Stripe’s Stablecoin Integration Sees Blockbuster First Day
Stripe initiated its long-awaited support for stablecoin transactions, and the payments company reported facilitating transactions in 70 countries on its first day of operations. The company didn’t disclose the number of stablecoin transactions or the amounts transferred. Stripe now supports Circle’s USDC on the Ethereum, Solana and Polygon blockchains and Pax Dollar on Ethereum and […]
Why America’s Water Systems Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
A recent cyberattack on American Water, the largest publicly regulated water and wastewater utility in the U.S., was just the latest in a series of attempts by hackers to infiltrate the nation’s water systems. Earlier this year, an attack in the Texas Panhandle caused a small town’s water system to overflow, a hack attributed to […]
Imagining a World Without Cards
We are likely to be making payments on existing card rails for the foreseeable future, given their popularity and the attendant benefits of incentives and security. But there are serious questions about the physical cards themselves, and whether the form—physical credit and debit cards wielded at the point of sale—will survive in the long term. […]