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Cointelegraph Editor-in-Chief Kristina Cornèr talks digital currencies with Mastercard at Global Impact Week
15.12.2021
Mastercard is taking a slow but steady approach to bridging the realm of fiat and cryptocurrencies
Crypto payments solutions firm Ramp raises $53 million to increase adoption of dApps
15.12.2021
"There is so much potential in unlocking cryptocurrency and digital assets beyond today’s narrow and restrictive use cases," said Szymon Sypniewicz, Ramp co-founder and CEO
Dogecoin Sees Massive Rally as Tesla & Elon Musk Embrace it For Payments
14.12.2021
Dogecoin (DOGE) saw a sharp rally in the market today, after Tesla's CEO Elon Musk said his company “will make some merch buyable” with the meme coin.
The surprising statement was published on Twitter by Elon Musk Tuesday morning, causing an immediate surge higher in the price of DOGE....
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Dogecoin is better than Bitcoin for payments, Elon Musk declares
14.12.2021
Elon Musk continued promoting DOGE in a Time Magazine interview after being named Time’s 2021 Person of the Year
Banking Behemoth's Crypto Wallet, Ethereum Outflows, Bitcoin's Milestone, Cheap NFT Ape + More News
13.12.2021
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Thailand Doesn’t Prohibit Crypto Use for Payments but Warns of Price Fluctuation
12.12.2021
Bank of Thailand’s officials say that using cryptocurrency as a means of payment is not illegal. However, they added that users “must be able to accept the risks,” including price fluctuation. Using Crypto to Pay for Goods and Services Is Not Illegal in Thailand Sakkapop...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Proposes Creating a Cryptocurrency Payment System for State Fees
11.12.2021
The American politician and attorney serving as the 46th governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, announced the state’s 2022-23 budget proposal last week and proposed an idea to let businesses pay state fees with crypto assets. The governor’s “Freedom First Budget” suggests...
Novi Launches Whatsapp Integration Pilot Program for Selected Users in the U.S.
10.12.2021
Novi, the remittance and payments initiative of Meta (formerly Facebook), has launched a Whatsapp pilot test for customers in the U.S. This means that a small number of Whatsapp users will be able to send and receive payments, as well as purchase digital dollars directly from the interface of...
Florida governor's budget proposal wants to let residents pay fees in crypto
10.12.2021
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed to allocate $750 million to enable a “crypto-friendly Florida.”
Bitpay Adds Shiba Inu Crypto as Petition to List SHIB on Robinhood Exceeds 545K Signers
10.12.2021
Crypto payment firm Bitpay has added support for the meme cryptocurrency shiba inu. Following Bitpay’s announcement, retail giant Newegg announced that it too has begun accepting SHIB for payments. AMC Theatres is also expected to begin accepting SHIB soon. Meanwhile, a petition for...
Central Banks of France, Switzerland and BIS Complete Cross-Border CBDC Trial
9.12.2021
Bank of France, the Swiss National Bank (SNB), and the Bank for International Settlements have successfully tested the application of wholesale central bank digital currency in cross-border payments. The project used distributed ledger technology and was realized with help from private firms....
Tribal Credit taps Bitso and Stellar to enable cross-border B2B payments
9.12.2021
The partnership between Tribal Credit, Bitso and Stellar Development Foundation will rely on crypto to streamline B2B transactions in Latin America
WhatsApp starts testing currency payments with Meta’s Novi wallet
9.12.2021
Some U.S. activists previously asked the DOJ to stop Meta from offering its digital currency wallet Novi on its platforms
Meta Tests Stablecoin Transfers via WhatsApp
9.12.2021
The Novi digital wallet, created by the social media giant Meta (formerly Facebook), will allow its users to send and receive stablecoin via its popular messaging app, WhatsApp.
This news has been shared today by the Head of Novi Stephane Kasriel, who said in a tweet that the company is working...
Wallet provider Ledger launches crypto debit card
9.12.2021
The new crypto debit card supports several leading digital assets, including Bitcoin, Ether, XRP, Litecoin and USD Coin
Busy Day For Ledger as It Announces Crypto Debit Card, NFT, Coinbase, and FTX News
9.12.2021
Major hardware maker Ledger said it aims to launch a crypto debit card, start supporting non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and announced partnerships with two major exchanges, Coinbase and FTX.
The company made multiple announcements today, during the Ledger Open conference in Paris....
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Visa Launches Crypto Advisory Services — Says ‘Digital Currencies Are Taking Greater Hold in Popular Consciousness’
9.12.2021
Payments giant Visa has launched global crypto advisory services. The company’s executive says: “We’ve seen a material shift in our clients’ mindset in the last year, from a desire to explore and experiment with crypto, to actually building a strategy and product...
Crypto Exchange Bitstamp Lists Shiba Inu as SHIB Adoption Grows
9.12.2021
Another major cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, has listed shiba inu cryptocurrency. Bitstamp users will be able to trade SHIB against the U.S. dollar and the euro. The announcement came as more trading platforms are listing shiba inu and more stores are accepting the meme crypto for payments....
Australia to Regulate Crypto Sector as Part of Payments Reform
8.12.2021
The government of Australia is preparing to comprehensively regulate the activities of cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians. The push is part of a major overhaul, aimed at preserving the country’s sovereignty over its payments system, which will also affect providers like Apple...
Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Focus on ‘Prosecutions of Criminal Misuses of Cryptocurrency’
8.12.2021
The Biden-Harris administration has unveiled its strategy on “countering corruption.” It includes utilizing the government’s newly established task force, the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, to focus on “complex investigations and prosecutions of criminal...