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Mastercard links with Circle, Paxos for merchant stablecoin payments
29.4.2025
Mastercard says it will allow merchants across its network to be paid with stablecoins in a partnership with payment processor Nuvei and stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos. Through the venture, 150 million merchants across the Mastercard network will now have the option to receive payments...
Mastercard Unveils End-to-End Stablecoin Capabilities, Will Launch Card With OKX
28.4.2025
Mastercard's new global system aims to make stablecoin transactions as seamless as traditional payments
Stripe CEO Confirms Payments Company Is Developing New Stablecoin Product After a Decade of Interest
27.4.2025
Stripe CEO Patrick Collison has announced that the payments company is actively developing a new stablecoin product, a project that they have wanted to pursue for nearly a decade. This announcement comes after Stripe’s acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge in October 2024 for $1.1...
Bitcoin Payments Firm Strike Grew 600% in 2024
26.4.2025
CEO and founder Jack Mallers revealed the numbers on Friday when he posted a copy of a private letter previously sent to the company’s investors. Strike’s Growth Exploded 600% Last Year Perhaps the reason Jack Mallers was picked to lead Twenty One Capital, the new bitcoin treasury firm backed...
Coinbase Joins Forces With Paypal to Supercharge Crypto Payments
25.4.2025
Coinbase and Paypal are unleashing a payments revolution, fusing stablecoin tech with mass adoption muscle to drive billions onchain through frictionless, instant digital transactions. Coinbase and Paypal Collide to Supercharge Crypto Payments—Onchain Adoption Begins Coinbase has broadened...
How crypto payments can become the new ‘tap-and-go’ — Pulsar co-founder
24.4.2025
What if paying with crypto was as easy and as fun as sending a meme on X?In the latest episode of The Clear Crypto Podcast, StarkWare’s Nathan Jeffay and Cointelegraph’s Gareth Jenkinson sit down with Stefana Banciu, growth lead at Pulsar Money, to explore how blockchain is bringing...
Luxury app Dorsia taps MoonPay for crypto payments
23.4.2025
Luxury hospitality platform Dorsia is rolling out crypto payments for clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and six Arab nations.The payments feature is being enabled through a partnership with MoonPay, the companies told Cointelegraph. With the integration, users will be able...
Luxury app Dorsia taps MoonPay for crypto payments
23.4.2025
Luxury hospitality platform Dorsia is rolling out crypto payments for clients in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and six Arab nations.The payments feature is being enabled through a partnership with MoonPay, the companies told Cointelegraph. With the integration, users will be able...
Travel Rule Compliance Surges on New Regs, Stablecoin Payments, Notabene Says
23.4.2025
Notabene’s annual survey of crypto firms found that almost all respondents expect to be Travel Rule compliant by mid-2025
Circle Launches ‘Circle Payments Network’
23.4.2025
The new network will use stablecoins such as USDC and EURC to help financial institutions facilitate global money movement and settlement. USDC Issuer Circle Debuts Payments Network Stablecoin firm Circle, issuer of USDC which currently has a market capitalization of roughly $61 billion,...
A Blow to the Dollar: Russia Reaches Historic Milestone by Paying for Over Half of Its Imports in Rubles
21.4.2025
According to the Central Bank of Russia, 53.5% of all imports to the country were paid for with Russian rubles in February, marking a historic record. Currencies from unfriendly countries, including the U.S. dollar, accounted for only 17.2%, representing a success for a nation facing unilateral...
Stablecoin Giant Circle Is Launching a New Payments and Remittance Network
21.4.2025
Circle is unveiling a new payments and cross border remittance product on Tuesday, from the firm’s One World Trade Center headquarters, according to an invite to the launch event
Spar supermarket in Switzerland starts accepting Bitcoin payments
18.4.2025
Global grocery giant Spar has rolled out Bitcoin-based payments in Switzerland, marking another step in the growing adoption of cryptocurrency for everyday transactions.A Spar supermarket in Zug, Switzerland, has implemented Bitcoin (BTC) payments via the Lightning Network.The store’s Bitcoin...
HashKey Capital to Debut Asian XRP Tracker Fund With Ripple as Anchor Investor
18.4.2025
The fund aims to simplify institutional access to XRP for cross-border payments, crypto investing in Asia
Grocery Giant SPAR Dips Toe Into Crypto Payments
18.4.2025
SPAR, a global grocery retailer with a significant presence including over 13,900 stores across 48 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia, is reportedly testing cryptocurrency payments in Switzerland. A post on Linkedin indicated that a SPAR store in Zug, Switzerland, is accepting bitcoin...
Panama City Greenlights Bitcoin, Ether Payments for Tax and City Services
17.4.2025
The capital of Panama will accept crypto payments for certain services, Panama city Mayor Mayer Mizrachi said in an X post
Panama City to Accept Crypto for Public Services
17.4.2025
Panama City Mayor has said the Panama District municipality will become the first in the nation to accept cryptocurrency payments for services, following unanimous approval by the City Council. Unanimous Approval The Panama City Mayor Mayer Mizrachi announced on April 15 that the Panama District...
Struggle for Stablecoin Dominance Set to Enter Third Round, Fireblocks Says
15.4.2025
Ran Goldi, SVP of payments at Fireblocks, reviews the strategic moves as stablecoin issuers look to corner the market
JPMorgan Adds GBP Support to Its Blockchain Payments Service Kinexys
14.4.2025
JPMorgan's Kinexys now supports British pound accounts, adding to its already existing U.S. dollar and euro offerings
Checkmate: How Adopting a BRICS Payment System Might Erode the Dollar’s Dominance in Trade Markets
14.4.2025
Several international analysts examined how the introduction of a BRICS international payment system might affect the current use of the U.S. dollar in trade. Experts cited sanctions evasion, cost reduction, and transaction confidentiality as the main advantages of this system compared...