31 March 2026
Austin, Texas, USA

PYMNTS

Articles by PYMNTS

FTX’s Caroline Ellison Set to Leave Prison Early

CryptoDecember 30, 2025

A key figure in the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTXis nearly set to leave prison.Caroline Ellison, a key prosecution witness during the fraud trial of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, is scheduled â...

JPMorgan Chase Freezes Accounts of 2 Stablecoin Companies Doing Business in Venezuela

CryptoDecember 27, 2025

JPMorgan Chase reportedly froze accounts used by stablecoin startups BlindPay and Kontigo because they did business in Venezuela and other places subject to sanctions or other restrictions.Both compa...

The Five Nines of Uptime Are the Connected Economy’s New Currency

CryptoDecember 27, 2025

The story of digital transformation across the Connected Economy is becoming inextricably tied to expectations around uptime.Whether the system in question is a cloud platform, a payments network or â...

Walking in a Payments Wonderland

CryptoDecember 26, 2025

Snow falls soft on legacy rails,Paper checks stuck in the mail.We gather round the dashboard glow,Watching how payments flow.AI agents take the stand,Walking in a payments wonderland. Gone are bots â...

Crypto Acquisitions and IPOs Surged in 2025, Driven by Trump Administration Policies

CryptoDecember 25, 2025

The number and value of acquisitions and initial public offerings (IPOs) in the cryptocurrency sector surged in 2025, driven by the Trump administrations favorable stance toward the industry.The numbâ...

Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025

CryptoDecember 25, 2025

If 2025 felt like the year the future stopped arriving and started showing up in production, you are not imagining it. In payments and commerce, the most important shifts rarely announce themselves wâ...

Crypto Loses the Hype but Wins the Banks

CryptoDecember 25, 2025

For cryptocurrency markets, 2025 was a year that went full circle.Digital assets are ending the year with nearly all of their gains over the past 12 months having been erased by market volatility. Hâ...

SEC Says Cryptocurrency Scam Took $14 Million From Retail Investors

CryptoDecember 25, 2025

An investment scam allegedly took $14 million from retail investors by connecting with them on social media and convincing them to fund accounts on fake crypto asset trading platforms.The Securities â...

Prediction Markets Leveraged CFTC Oversight to Go Mainstream in 2025

CryptoDecember 24, 2025

These novel platforms, which let participants trade contracts tied to the outcomes of real-world events, entered a decisive phase of commercial and regulatory expansion over the past year. Formerly fâ...

Former FTX President Brett Harrison Raises $35M for New Startup

CryptoDecember 24, 2025

Ex-FTX executive Brett Harrison raised $35 million for his perpetual futures exchange startup, The Information reported Tuesday (Dec. 23).The new funding round values Architect Financial Technologiesâ...