiar with the negotiations. The deal, though not finalized, would mark Mastercard’s most significant bet on stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure to date. Zero Hash builds back-end […]...