Checkout.Com, A $40 Billion Payments Company, Has Begun Accepting Stablecoins As Part Of A Massive Crypto Push

Checkout.com, the online payments provider, has announced that it will use stablecoins to settle payments for its merchants around the clock, making it the final major financial services firm to enter the crypto space. The start-up, which competes with PayPal and Stripe, announced on Tuesday the launch of a feature that will allow businesses to…

Apple Expands Its Presence In The Automotive Industry With Dashboard Software

Apple Inc has disclosed plans to more completely incorporate its software into automobile core driving systems, as the iPhone maker unveiled a bevvy of new payment and corporate collaboration tools, as well as a couple of new laptops. The announcements at Apple’s annual developer conference demonstrated a corporation that was once an outsider firmly entrenched in…

Solid Power Expects To Sell Its First Solid-State Battery Cells To BMW And Ford By The End Of The Year

Solid Power, a producer of solid-state batteries for electric vehicles, said on Monday that it hopes to begin shipping pre-production battery cells by the end of the year for validation testing by partners BMW and Ford Motor. Solid Power’s chief executive and co-founder, Doug Campbell, said in an interview that the Colorado company has put…

As The Market Collapses, Top Crypto Businesses Look For Takeover Targets

Ripple and FTX, two leading cryptocurrency startups, are looking for acquisitions as the industry seeks to drive expansion by acquiring other companies, accoridng to a report by CNBC. It indicates that some crypto firms believe they are substantial enough and well-capitalized to spend money on acquisitions. In an interview last week, Brett Harrison, president of…

Italian Car Lobby Claims Electric Vehicles Are Not The Only Method To Fulfil CO2 Targets

Electric vehicles are not the only efficient way to reduce carbon emissions created by the automobile sector, according to the leader of Italy’s automotive lobby on Tuesday. Other technologies, according to Paolo Scudieri, chairman of the automotive industry organisation ANFIA, might help to decarbonize the industry, fulfilling the same emissions targets while retaining know-how and…

Second Antitrust Investigation Into Online Ad Dominance Launched Against Google By UK Authorities

The competition authority in the United Kingdom has launched a new inquiry into Google, focusing on the company’s role in the advertising technology sector. It’s the UK’s second major antitrust investigation into Google’s ad practises. Earlier this year, the Competition and Markets Authority and the European Union opened a separate inquiry into Google and Facebook…

Ukraine Government’s Crypto Fundraising Is Devalued By The Cryptocurrency Fall

After a price drop destroyed the country’s fundraising efforts in May, Ukraine, which has been pummelling by three months of war, expects to continue to harness crypto investors to help collect finances. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the Ukrainian government requested cryptocurrency donations on social media. At the World Economic Forum in…

One Has To Concede That The West Will Get A Little Poorer, Says Dutch Leader

In the face of rising inflation, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned on Wednesday that there is a “limit to what a government can do.” Rutte told CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that the Dutch government would assist people on lower and lower-middle incomes with growing energy expenses. “You can’t help…