Same-Day Settlement: A Misunderstood Opportunity

This conflation in many people's minds of T+0, Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS), and atomic settlement demonstrates just how misunderstood this topic really is. To be clear, T+0 simply means settlement on the same day as the trade, RTGS means settlement at the time of trading, and atomic settlement is the transfer of securities against cash (ie: delivery vs payment) at any settlement time. All of these should be embraced as opportunities that can create efficiencies, cut costs and protect our system from future market failures. 

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MercadoLibre is Creating the Biggest Crypto Market in Latin America – Paxos Powers the Experience

MercadoPago will offer its Brazilian customers the opportunity to buy, sell and hold Bitcoin, Ethereum and the Paxos-issued US dollar-backed stablecoin USDP. The offering is fully powered by Paxos’ leading blockchain infrastructure and our turnkey solution powering crypto for the largest tech companies and financial institutions in the world.  

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Crypto 101: What is Crypto Custody?

Custody is a commonly used term in financial services and refers to the holding and safekeeping of assets, such as dollars or gold. Crypto custody is about holding cryptographic keys (which you can think of as passwords that unlock crypto wallets), and is typically handled through “cold” or “hot” wallets.  

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USDP Chosen for Novi Pilot

USDP, Paxos’ leading regulated stablecoin backed 100% by cash and cash equivalents, is the inaugural stablecoin available in Facebook’s pilot of the Novi digital wallet launched today. This news represents a tide shift in digital assets, as it’s the first time that stablecoins are readily available in a consumer wallet outside of the crypto ecosystem. 

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Adding Crypto to Your App? Here’s What You Need to Know

Paxos has been working in crypto since the early days. We built the first institutional Bitcoin exchange and we’ve been growing our regulated product capabilities ever since. We’re building the regulated financial market infrastructure that multinational enterprises with billions in customer assets and global reputations to protect rely upon. We’re seasoned crypto experts and  help partners navigate the complexity of jumping into crypto markets. 

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How much is too much? The usual answer: “What’s it worth to you?”

Everything is energy, including money, which is just a fungible form of energy. If energy is the ability to do work, money is the fungible ability to make like-for-like decisions about whether to consume energy today or defer consumption by investing that energy.

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