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PayPal expanding crypto services to U.K. residents
11.2.2021
CEO Dan Schulman said last week the company would add crypto buying, selling, and custody features to "Venmo and select international markets" in 2021
Mastercard Will Start Supporting Cryptocurrencies Directly on its Network
11.2.2021
Payments giant Mastercard has announced that it is preparing to allow a number of cryptocurrencies to move through its network directly. Customers, merchants, and businesses will no longer need to convert cryptocurrencies into fiat currencies to transfer through the Mastercard network. Mastercard...
Uber CEO Says Company to Consider Crypto for Rides, Not Its Balance Sheet
11.2.2021
The rideshare company will look into cryptocurrencies including bitcoin as a potential form of payment
Amazon job postings hint at digital payments project to launch in Mexico
11.2.2021
Amazon has been silently working on a new digital currency project in Mexico, according to the company’s job postings
Lightning Network node count hits record high, TVL tops $42M
11.2.2021
Will Bitcoin’s premier layer-two solution finally graduate from experiment to everyday utility, following its adoption by major exchanges?
Porn shop: Stripchat says crypto payments increased 400% in a year
11.2.2021
Adult webcam streaming websites are getting a boost from pandemic lockdowns
Mastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This Year
10.2.2021
The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network
Twitter looking into Bitcoin payments for employees, says CFO
10.2.2021
"We’ve done a lot of the upfront thinking to consider how we might pay employees should they ask to be paid in Bitcoin," said Ned Segal
Payments Startup Celo Raises $20M From a16z, Electric Capital
10.2.2021
Celo offers a blockchain payments platform using customers' cellphone numbers to secure their public keys
Monero community wants Elon Musk to add XMR as Tesla payment option
10.2.2021
The Monero community has raised $150,000 as part of a proposal to add XMR as a payment option on the Tesla website
OKEx integrates .crypto domain-based payments from Unstoppable Domains
9.2.2021
As more exchanges start to support the simplified address format, will error-prone text-string addresses become a thing of the past?
U.S. Woman Charged Over Attempted Dark Web Murder-for-Hire Paid With Bitcoin
9.2.2021
The woman allegedly presented a sum of over $5,000 in bitcoin to a dark web admin as proof she could afford the hit
China releases final anti-monopoly rules targeting major tech and payments firms
8.2.2021
China's market regulator finalizes rules that have been three months in the making
Tesla Invests $1.5B in Bitcoin, Plans to Accept Crypto Payments
8.2.2021
Tesla also expects to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its products "in the near future."
Hardware wallet for digital yuan debuts in Xiong’an New Area
8.2.2021
China’s first hardware wallet for the digital yuan supports dual offline payments without an internet connection
Paxful Celebrates the Real Reasons People Use Bitcoin Everyday With #BitcoinForAll Giveaway
8.2.2021
Paxful, one of the largest peer-to-peer cryptocurrency marketplaces in the world, is celebrating the real reasons people use bitcoin everyday with a special $15,000 giveaway. The platform helps millions to have access to payments, e-commerce, remittances, wealth preservation and philanthropy with...
Crypto Long & Short: Could Scalable Payments for Bitcoin Undermine Its Value?
7.2.2021
A stream of crypto payments services coming to market give new life to the debate around whether bitcoin can be both a store of value and a payments token
India’s Central Bank RBI Close to Digital Currency Decision as Paypal Exits Indian Payments Market
6.2.2021
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central bank has reportedly confirmed. Meanwhile, payments giant Paypal is shutting down its payment services within India. RBI Near Digital Rupee Announcement As...
All Tifon Gas Stations in Croatia Now Accept Cryptocurrencies
5.2.2021
Forty-six Tifon gas stations across Croatia have reportedly started accepting cryptocurrency payments. Using payment processor Paycek, customers can pay with a number of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ether. Tifon gas stations in Croatia started accepting cryptocurrency payments at...
Credit Card Companies Should Offer Stablecoin Payments or Be Left Behind: Gartner
5.2.2021
Centralized payment firms like Visa, Mastercard and PayPal have an opportunity to offer innovative stablecoin payment networks, the research firm said