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Many Major Airlines Can Now Accept Cryptocurrencies via UATP Global Payment Network
10.9.2021
Universal Air Travel Plan (UATP) is bringing more than 300 airline members and travel merchants cryptocurrency payment options. Airlines in the UATP network include Air Canada, Air China, Delta, Frontier, Japan Airlines, Jetblue, Qantas, Southwest, and United. UATP Gets Into Crypto UATP is...
Binance Pay and GoCrypto Bring Crypto Payments Closer to Everyday Use
9.9.2021
PRESS RELEASE. GoCrypto, a solution allowing merchants to accept, store, withdraw and buy cryptocurrencies, announced the integration of Binance Pay into the GoCrypto system giving crypto adopters more options to use crypto as the mainstream means of payment as they are intended to be. The GoCrypto...
Russia Not Ready for Bitcoin as Legal Tender, Putin’s Spokesman Peskov Says
8.9.2021
Russia has no reason to recognize bitcoin, President Putin’s press secretary has noted after El Salvador became the first country to adopt the digital coin as legal tender. In a statement to the press, Dmitry Peskov revealed he is convinced that such a move would not bring any benefits...
Elektra Group President Ricardo Salinas Hints at Inclusion of Lightning Network Payments in Mexico
8.9.2021
Ricardo Salinas, president of Elektra Group, one of the biggest retail franchises in Mexico, hinted at the possibility of integrating payments using Bitcoin’s second layer solution, the Lightning Network. Salinas made the announcement yesterday via Twitter. This would allow residents of...
Former Reserve Bank official pushes for India to accept crypto
8.9.2021
Former Deputy Governor of the RBI sees cryptocurrencies as a taxable asset or commodity
Russia not ready to accept Bitcoin as legal tender, says Kremlin
7.9.2021
The Russian government keeps insisting that payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin would ruin its financial system
Bitcoin’s Legal in El Salvador – But Still Has a Mountain to Climb
7.9.2021
ntroversy is already blighting the move, masterminded by the El Salvador President Nayib Bukele. Some claim that a clause in the new law that forces businesses to accept BTC as a form of payment if requested is an example of “strong-arm tactics.”In a bid to drive up the pace of adoption – and
Second largest US mortgage lender will accept crypto payments this year
19.8.2021
Speaking during a conference call about the firm’s Q2 results, United Wholesale Mortgage CEO Mat Ishbia outlined plans to accept crypto payments this year
UWM Crypto Payments, Binance in Netherlands, Bitstamp Won't List DOGE + More News
18.8.2021
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US mortgage lender United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), previously known as United Shore Financial, will start accepting cryptocurrency...
PSV Eindhoven soccer club to accept new sponsorship deal in Bitcoin
18.8.2021
Anycoin Direct is now an official partner of PSV for the next two seasons, helping grow awareness of crypto across Europe
AMC to Accept Bitcoin for Movie Tickets and Concessions by End of 2021
10.8.2021
AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc., plans to accept bitcoin by the end of 2021 according to CEO Adam Aron on an earnings call on Monday. Aron said the movie theater chain will start accepting the leading crypto asset once the company has information technology (IT) systems in place. AMC Plans...
Cinema operator AMC plans to accept BTC by 2022
10.8.2021
AMC chairman and CEO, Adam Aron, revealed the American cinema giant is looking to accept Bitcoin payments for movie tickets in response to customer demand
Alchemy Pay Drives Crypto Adoption by Bridging Fiat and Crypto Economies
9.8.2021
Digital assets have seen great success as investment tools in recent years, but payment adoption is unfortunately still lagging behind. Alchemy Pay is well on its mission to change this by enabling millions of merchants to accept crypto payments and get paid in their local currency. At the same...
Crypto Payment Option Makes Services More Affordable: Zimbabwe Music Studio Director
29.7.2021
A Zimbabwean music production company, Mutscon Music, recently announced that its clients can now pay for services using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum. According to the company, this decision has partly been necessitated by ongoing pandemic-related movement restrictions. Music Studio...
Jeff Bezos Directs Amazon to Accept Bitcoin and Other Popular Cryptocurrencies: Report
26.7.2021
Amazon is reportedly planning to accept bitcoin by the end of the year, after which the company will roll out support for other major cryptocurrencies. Furthermore, the company is exploring launching its own cryptocurrency. “The directive is coming from the very top … Jeff Bezos...
Amazon plans to accept Bitcoin payments this year, claims insider
25.7.2021
“It begins with Bitcoin,” an anonymous insider said in describing Amazon’s intent to enter the cryptocurrency payments arena
Coinbase Commerce Now Supports Dogecoin Payments
23.7.2021
Coinbase now accepts commerce payments in dogecoin. With the addition of the meme crypto, Coinbase Commerce now allows customers to check out and pay with seven cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Commerce Now Supports Dogecoin Coinbase Commerce is a platform by the Nasdaq-listed Coinbase that...
Beauty and the Bitcoin: Female-focused brands accept crypto payments driving adoption
18.7.2021
Will beauty brands drive female adoption by accepting cryptocurrency payments and is there even a demand to pay with crypto besides stacking stats?
Tennessee city wants to accept property tax payments in Bitcoin
16.7.2021
Jackson Mayor Scott Conger believes that Bitcoin is the only solution to fix inflation and the U.S. dollar devaluation
InComm Payments merchants can now accept crypto through Flexa
7.7.2021
Payments are the next major hurdle for global cryptocurrency adoption. A new partnership between Incomm Payments and Flexa will enable crypto payments for hundreds of thousands of merchants worldwide