Tags: peer-to-peer

Technology giant Apple Inc. faces a class action lawsuit filed by Venmo and Cash App users for allegedly abusing its market power to curb competition for mobile peer-to-peer (P2P) payments, leading to inflated fees. 

P2P lending is a way for individuals to lend money directly to other individuals without involving traditional financial institutions, such as banks.

Discover five platforms — Aave, Compound, MakerDAO, dYdX and Fulcrum — that are transforming lending and borrowing through decentralization.

Josh Lehman, executive director, Urbit Foundation, spoke at Consensus 2023 in Austin, Texas, in April. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Paxful co-founders Artur Schaback (left) and Ray Youssef. (Paxful)

Applications built on LayerZero’s cross-chain messaging protocol are gathering momentum primarily due to excitement over a potential airdrop.

Paxful CEO Ray Youssef (left) and COO Artur Schaback, in a September 2016 photo taken in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from the company. (Paxful)

Paxful shuts down. (Sean Gladwell/Getty Images)