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Bitcoin Cash Enthusiasts Shift Funds to New Gambling ICO, Aiming for 1000% Returns
18.4.2024
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) faces dimming enthusiasm as the price of the popular payments-focused Bitcoin fork dipped 20% over the last seven days to trade at $484 as of this writing. Like the rest of the market, BCH appears to be tracking market leader Bitcoin, which fell 9% over the last week to trade...
PayPal Says NFT Purchases No Longer Backed By Its Protection Program
17.4.2024
Payments giant PayPal plans to remove non-fungible token (NFT) purchases from its purchase protection program from May 20.
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Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein
9.4.2024
Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said
BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform
9.4.2024
The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology
Crypto.com unlocks crypto payments at Adelaide Oval!
4.4.2024
Crypto.com, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency platform with nearly 80 million members and a reputation for regulatory compliance, data privacy, and security, has recently launched the most innovative program at the renowned Adelaide Oval, home of the Adelaide Crows. With the help...
Central Banks to Explore Tokenization of Cross-Border Payments With Project Agora
3.4.2024
A consortium of central banks worldwide, led by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), announced a new initiative "Project Agora" to explore the potential of tokenization to enhance existing financial systems.
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Telegram's Pivot to TON Payments for Ads Boosts Toncoin
2.4.2024
The messaging app's switch to TON creates a circular economy for the closely-linked crypto
The Future of Cryptocurrency in Daily Payments: Lessons from Lugano
2.4.2024
Cryptocurrencies have sparked a global debate on the future of financial transactions, with a focus on their integration into daily payments.
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Telegram provide option for payments in Toncoin
1.4.2024
Telegram offers users the option to make payments in Toncoin, a cryptocurrency boosted by Ton blockchain, for buying in-platform advertisements. Out of the total revenue generated, it will be sharing 50% of the amount with the founders of the public channels. This is the newest user monetization...
China Expands Digital Yuan Accessibility Through Hardware Wallet Integration
1.4.2024
Bank of China’s Qingdao Branch, in collaboration with telecom and digital finance partners, introduces digital yuan hardware wallet and "deferred payment" model to simplify transit payments.
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Russia to Clarify Cryptocurrency Mining Gray Areas, Including Payments
27.3.2024
Anton Siluanov, the finance minister of Russia, is prepared to discuss the gray areas surrounding cryptocurrency mining and the use of its proceeding for payments. In a recent lecture, Siluanov stated that the government needed to agree “on what can be done with cryptocurrency,”...
Russia Discusses Testing Digital Ruble for Budget Payments
27.3.2024
The Central Bank of Russia and the Russian treasury are considering testing using the Russian CBDC, the digital ruble, to complete budget settlements. The tests would involve using this CBDC to make payments to businesses and citizens and receiving payments from these in CBDC, to ensure...
Reports: Crypto Is at the Forefront of the Side Job Economy for Argentines
23.3.2024
Argentines are increasingly turning to online side jobs to have an additional crypto-based income. According to the local press, students who have lower incomes and are affected by the adverse conditions of the national economy, are the ones who are commonly getting into these jobs with foreign...
Avalanche to Launch Web3 Voucher Program on Alipay
21.3.2024
The smart contracts platform Avalanche recently said it is collaborating with the Chinese payments giant Alipay to launch a Web3-enabled voucher program. The second phase will see the proof of concept being expanded to more than 100 million users from Southeast Asian countries. Web3-Enabled...
Local Coffee Chain in DC Teams Up with Coinbase to Accept Crypto Payments
21.3.2024
A local coffee chain in Washington, D.C. has partnered with Coinbase to introduce crypto payments to its customers.
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Sweden’s Riksbank Releases Final Report on CBDC Project
21.3.2024
Sweden’s Riksbank has released its final report on its central bank digital currency (CBDC), the e-Krona, which focused on offline payments.
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Nigerian Startup, Zone, Raises $8.5M in Seed-Funding Round
20.3.2024
Zone, a Nigerian payment fintech startup that leverages the blockchain, recently raised $8.5 million in a seed funding round. An undisclosed portion of the funds will be allocated to cover costs associated with the trial of Zone’s cross-border payment capabilities in 2025. Zone to Expand...
Technological revolution in finance: From invisible payments to stablecoins. Here’s what awaits us all
20.3.2024
More than 26 thousand startups worldwide are estimated to be conceptualizing, developing, and scaling financial and technological solutions. And that number will continue to grow along with user appetite for faster and more cost-effective solutions. Today, we are witnessing an easier way...
BRLA Digital a game changer in cross-border payments
19.3.2024
BRLA Digital is becoming a game changer in cross-border payments and cryptocurrency framework through its inventive services. The BRLA Token is a stablecoin attached to the Brazilian Real (BRL) at the core of its ecosystem. It was created to initiate effortless and low-cost transactions and provide...
Southeast Asian e-Hailing Giant Grab Brings Crypto Payments to Singapore
19.3.2024
Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading e-hailing and food app, is now letting Grab Pay users in Singapore to seamlessly top up their e-wallet balances using cryptocurrencies.
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