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Bitcoin Cash Captured More Than 10% of Darknet Sales Last Month
12.2.2020
2019 was an interesting year for darknet markets (DNMs) and a number of marketplaces closed for a variety of reasons. Despite the closures, crypto payments on DNMs doubled for the first time in five years. Moreover, statistics from the blockchain analytics provider 1000x Group show digital...
Users of Bitcoin.com Exchange Can Win Rewards Worth $25,000 in Gocrypto Trading Competition
12.2.2020
Gocrypto enables businesses with physical or online stores to accept instant crypto payments from different digital wallets with millions of users. To help introduce the SLP token to even more users, Bitcoin.com Exchange is hosting a trading competition where you can win rewards worth $25,000...
A Million EPayments Accounts Frozen Due to Regulation Control
12.2.2020
UK regulator FCA suspends ePayments operations due to anti-money-laundering controls
Top Bitcoin Developers Face Off in a Lightning-Powered Boxing Match
11.2.2020
The esports smackdown was meant to highlight the power of bitcoin's lightning network – since the cutting-edge payments system is fast, cheap and lets users send tiny payments, even a fraction of a cent
BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership
11.2.2020
The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership
Why Cypherpunk Witches Love Bitcoin
10.2.2020
Cryptocurrency lets modern-day witches transact beyond the grasp of restrictive e-commerce platforms
Facebook, China Light Flame Under Fed: Governor Cites Stablecoins Influencing Digital Dollar Research
9.2.2020
At the recent Symposium for Future Payments held in Stanford, California on February 5, Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard stressed the importance of remaining “on the frontier of research and policy development regarding CBDC.” The position seems a contrast to the narrative in 2018...
Paystand Raises $20M to Be Blockchain-Based ‘Venmo’ for Commercial Payments
7.2.2020
The firm offers a platform using blockchain tech to automate commercial payments
Blockchain Payments Platform Paystand Raises $20M in Series B Round
7.2.2020
Paystand raises $20M to boost its enterprise hybrid blockchain product
Bitcoin.com, Danal Japan and ALLEX Partner up to Offer BCH Payment Services
7.2.2020
We are pleased to announce that a business alliance has been concluded among the three companies in order to implement the payment services by BCH.
Enhancement of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) payment service, which is used for payments at EC sites and restaurants, is cheaper than existing payment methods....
Overwriting Satoshi: Kraken Exec Says Bitcoin Wasn’t Built for Payments, Isn’t Peer-to-Peer
6.2.2020
As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet diatribe on why the “payments narrative” for bitcoin is flawed grabbed the attention of many, tickling the ears of hardcore Lighting Network fans...
Fidelity’s VC Arm Leads $13M Series A for Blockchain-Based B2B Network Clear
6.2.2020
Clear claims it can reduce friction in global trade that amounts to $140 billion every year
Blockchain Group Asks IRS to Exempt Small Crypto Payments + More News
5.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Tax news
A blockchain trade group, the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to exempt...
Lightning Labs Raises $10M Series A to Be the ‘Visa’ of Bitcoin
5.2.2020
Lightning Labs has raised $10 million in Series A financing as it gears up to launch its first paid service for merchants accepting bitcoin payments
Ripple Partners with Nasdaq-Listed Firm to Bolster US–Mexico Payments
5.2.2020
Ripple has partnered with Nasdaq-listed firm Intermex to bolster cross-border payments between the U.S. and Mexico
Pantera, Square Join $14m Series-A Round for Real-Time Payments Startup Transparent
5.2.2020
The Seattle-based startup sets out to bring real-time settlement to financial infrastructure through a cryptographically secured, distributed payment network
Intermex Partners With Ripple for XRP-Based Remittance Corridor
5.2.2020
Intermex has said it will use use RippleNet for its U.S.-Mexican remittance corridor
Visa to Change PoS Fees to Merchant to Adjust to New Business Categories
4.2.2020
Visa is reportedly planning to change merchant fees rates as part of a major update of its system
BitPay to Enable Merchant Payments From All Bitcoin Wallets + More News
4.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Adoption news
Major crypto payments provider BitPay said that it will soon allow all BitPay invoices to be paid from any bitcoin...
BitPay Restores Service to All Bitcoin Wallets to Drive Mainstream Adoption
4.2.2020
BitPay restores service to all Bitcoin wallets to drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies