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Cannabis Shops Are Using Zap’s Lightning App During Coronavirus Cash Crunch
1.4.2020
The Lightning Network startup now offers fiat-friendly bitcoin payment tools. Cannabis dispensaries in Colorado are an early proving ground
Bitcoin’s Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments
31.3.2020
With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply
PayPal Is Hiring a Blockchain Strategy Director
31.3.2020
A blockchain-related job position is now available at the digital payment giant’s AML division
US Mortgage Industry Could Collapse as Housing Crisis Looms, Experts Say
31.3.2020
The U.S. mortgage industry faces collapse once again, this time due to the economic consequences following the coronavirus outbreak and massive job losses. Up to 50% of borrowers could default on their mortgage payments, according to industry estimates. Since the stimulus bill signed by President...
Libra Rival Celo Announces $700,000 in Grant Funding for 13 Startups
31.3.2020
Celo has awarded $700,000 in grants to 13 companies seeking to build on top of or develop the platform or foster the Celo community
Bank of France Launches Experiment Program on Central Bank Digital Currency
30.3.2020
France’s central bank officially announces a CBDC application program, inviting participants to submit their applications by May 2020
Jack Dorsey Wants Cash App to Distribute US Stimulus Package
30.3.2020
The founder of Twitter and Square believes that Cash App can distribute the stimulus to Americans with greater efficiency than the government can
Santander to Extend Ripple-Powered Payments Solution to Mexico This Year
30.3.2020
Santander Mexico will support the banking group’s Ripple-powered international payments system One Pay FX in 2020
Singapore Temporarily Exempts Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, From New Licensing Regime
27.3.2020
Cryptocurrency firms can continue operating but must apply for a license by summer under new rules
Coinbase’s Retail Payments Wing Crosses $200M in Transactions
27.3.2020
Coinbase Commerce's 8,000 retailers have processed more than $200 million since its launch two years ago
National Digital Currencies: Not Yet Too Big to Fail
26.3.2020
What obstacles would national digital currencies face, and are there any benefits to launching them?
Printing Money from Thin Air – How the Fed Reduces Purchasing Power and Makes You Poorer
26.3.2020
Unless you have your head in the sand, you’ve probably realized that governments and central banks can print money out of thin air and in unlimited amounts. The United States and the Federal Reserve have been creating money from nothing for years because they had exhausted all their monetary...
Alleged Mastermind of Sex Abuse Chatrooms Hid Payments With Privacy Coin Monero
26.3.2020
The 25-year-old used the cryptocurrency monero to obfuscate payments for abusive sexual material, according to a CoinDesk Korea investigation
Tron Partnered with Metal Pay to Allow Instant Buying of TRX in the U.S.
26.3.2020
The Metal Pay mobile application now allows its users to purchase Tron with fiat currency
$2 Trillion for Surveillance Capitalism – US Government Promises $1,200 to Every American
25.3.2020
On Wednesday, U.S. Congressional leaders had seemingly come up with a stimulus deal at around 1 a.m. EST. The package will cost upwards of $2 trillion and politicians are promising direct payments of $1,200 per American if they make $75,000 or less. The dollar injection will be the largest...
Intermex Is Not Using Ripple for Its Mexican Remittances
22.3.2020
Intermex’s announcement directly contradicts the press release issued by Ripple announcing the partnership
The US Should Use Stablecoins for Emergency Coronavirus Payments
22.3.2020
Paying out the stimulus using stablecoins would be cleaner and cheaper than sending checks in the mail, says the CEO Of Binance.US
Less Than 1% of Australians Used Crypto to Pay for Services in 2019
20.3.2020
Crypto is the third most familiar alternative type of payment in Australia, but less than 1% used it for payment in 2019, central bank says
80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study
20.3.2020
Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia
3 Debit Cards Nigerians Can Use to Spend Cryptocurrencies in Stores and Online
20.3.2020
Options to acquire cryptocurrencies in Nigeria have been growing in number, along with increasing interest in bitcoin. Nigerians are also starting to see more opportunities to spend their coins in brick and mortar stores and at online merchants. Three crypto debit cards are now available to...