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Cryptocurrency News From Japan: July 5 - July 11 in Review
11.7.2020
Tosei real estate and Tokyo Financial Holdings issued an asset-backed digital financial product, Coinage registered with Japanese authorities as an exchange and more headlined news from Japan this past week
Bitcoin App Bottlepay Is Back From the Dead With a New Lightning App
10.7.2020
Bottlepay remodeled its whole product to comply with EU regulations. Roughly 1,000 people are now on the waitlist for the app's relaunch
The United States Has to Upgrade the Legacy Financial System
10.7.2020
Slow-roll regulations in the United States may leave Americans behind in the financial innovations’ running
WikiLeaks Shop Now Accepts Bitcoin Lightning Payments
9.7.2020
In 2011, WikiLeaks was among the first organizations to accept donations in bitcoin. Now its shop is taking bitcoin payments over Lightning
Ripple Teams Up With Santander on International Payments
9.7.2020
Massive retail bank Santander has teamed up with crypto and blockchain company Ripple
Bitso Hits 1M Users as Crypto Adoption Spikes in Latin America
9.7.2020
Ripple and Coinbase-backed cryptocurrency exchange Bitso has topped Argentina’s crypto market in the six months after launch
App Connects Bitcoin and Lightning Payments Directly to Your Bank Account
6.7.2020
The Strike app hopes to encourage mass adoption of the Bitcoin and Lightning Network by connecting it directly to a bank account or debit card
Blockchain Travel Platform Lost 90% of Booking Volumes Due to COVID-19
6.7.2020
Booking volumes on the Binance-backed travel booking platform dropped by 90% during the coronavirus pandemic
Expedia Partners With Crypto Service Travala.com for Crypto Bookings
6.7.2020
Expedia now allows its over 700,000 accommodations to be booked with cryptocurrency through crypto travel platform Travala.com
CBDC is the Most Important Trend in Payments Says Visa Crypto Chief
5.7.2020
Visa’s head of crypto says CBDC is the most important payments trend in the next decade
Biggest Corporations Sceptical of Introducing Crypto Payment Option
5.7.2020
Are traditional business enterprises ready to embrace a blockchain-based payments network? Maybe not, according to two research reports
Stablecoins Might Be Better Than Bitcoin For Payments, But Maybe Not For Long
5.7.2020
Stablecoins offer most of the benefits of bitcoin (BTC), but without any of the volatility. This is the opinion of a wide number of industry figures and experts, all of whom affirm that removing volatility is the key to making cryptocurrencies viable as a means of payment.
Does this mean that...
Over 2,500 Austrian Merchants Can Now Accept Cryptocurrency Payments
4.7.2020
More than 2,500 merchants in Austria can accept three types of cryptocurrencies via the payment processor Salamantex. The company explained that the system was tested with a number of select A1 5Gi network shops. Since the Covid-19 outbreak, contactless payments have been trending more so than they...
How CBDCs Might Change Our Daily Payments
4.7.2020
Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could provide consumers with cheaper and faster payments, according to experts in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. They’ll sidestep the need for an account with a commercial bank, and in the process will reduce many of the costs and risks that come...
Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa
2.7.2020
Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App
After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions
2.7.2020
Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community
Brazil Eases WhatsApp Ban — But It’s Still Suspended
2.7.2020
Despite Brazilian regulators lifting a suspension on WhatsApp’s payments, the country’s central bank is still blocking the launch
OKCoin Exec Says PayPal Will Boost Crypto Adoption, If Rumors True
1.7.2020
OKCoin's COO said a PayPal crypto listing would give the industry vast exposure
Brewdog Tokyo Accepts Bitcoin Cash Payments: Local BCH Meetup Gathers to Celebrate
1.7.2020
On July 1, 2020, the popular eatery and bar in Japan, Brewdog Tokyo, started accepting bitcoin cash payments for products and services. The establishment is the third Brewdog bar to accept bitcoin cash, as the cryptocurrency is accepted at the London and Budapest locations as well. In order...
Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain
1.7.2020
Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos