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Bitcoin Payments Are Being Bulldozed for Political Reasons
19.5.2019
Bitcoin Core wants to distance itself politically from the former project leader Gavin Andresen, the payment protocol BIP070 he was involved with, and from the BCH-friendly Bitpay payment processor company. The attempts to remove software associated with Gavin Andresen are now having real-world...
RippleNet: An Advanced Global Payments Network Based on Blockchain Technology
18.5.2019
Ripple is an open-source protocol that allows quick and cost-effective transactions. Ripplenet is a banking and payment network. Ripple’s solutions and a standardized rule set enable those connected to RippleNet to send and receive payments efficiently across the globe. With #RippleNet...
Vaulty Aggregates All Your Cryptocurrency Addresses Using a Single Link
18.5.2019
The ability to receive direct crypto payments is of great importance for numerous small businesses, individual entrepreneurs, content creators and non-governmental organizations like charities. Many of them accept different cryptocurrencies and Vaulty.io provides help with managing multiple...
Facebook Registers New Fintech Firm in Switzerland
17.5.2019
Facebook has registered anew fintech firm for blockchain, payments, data analytics, and investing expertise
Coin Metrics Report Highlights Discrepancies in Ripple’s Escrow System Reporting
17.5.2019
Blockchain analysis company Coin Metrics has found discrepancies in blockchain payments network Ripple’s escrow system reporting
Coinbase Reveals Plans to Introduce Debit Card In US
17.5.2019
In a recent interview, the Coinbase Chief Executive Officer, Bran Armstrong revealed the plans to introduce “Coinbase debit card” in the United States. This decision for introducing debit card in the US was fuelled by the success of Coinbase debit card launch in the UK previous month. The card...
Paying the Price: WeChat Merchants Banned From Crypto Payments
16.5.2019
“It is precisely this type of restriction of freedom that will push people to use crypto,” China’s crypto community remains positive despite tightening restrictions
Can Bitcoin Win the Digital Payments ‘Gauge War’?
16.5.2019
Bitcoin could learn a lesson from the railways, says Simon Johnson: For the customer, it’s just about getting from A to B fastest and cheapest
EBay Denies Rumors It Will Start Accepting Crypto, Despite Advertising at Crypto Event
15.5.2019
eBay has denied rumors that it is going to start accepting cryptocurrency as a payment method
Facebook’s Secret Project Libra: Is It Going To Launch Stablecoin-Based Payments Network?
15.5.2019
According to a report published by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook’s much-awaited Stablecoin will focus on brand new payments network. The blockchain initiative called Project Libra will internally implicate a Stablecoin which will be backed by government currency. The report can be read...
Whole Foods, Starbucks and Nordstrom, Accept Bitcoin As Payments But Don’t Acknowledge
15.5.2019
Ever since cryptocurrencies were first created, the ultimate aim of the creators was to ensure that it became an alternative and seamless mode of payments, but that always seemed to be a pipe dream as it was not accepted as legal tender anywhere. However, the atmosphere surrounding had started...
How to Send Bitcoin Cash via Text Messages to Anyone With a Mobile Phone
14.5.2019
Cointext allows you to send bitcoin cash (BCH) to anyone with a mobile phone in the regions supported by the service even if you don’t have access to the internet. On a global scale, the availability of cheap devices can help many more people use cryptocurrency for payments via SMS text...
E-Commerce Giant eBay All Set to Start Accepting Payments in Cryptocurrencies
14.5.2019
When cryptocurrencies first came into existence, no one quite took it with much seriousness and a future in which payments could be made with those currencies was nothing short of a pipe dream. However, over the past few years, that attitude is changing at a breakneck pace as more and more people...
No, eBay is Not Accepting Crypto Payments and is Not Working on It
14.5.2019
E-commerce giant eBay is currently not allowing payments to be made in cryptocurrency and is not working on that option at all at the moment, the company confirmed to Cryptonews.com.
Yesterday, speculations appeared in the cryptoverse that the California-based multinational e-commerce corporation...
Payments Startup Uphold to Use Ledger Vault
14.5.2019
American payments startup Uphold has announced that it will use Ledger Vault to secure assets on its platform
Whole Foods and Major Retailers Now Accept Cryptocurrency via the Spedn App
13.5.2019
On May 13, cryptocurrency enthusiasts were pleased to hear that major retailers including Whole Foods, Lowes, Petco, Regal Cinemas, and Gamestop will accept payments in crypto. The payments will be processed by Flexa using its custodial wallet called ‘Spedn’ which gives people...
Flexa Launches App Where Shoppers Can Spend Crypto at 15 Major US Retailers
13.5.2019
Payments startup Flexa has unveiled an app where consumers can spend cryptocurrencies at 15 major U.S. retailers
You Can Now ‘Spedn’ Bitcoin at GameStop, Barnes & Noble and More
13.5.2019
Payments startup Flexa has released a crypto wallet called SPEDN to help brick-and-mortar retailers accept cryptocurrencies
Huobi Prime To Add Reserve Protocol’s RSR Token With Focus On Blockchain Payments
13.5.2019
Crypto exchange Huobi Global announced on Sunday that it will be partnering with Reserve, the blockchain based global payments solution, to launch Reserve’s native token RSR, on the Huobi Prime platform. The exchange stated that it aims to bring blockchain payments among the masses....
Coinbase-Backed Stablecoin Startup Reserve to Launch ‘Venmo Style App’ in Venezuela
12.5.2019
A stablecoin-based, “Venmo style” payments app will be launched in Venezuela and Angola by Coinbase-backed startup Reserve