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Friday, July 18, 2025

Crypto week ends on high note

Congressional leaders delivered on their promise to pass legislation this week establishing the first-ever set of federal rules governing the U.S. stablecoin market. Stablecoins are digital assets (or cryptocurrencies) pegged to instruments with fixed monetary value, such as the U.S. dollar.

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Online Edition – Issue 25:07:01

The mainstreaming of cryptocurrencies

It began like a fad, or perhaps a new way to bypass the prying eyes of government, but now cryptocurrency is taking off like a rocket ship. The price of a single bitcoin, which in 2010 was about a dime, these days well exceeds $100,000. In the interim years, however, the value has ballooned and deflated numerous times.

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Community Voices

This week's featured contributor:

Bank Associates Merchant Services

Bank Associates Merchant Services

Knowing that a square peg will never be happy in a round hole, New York-based payment processor BAMS aims to ensure that merchants and agents are offered the right choices for their unique use cases when selecting their processing platform, consumer acceptance methods, and gateway solutions.

Merchant Sales Podcast

Merchant Sales Podcast

July 12th, 2025

Understanding Visa VAMP and the Future of Chargebacks

Chargebacks are evolving - and if you’re selling merchant services, underwriting accounts, or handling compliance, you need to be ahead of the curve. In this episode, James Shepherd interviews Scott Adams, one of the industry’s leading experts on chargeback management and Visa’s new VAMP program. Scott offers a clear breakdown of what VAMP means for ISOs, processors, and merchants, and how to prepare for what’s coming next.

Then, Rich Norton shares sales strategies from the field, and Patti Murphy joins James for Today in Payments, covering key developments in stablecoin, Fed payments, and more.

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