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Bitcoin.com Is Giving BCH Users a Way to Send Crypto Via Email
26.6.2020
New service from Bitcoin.com lets users send Bitcoin Cash to anyone with an email — something Roger Ver believes this is no longer feasible with Bitcoin
BTC Payments Reportedly Now Disabled for Venezuelan Passport Purchases
25.6.2020
Bitcoin’s payments for Venezuelan passport applications disabled “temporarily” without official explanation
Bitcoin Cash-Fueled Blogging Website Read.cash Raises Over $100K for Collective Initiative
25.6.2020
A few months ago news.Bitcoin.com reported on the web portal read.cash, a blogging website fueled by bitcoin cash that rewards users in crypto for producing content. Just recently, read.cash initiated a fund that aims to provide the blog’s regular users with more paid upvotes by raising funds...
Binance Teams up with Payments Firm to Allow ‘Low-fee’ Crypto Buying
25.6.2020
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Estonia-based payment solutions provider Mercuryo says it has struck a partnership deal with Binance that will allow exchange customers to buy crypto with fiat. The latter claims that the move will allow customers to...
Kraken Pledges $150K for Development of Open-Source BTCPay Server
25.6.2020
Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments
Hundreds of Merchants Say Square Is Withholding 30% of their Payments
24.6.2020
Payments service Square is reportedly withholding up to 30% of its customers’ payments during the coronavirus pandemic – although the firm says that it is only targeting “risky” customers.
A petition hosted at Change.org states that funds are being withheld arbitrarily during the COVID-19 crisis...
Bank for International Settlements Calls CBDCs a Potential ‘Sea Change’
24.6.2020
The leading global central bank institution has published new research on central bank digital currencies, noting a major shift in their direction thanks to Libra as well as COVID-19
WhatsApp Payments Suspended by Brazil’s Central Bank
24.6.2020
WhatsApp’s payment features have been suspended in Brazil less than one month after the Facebook-owned app rolled them out
Status Keycard Now Works With Android Mobile Devices
23.6.2020
Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019
Ripple Affiliate Coins.ph Joins New Remittance Network Reaching Unbanked Filipinos
23.6.2020
The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines
SBI Ripple Asia CEO Expects Greater ODL Expansion into Asia by 2021
23.6.2020
According to CEO Adam Traidman, SBI Ripple Asia is conducting trial and pilot projects in Asia for Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity
Wirecard CEO Quits as Crypto Card Firm Reveals Missing $2.1 Billion Does Not Exist
22.6.2020
Wirecard chief executive officer quit as the crypto card payments firm revealed that the €1.9 billion ($2.1 billion) missing from its accounts may not exist. CEO Markus Braun resigned on June 19, after nearly 20 years at the helm. James Freis has been appointed interim chief executive,...
OmiseGO's Parent Company SYNQA Raised $80 Million in Series C
22.6.2020
According to Thailand-based company SYNQA, the firm will use the $80M investment to ‘deepen its footprint’ in cashless societies in Asia
Thai Central Bank Taps Cement Company for First Digital Currency Payments
20.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand is integrating a CBDC payments system into the financials of the country’s oldest cement company in an extension of its Inthanon project
Cambodia Plots a Dollar-Free Future With Blockchain-Based Payments: White Paper
19.6.2020
Cambodia's central bankers are riding their hopes of de-dollarization on a national payments blockchain: Project Bakong
Bank of Thailand Launches Digital Currency Pilot Project
19.6.2020
The Bank of Thailand launched a project to pilot test its CBDC payment system with the largest building material provider in the country
Ripple Joins Open Payments Coalition, will Help Drive Innovation and Simplify Global Payments for All
19.6.2020
Leading crypto company Ripple announced on Thursday that it had joined Open Payments Coalition, along with 40 global companies and non-profit organizations. It will help drive innovation in the global payments segment and simplify payment systems for all. The company also asked its community...
Ripple, Brave, and Huobi Join Instant Global Payments Network PayID
19.6.2020
Ripple, Brave, Huobi and 40 other companies have joined the Open Payment Coalition to launch instant payment network PayID worldwide
Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Says It’s Missing $2.1B in ‘German Enron’ Scandal
18.6.2020
Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet
Singapore-Based Carpooling Platform Ryde Plans to Support Bitcoin Payments
18.6.2020
The popular and first Singapore-based carpooling platform, Ryde has revealed that customers will soon be able to pay with bitcoin. The feature will be available after the bitcoin support is incorporated into the company’s payment app on June 22. Ryde has approximately 29,000 drivers, tens...