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More than a third of AMC online payments are crypto or digital: CEO
10.5.2022
“Taken together, these various new payment options, impressively, recently represented about 35% of our total online payments,” said AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron
Meta to launch metaverse hardware store, Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44B and ApeCoin pumps to new highs: Hodler’s Digest, April 24-30
30.4.2022
Coinbase NFT launches beta, AMC Theatres rolls out SHIB and DOGE payments, and Blockchain.com eyes IPO: Hodler’s Digest, April 17-23
23.4.2022
Stripe Taps Polygon to Allow Customers to Make Payments in USDC
22.4.2022
Twitter will be the first company to test this option by paying earnings via crypto to content creators who use its monetization products
Monero Usage in Ransomware Payments Rise while Bitcoin Accepted With Premium
20.4.2022
Ransomware attackers are increasingly asking for payments in privacy coins like monero (XMR), while still mostly accepting bitcoin (BTC) payments but with a premium, per a new report.
According to the report by CipherTrace, a crypto intelligence company, demanding ransomware payments in XMR...
Musk Not Joining Twitter’s Board But Wants 'Significant Improvements', Teases DOGE Payments Integration
11.4.2022
Shortly after purchasing a 9.2% stake in Twitter, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has announced that he is hoping to pave the way for “significant improvements” to the social media platform “in the coming months,” and possibly for the integration of dogecoin (DOGE) payments for premium services.
This...
Singaporean fintech adds Bitcoin payments for merchants with BitPay partnership
7.4.2022
Crypto Accept allows online sellers to accept BTC and ETH before expanding to other digital assets next year
DeFi Kingdoms Integrates Ramp to Take in-Game Payments to the Next Level
30.3.2022
PRESS RELEASE. London, UK: 30 March 2022 – Play-to-earn game, DeFi Kingdoms, has partnered with crypto payments infrastructure platform, Ramp to bring an even greater in-game payment experience to players. For one week only* players can enjoy zero fees when purchasing AVAX through Ramp. DeFi...
World Mobile Token Partners with Chainlink for Smoother Mobile Payments
24.3.2022
World Mobile Token announces a technological partnership with Chainlink, the foremost decentralized oracle network in the industry. World Mobile successfully integrates Chainlink Price Feeds on Polygon as the first stage to provide accurate pricing for mobile payments. World Mobile also includes...
Russian Banks Begin Testing Digital Ruble Payments
22.1.2022
Banks in Russia are preparing to dive into the pilot phase of the digital ruble project and some are already testing transactions with the currency. Trials have started with customer-to-customer (C2C) payments and Bank of Russia plans to expand the types of operations in the future. Digital Ruble...
Altcoins Gain Bigger Share in Payments, Crypto Spending on Luxury Goods Jumped in 2021 - BitPay
17.1.2022
Crypto payments processor BitPay says that the bitcoin (BTC) payments at merchants who use the company’s services dropped to 65% of all processed payments last year -- a decline from 92% in 2020. ...
Read More: Altcoins Gain Bigger Share in Payments, Crypto Spending on Luxury Goods Jumped...
Dogecoin leaps 25% after Musk announces DOGE payments for Tesla merch
14.1.2022
The bullish news comes months after the billionaire entrepreneur said DOGE was a better token to transact with than Bitcoin
Nigerians Optimistic CBDC Will Improve Payments and Help Promote Cryptocurrencies
7.10.2021
Nigerians are hopeful the planned central bank digital currency (CBDC), also known as the e-naira, is going to enhance cross-border payments and make it “easier for the naira to be widely used and accepted.” E-Naira Launch a Boon for Cryptos In fact, according to a VOA report, some...
Adapt or die: Payments giants partner with crypto firms to ensure security
21.9.2021
Mastercard’s upcoming acquisition of CipherTrace demonstrates the need for payments giants to partner with crypto firms to enable digital asset innovation
Banks Protest Crypto Firms' Claim to Federal Reserve Payments Systems
30.8.2021
Crypto businesses are seeking access to the US Federal Reserve’s (FED) payments systems that legacy finance institutions use to move money around swiftly. However, in a bid to protect their privileged position in the US financial system, banks are protesting against providing crypto companies with...
Stellar blockchain remittance corridor to power Thailand-Europe payments
11.8.2021
The new cross-border remittance corridor will be hosted on the Stellar blockchain and serve around 600 million customers
Samsung ‘Will Join Kakao’ to Trial Offline Payments for S Korea’s CBDC
6.8.2021
Source: Adobe/S_E
Two Samsung affiliates are reportedly set to join a number of Kakao subsidiaries in piloting the Bank of Korea (BOK)’s central bank digital currency (CBDC) prototype – with reports claiming the electronics giant will test offline payments made using its Galaxy smartphones.
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New Spanish bill aims to enable mortgage payments in crypto
4.8.2021
The draft bill intends to allow property owners to pay mortgages with crypto and authorize the real estate sector to use their own crypto for mortgage purchases in Spain
Dogecoin gains 8% after Elon Musk says DOGE payments compete with Bitcoin, Ethereum
9.7.2021
The billionaire's latest public praise of Dogecoin yields few returns but a lot of mockery
Venezuela to Slash Six Zeros From Its Currency to Facilitate Payments
2.7.2021
The government of Venezuela is considering a new redenomination of its fiat currency. The proposal that is under study would cut six zeroes from the inflation-affected Bolivar. This would aid companies in processing taxes and provider payments that are absurdly complex with today’s numbers....