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Digital Asset Trading Giant Bybit Brings Crypto-Linked Debit Card to Europe
3.9.2025
The exchange’s card lets users spend digital assets via Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, with a 20% cashback incentive scheme this month
Mastercard, Circle Partner to Expand Stablecoin Settlement Across the EEMEA Region
28.8.2025
Mastercard and Circle have expanded their partnership to enable settlement in USDC and EURC stablecoins for acquiring institutions across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Adoption by Key Acquirers Mastercard and Circle have announced a major expansion of their partnership to enable...
Circle pushes USDC deeper into global payments with Mastercard, Finastra deals
28.8.2025
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
Circle pushes USDC deeper into global payments with Mastercard, Finastra deals
28.8.2025
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
Circle pushes USDC deeper into global payments with Mastercard, Finastra deals
28.8.2025
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
Circle pushes USDC deeper into global payments with Mastercard, Finastra deals
28.8.2025
Circle is embedding USDC into global payment networks as part of a broader push spanning Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East
Gemini flips Coinbase on app store after XRP Mastercard launch
26.8.2025
Gemini has overtaken Coinbase on the US Apple App Store’s finance category, even though Coinbase reports much higher trading volumes
Gemini flips Coinbase on app store after XRP Mastercard launch
26.8.2025
Gemini has overtaken Coinbase on the US Apple App Store’s finance category, even though Coinbase reports much higher trading volumes
Gemini surpasses Coinbase on app store charts after XRP Mastercard launch
26.8.2025
Gemini has overtaken Coinbase on the US Apple App Store’s finance category, even though Coinbase reports much higher trading volumes
Binance and Mastercard Partner for Crypto-to-Fiat Transfers in Europe
8.8.2025
Binance has partnered with Mastercard to let European users convert crypto to fiat and withdraw funds directly to eligible Mastercard accounts. The new features offer faster and more convenient access to crypto earnings, improving off-ramping options. European Binance Users Can Now Off-Ramp Crypto...
Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor ‘NSFW’ Games
1.8.2025
The company said it only requires standards 'based on the rule of law'
The post Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor ‘NSFW’ Games appeared first on Kotaku
Itch.io Is Returning Free NSFW Games To Its Store
1.8.2025
The indie site is also in talks with new payment providers to be able to sell adult games
The post Itch.io Is Returning Free NSFW Games To Its Store appeared first on Kotaku
How VTubers Are Leading The Backlash Against Adult Game Censorship
31.7.2025
If you’ve been on social media over the past week, then you’re probably familiar with the backlash against MasterCard, Visa, PayPal, and Stripe. A ragtag movement of gamers, artists, adult content creators, sex workers and queer activists are uniting to resist payment processor-based censorship...
The War Over Credit Cards Censoring Games Is Just Getting Started
29.7.2025
Artist Gilbert Martinez had just poured himself a glass of water and was pacing his suburban home in San Antonio, Texas while trying to navigate Mastercard’s byzantine customer service hotline. He was calling to complain about recent reports that the company is pressuring online gaming storefronts...
Indie Game Storefront Details Sweeping New Restrictions On Adult Games
28.7.2025
Both Steam and Itch.io have become the targets of a new campaign to censor certain adult games online, but the latter has gone well beyond even what anti-porn advocates say they were aiming for with new content guidelines posted over the weekend. Itch.io now bans games containing “themes” around...
Credit Card Companies Censoring Adult Content 'Endangers Democracy Itself,' According To Nier: Automata Director
25.7.2025
As a fight with credit card companies over adult games leads to renewed concerns about censorship on Steam and even on indie platforms like itch.io, a recent warning by Nier: Automata director Yoko Taro calling censorship a “security hole that endangers democracy itself” has become relevant...
Major Gaming Store Delists All NSFW Games Following Pressure From Anti-Porn Campaigners
24.7.2025
Following on from Steam’s delisting of hundreds of extreme adult games, indie gaming site Itch.io has made the even more extreme move of (in some cases temporarily) removing all NSFW games from its store pages and search results. The action, made in response to pressure group Collective Shout,...
Anti-Porn Group Declares Win Over 'Pedo Gamer Fetishists' After Steam's Mass Sex Game Purge
21.7.2025
Steam recently purged hundreds of sex games featuring explicit content, including many with themes around sexual abuse, after rolling out stricter moderation rules. PC gaming’s biggest storefront appeared to blame pressure from online payment processors for the changes, which some developers worry...
Mastercard Pushes Stablecoins Closer to Mass Adoption With New Infrastructure
19.7.2025
Stablecoins are charging into the financial mainstream as regulatory clarity, institutional infrastructure, and Mastercard-backed tools converge to unlock scalable, secure, and frictionless global digital payments. Stablecoins Ready for Mainstream as Mastercard Supports Global Integration...
Steam's Wildly Unclear New Rules On 'Adult Content' Have Already Seen Hundreds Of Games Delisted
16.7.2025
If you’re a regular user of Steam, you’ll know that Valve’s industry-dominating PC games store is absolutely buried in adult-themed games. Sex stuff. Porn. So much of it. Scrolling the new release lists reveals the astonishing number of both crap and quality adult games that are released every day....