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coingeek.com | Wahid Pessarlay |Steve Kaaru |Patrick Thompson
Homepage > News > Business > HK earns spot as launchpad for digital payments in the APAC Payment innovations such as digital wallets and digital payment methods are growing rapidly in Asia Pacific (APAC), and a report identified Hong Kong as the regional leader in the industry. The APAC region is a diverse market, with each country having its own nuances and peculiarities.
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coingeek.com | Patrick Thompson |Kurt Wuckert Jr |Steven Stradbrooke
Homepage > News > Business > Last Week in AI: OpenAI vs Musk legal feud escalates; IEA report OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, fired back last week with a countersuit against Elon Musk—marking another chapter in what has become a very public legal battle between Elon Musk, Sam Altman, OpenAI, and a select few others. Musk has been at war with OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for nearly a year now, accusing the company of abandoning its original mission.
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Homepage > News > Finance > US lawmakers outline digital asset legislation principles On April 4, United States Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services French Hill (R-AR) and Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, respectively, published an op-ed with their vision for digital asset market structure legislation.
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coingeek.com | Jacob Rozen |Steve Kaaru |Patrick Thompson
Homepage > News > Business > Why blockchain isn’t broken—the business models are The blockchain, Bitcoin’s beating heart, is often blamed when crypto projects falter or adoption stalls. Critics point to slow transactions, high fees, or energy use and declare the tech itself flawed. However, the blockchain isn’t broken; the business models built on it often are. The technology works as intended; it’s the human layer that’s misfiring.
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coingeek.com | Steve Kaaru |Patrick Thompson |Jon Southurst
Homepage > News > Business > Binance’s $81B trial in Nigeria pushed to April 30 A Nigerian court has pushed the start of the $81 billion trial of global exchange Binance by three more weeks, Reuters reports. In February, Nigeria filed a lawsuit against the exchange, demanding $79.5 billion for sabotaging its economy and an additional $2 billion in back taxes after operating for over five years without paying any. The lawsuit was set to commence at the start of April.
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Homepage > News > Business > Indian family offices drawn to startups in fintech, AI: PwC A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) sheds light on the growing enthusiasm among Indian family offices to invest in the rapidly expanding startup ecosystem. Some key sectors that have caught their attention include finance technology, artificial intelligence (AI), healthcare, and businesses that focus on consumer needs.
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coingeek.com | Wahid Pessarlay |Patrick Thompson |Steven Stradbrooke
Homepage > News > Business > Google Wallet unveils ‘Tap-To-Pay’ functionalities for kids Google Wallet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has unveiled new functionalities for its younger demographic of users, introducing a Tap-To-Pay feature and new collaborations along the way. Google Wallet’s latest feature will allow kids to make digital payments from their devices with full parental supervision, according to the tech giant.
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Homepage > News > Business > Metaverse trends, solutions on the rise: report Rising trends in the metaverse ecosystem could cause the sector’s market capitalization to inflate in the coming years, according to a report from USD Analytics Market. The metaverse market capitalization can climb as high as $4 trillion by 2034 from its current $149 billion, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.9% during the forecast period.
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coingeek.com | PRADIPTA MUKHERJEE |Patrick Thompson |Gavin Lucas
Homepage > News > Business > India’s UPI expands in Singapore through Hitpay partnership India’s NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the international arm of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), has partnered with HitPay, a Singapore-based full-stack payments infrastructure firm, to expand United Payments Interface (UPI) acceptance across Singapore.
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coingeek.com | Patrick Thompson |Gavin Lucas |Steven Stradbrooke
Homepage > News > Business > This Week in Crypto: Stablecoins return, GameStop eyes BTC Why is everyone launching stablecoins? Stablecoins are back in the spotlight. This week alone, Donald Trump’s crypto venture World Liberty Financial (WLF), the traditional finance institution Fidelity, and even the state of Wyoming announced they plan to launch their own stablecoins.
