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Alternative Ways for Coinbase Commerce to Support Native Bitcoin Payments
24.2.2024
Coinbase recently announced that it would be removing support for native Bitcoin (BTC) payments across its payment platform for merchants, Coinbase Commerce. The company’s head of product, Lauren Dowling, stated on her X account on February 18 that “customers were struggling with operational...
Report: Japan’s E-Commerce Giant Mercari to Accept BTC Payments
9.1.2024
Starting in June, users of Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, will be able to pay for products using bitcoin. Users of the platform will also be able to use proceeds from sales to buy and sell bitcoin. Mercari Set to Continue Displaying Yen Prices One of Japan’s...
Japanese E-commerce Heavyweight Mercari to Accept Bitcoin Payments
8.1.2024
Source: vladim_ka/Adobe Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says it will start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from June this year. Per a report from Nikkei, the firm will process Bitcoin payments via its Tokyo-based crypto subsidiary Melcoin. Melcoin will convert all BTC payments into...
Bitcoin clean energy usage reportedly exceeds 50% — Will Tesla start accepting BTC payments?
14.9.2023
A Bloomberg analyst reported the percentage of energy used for Bitcoin mining coming from renewable sources had exceeded 50% due in part to miners fleeing China’s ban
Today in Crypto: Top 10 Crypto Ransomware Attacks Took $69M in BTC Payments, Chainalysis Laid Off 5% of Workforce, TeraWulf Starts Public Offering of Common Stock
2.2.2023
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Not medical advice: Bitcoiner implants Lightning chip to make BTC payments by hand
13.12.2022
A Bitcoiner has literally taken the Lightning Network into his own hands, installing a tiny payment chip into his hands to make NFC contactless payments
Bitcoin to the sky: Emirates to accept BTC payments and launch NFT collectibles
13.5.2022
Emirates is embracing new technologies such as the metaverse and NFTs to expand its reach, according to chief operating officer Adel Ahmed Al-Redha
Lightning to strike Shopify merchants with addition of BTC payments
8.4.2022
Jack Mallers announced the new integration today at the Bitcoin 2022 conference and hopes to give more people access to what he sees as a better monetary system
Why are Twitter Integrating BTC Payments?
8.9.2021
Twitter is leading the charge of Bitcoin adoption, as recent leaks from Mobile Developer Alessandro Paluzzi provide insights into the future of social media. While currently in a beta phase, Twitter appears to be rolling out a Bitcoin tipping service on the app, allowing anyone to send BTC...
BTC payments coming to certain Quiznos shops, thanks to Bakkt collaboration
3.8.2021
Quiznos customers will soon be able to pay in Bitcoin via Bakkt's app at certain Colorado locations
Busking for Bitcoin: Report Finds Street Performers Depend on Digital Payments
17.7.2021
Street performers, or buskers, are leaning more toward digital platforms these days compared to the old method of accepting loose change. A report recently published by economists at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia has found that in certain areas, buskers get more donations via digital...
Payments in a flash: Strip club in Las Vegas now accepts Lightning
16.7.2021
Guests at the Crazy Horse 3 will soon be able to tip their favorite dancers using BTC
NFL’s Saquon Barkley converting endorsements to BTC to create ‘generational wealth’
15.7.2021
Saquon Barkley will use Strike to convert all of his endorsements into Bitcoin, and noted that he became interested in BTC after researching inflation
Tesla Begins Accepting Bitcoin — Elon Musk Says BTC Payments Will Not Be Converted to Fiat Currency
24.3.2021
Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, has started accepting bitcoin payments. Musk, whose title is now Technoking of Tesla, also confirmed that all “Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.” Tesla Now Accepts Bitcoin Tesla has begun...
BTC billionaire Tim Draper to Elon Musk: I'd buy the Tesla Cybertruck with Bitcoin
30.1.2021
Tim Draper, the billionaire Bitcoin investor who is also an early investor in Tesla, reacted to Elon Musk's Bitcoin moment
BTC Payments Reportedly Now Disabled for Venezuelan Passport Purchases
25.6.2020
Bitcoin’s payments for Venezuelan passport applications disabled “temporarily” without official explanation
Singapore Carpooling App Ryde Launches Wallet for BTC Payments
18.6.2020
Singaporean carpooling app Ryde announced the launch of its own cryptocurrency wallet which will facilitate Bitcoin payments for its service
Alcor Life Extension Foundation Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash Donations
15.8.2019
Alcor Life Extension Foundation has revealed the company is accepting bitcoin cash (BCH) donations. Alcor was convinced by Bitcoin.com’s executive chairman Roger Ver to add BCH acceptance, the same person who convinced Alcor to accept BTC payments via Bitpay back in 2014. The nonprofit...
South African Payment Gateway Drops BTC Over Fees and Network Congestion
13.7.2019
On July 12, South African payment gateway service Payfast announced the company is dropping bitcoin core (BTC) payments due to network congestion and high fees. Payfast emphasized that BTC has a number of limitations and design flaws which makes it an “impractical substitute for cash.”...