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Falling Bitcoin price doesn't affect El Salvador's strategy: 'Now it's time to buy more,' reveals Deputy Dania Gonzalez
27.5.2022
In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, a policymaker from El Salvador reveals how BTC has been helping the country change people's lives
Swiss Watchmaker TAG Heuer Now Accepts Cryptocurrency in US
23.5.2022
Luxury watch manufacturer TAG Heuer announced it’s introducing online cryptocurrency payments for customers in the United States. The Swiss company provides the new payment option through a partnership with crypto payment processor Bitpay. Tag Heuer Partners With Bitpay to Offer US Clients...
Bitcoin Pizza Day rewind: A homage to weird and wonderful BTC purchases
22.5.2022
In recognition of Bitcoin pizza day, the first-ever real-world transaction using Bitcoin, Cointelegraph speaks with the crypto community about their historic BTC purchases
The Lightning Network Lunch: A Bitcoin contactless payment story
18.5.2022
A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled "Bolt Card."
David Marcus Launches Bitcoin Payments Startup Lightspark
16.5.2022
David Marcus, former cryptocurrency head at Meta, is launching Lightspark, another payments company that will use crypto as its central payment tool. The startup, which will have Marcus at the helm as CEO, also features some of Meta’s former employees and will explore the possibilities...
FTX CEO sees no future in Bitcoin payments, community fires back
16.5.2022
FTX CEO’s comments on Bitcoin received heavy backlash from the crypto community, with many reminding him of Solana, a PoS network that has gone offline half a dozen times
Making money, escaping poverty: Bitcoin and Lightning in Mozambique
10.5.2022
A class of 2021 Bitcoiner in Mozambique is using the Lightning Network to transact while using Bitcoin to protect his savings
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
“DeFi is not decentralized at all,” says former Blockstream executive
28.4.2022
Samson Mow, former chief strategy officer at Blockstream, is convinced that DeFi protocols can’t compete with Bitcoin as monetary networks due to their lack of decentralization
Bitcoin Payments Remain in Their Infancy But There Are Green Shoots Everywhere
28.4.2022
Can cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and CBDCs coexist as methods of payment? Industry leaders shine light on the future of crypto payments. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week
Bitcoin Payments: the Beginning of Something Extraordinary
27.4.2022
Why Bitcoin needs a scaling layer, and the possibilities the Lightning network opens up. This article is part of Payments Week
The Central African Republic reportedly passes a bill to regulate crypto use
25.4.2022
The new crypto law would reportedly allow citizens to pay their taxes in crypto and allow the use of crypto as a form of payment for businesses
Russian tax authority proposes using crypto as a foreign trade payment tool
20.4.2022
The Ministry of Finance “partially supported” the proposition, adding that it needs further consideration
Bitcoin average transaction fees lowest in two years at $1.04
18.4.2022
The average BTC transaction fee saw a steady decline from an all-time high of $62.788 in April 2021 before coming down
Top Latin America delivery app to accept crypto
14.4.2022
The company has partnered with Bitso and Bitpay to allow its users to pay for orders with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
60 Minutes feature on El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach will air Sunday
8.4.2022
Sharyn Alfonsi, a journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent, interviewed Mike Peterson, one of the people who funded the Bitcoin Beach project and encouraged crypto adoption
Shopify Bitcoin payments integration triggers legal questions from the community
8.4.2022
Attorney Kevin Thompson thinks that the event will make regulators frustrated, leading to the creation of reporting requirements for Shopify
Cash App Launches ‘Paid in Bitcoin’ Function, Adds Lightning Transfers
7.4.2022
Cash App, the mobile payments app developed by the Jack Dorsey-led payments firm Block, Inc., announced three new bitcoin functions today, including a new way to receive bitcoin (BTC) payments via the Lightning Network.
Speaking at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on Thursday, Miles Suter...
UFC to pay out fighter bonuses in Bitcoin for its upcoming PPV events
7.4.2022
Sports and crypto have gone hand in hand over the past couple of years, as most sporting companies across various niches have on-boarded crypto firms as their brand partners
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