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Opening up to new horizons: Digital assets as a means of settlement in cross-border transactions

Brooks Entwistle
Brooks Entwistle • 5 min read
Opening up to new horizons: Digital assets as a means of settlement in cross-border transactions
Here's how digital assets have revolutionised cross-border payments by becoming a means of settlement. Photo: Rodion Kutsaev/ Unsplash
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2021 was the year cryptocurrencies and digital assets passed an inflection point, where we can no longer deny the growing use cases and interest in the technology – a trend that seems to be only gaining momentum in 2022.

From major food & beverage chains like Starbucks to technology companies like Twitch and Microsoft, we have seen a rise in enterprises accepting crypto-enabled payments.

In its fiscal first quarter of 2022, Visa credentials in crypto wallets had more than $2.5 billion in payments volume, which is equivalent to 70% of the payments volume for all of its fiscal year in 2021.

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