Josh Lawler: Walmart’s Crypto Experiment to Shake the Foundations of the Retail Payment Process. . . and a Whole Lot More

The post Josh Lawler: Walmart’s Crypto Experiment to Shake the Foundations of the Retail Payment Process. . . and a Whole Lot More written by Josh Lawler appeared first on Blockchain News – Blockchain News and Opinion – Security and Utility Tokens, Tokenomics, Cryptoeconomics by Josh Lawler, In early August 2019, Walmart announced it had published a patent for a methodology for using stable coins and distributed ledger technology to eliminate the need for credit cards, to bank the unbanked, and to provide an entryway into the global economy for the retailer’s two million employees. Walmart’s recent patent filings […] The post Josh Lawler: Walmart’s Crypto Experiment to Shake the Foundations of the Retail Payment Process. . . and a Whole Lot More written by Josh Lawler appeared first on Blockchain News – Blockchain …

Financial information services subsidiary of Japan’s SBI Group to offer shareholder benefits in XRP

On August 28, Morningstar, a listed company engaged in financial information services and a subsidiary of SBI Group – Japan’s leading financial holding company – announced that it will pay its interim shareholder benefits in the cryptocurrency Ripple (XRP). According to the announcement, the company will pay 30XRP (equivalent to approximately 850 yen) to shareholders […]