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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
Bolt Acquires Wyre for $1.5 Billion, Firm Aims to ‘Decentralize Commerce’
8.4.2022
On Thursday, the payments and checkout and shopper network, Bolt has announced the firm plans to acquire the digital currency provider Wyre in a $1.5 billion deal. Bolt has explained the acquisition is aimed at bolstering cryptocurrency services and “the opportunity of Web3.” Payments...
Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments
7.4.2022
The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network
Cash App users can now invest paychecks into Bitcoin
7.4.2022
The Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami set the stage for the announcement followed by a panel with athletes Serena Williams, Odell Beckham Jr. and Aaron Rodgers
Cash App Introduces Paid in Bitcoin, BTC Roundup and Lightning Network Services
7.4.2022
At the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, Block, Inc., formerly Square, Inc., announced three new bitcoin services for the company’s mobile payment platform. The mobile payment platform Cash App will feature a “paid in bitcoin” service that allows users to auto-invest their work...
Coinbase Trading Launch in India Hits Payments Gateway Snag
7.4.2022
India's UPI denied knowledge of any crypto exchange using its platform after Coinbase leadership announced using that prominent payment gateway would be the first step in buying crypto through its brokerage
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
Bolt to enable Bitcoin and NFT access via Wyre acquisition
7.4.2022
Bolt expects to integrate its checkout system with cryptocurrencies by the end of 2022, allowing consumers to buy physical goods with crypto
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
Crypto Startup Wyre to Be Bought by Payments Company Bolt for $1.5B: Report
7.4.2022
Payments company Bolt agreed to acquire crypto startup Wyre for $1.5 billion according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Thursday
Coinbase Launches New Debit Card Amid Intensified Competition Among Exchanges, Platforms
7.4.2022
As crypto industry players continue to lure customers with debit cards that offer an expanding range of benefits and bonuses, major crypto exchange Coinbase has rolled out a new card that promises more crypto rewards and no transaction fees under certain terms....
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Bitpay Adds Lightning Network, Youth Fashion Brand Pacsun to Accept Payments via Lightning
7.4.2022
On April 6, one of the largest cryptocurrency payment platforms in the world, Bitpay, announced the Atlanta-based company has integrated bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network. According to the announcement on Wednesday, the youth-focused American retail clothing brand Pacific Sunwear (Pacsun)...
DeFi and Blockchain 'Are Real' - JPMorgan CEO
6.4.2022
Wall Street investment bank JPMorgan is persuaded that decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology bring major growth potential, and is determined to remain “at the forefront of this innovation,” Jamie Dimon, the bank’s Chairman and CEO, wrote in his latest letter to the company's...
Sweden’s central bank completes second phase of e-krona testing
6.4.2022
The Swedish CBDC is now technically ready for integration with banks and payment service providers, according to a report from Riksbank
Circle Enlists FIS, Crypto.com for Merchant Payments Settled in USDC
6.4.2022
The deal with FIS Worldpay is meant to free firms from the “fiat-only ecosystem.”
Sweden Wants to Test E-Krona Viability for Smart Payments
6.4.2022
Trials by Riksbank have shown that offline payments can work using the CBDC, but the central bank is also looking at privacy concerns
Crypto prices enjoy a solid March relief rally. But, how and why?
5.4.2022
Whales have dumped 178,150 BTC in a five-month period, which amounts to $8.39 billion at current price levels
UK government moves forward with regulatory framework on stablecoins for payments
4.4.2022
“If crypto technologies are going to be a big part of the future, then we, the U.K., want to be in — and in on the ground floor,” said Economic Secretary of the Treasury John Glen
Digihost Becomes First Publicly Traded Miner to Offer Bitcoin Dividend Payments
4.4.2022
The miner also expects a 1.5 exahash pre second (EH/s) of average hashrate for 2022, which is about 5.5x more than its 2021 mining power