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Korean Court Orders Crypto Exchange to Pay Customers Suffering From Service Outage
16.1.2023
South Korea’s supreme court has upheld the ruling for Bithumb, the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to pay damages to more than a hundred customers who filed a lawsuit claiming they suffered financial losses resulting from the exchange’s service outage. Bithumb...
Update Lets Digital Yuan Users Pay with Mobiles – Even When Their Battery’s Flat
13.1.2023
Another update to China’s digital yuan app is allowing users in pilot zones to pay using their cell phone – even if their devices have run out of battery or have no mobile signal.
Per Shanghai Securties News, Android users can now toggle a function that lets them “pay without network and/or...
Forbes Gives Alchemy Pay Web3 Innovation Pioneer Award
13.1.2023
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore, 12 January 2023: Fiat-crypto payment gateway Alchemy Pay and its co-founder and majority shareholder, Shawn Shi, have been officially recognised by Forbes with the Web3 Innovation Pioneer award on 11 January. The Singapore-based payment solutions provider has a major...
Belarusian Fined $1 Million for Illegal Crypto Trading
13.1.2023
A Belarusian citizen will have to pay a hefty fine for illegally organizing the exchange of cryptocurrencies online. Law enforcement authorities in the country, where certain crypto activities are legal, do not plan to impose other penalties besides the administrative measure. Cryptocurrency Trader...
Did Sam Bankman-Fried in Effect Pay VC Firms Like Paradigm to Invest in FTX in a Circular Funding Arrangement?
11.1.2023
New revelations indicate that there were some close links between Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and some of his major backers.
According to a new report by the Financial Times, Bankman-Fried invested $20 million in a fund managed by crypto...
Some Overwatch 2 Players Can't Stand This 'Pay To Lose' Skin
9.1.2023
To ring in the new year, Overwatch 2 kicked off a limited-time event themed around Greek mythology. No, you won’t see Apollo or Kratos roaming Ilios, but if you shell out $20, you can transform the spidery sniper Widowmaker into the goddess of beauty and stone, Medusa, replete with a white tunic...
Revolut zpoplatní dobíjení pomocí Apple Pay a Google Pay
9.1.2023
Revolut dnes klientům zaslal e-mail, v němž je informuje, že zpoplatňuje dobíjení účtů pomocí Apple Pay a Google Pay. Z matoucí zprávy ale nevyplývá, kdy mají nová pravidla začít platit, ani o jak vysoký poplatek jde.
„Tento poplatek účtujeme na pokrytí nákladů na zpracování plateb uplatňovaných
Revolut zpoplatní dobíjení účtů přes Apple/Google Pay
9.1.2023
Služba Revolut chystá zavedení poplatků za přidání peněz prostřednictvím služeb Google Pay a Apple Pay. Litevská firma to oznámila v e-mailech rozesílaných svým klientům. „Doposud jsme tyto poplatky účtovali pouze při přímém použití karty k dobití. Při použití stejné karty prostřednictvím služby...
SBF Fights for Robinhood Shares — Says He Needs Them More Than FTX Customers Who Only Suffer ‘Possibility of Economic Loss’
9.1.2023
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) is attempting to regain access to his Robinhood shares, worth over $460 million. The former CEO of the collapsed crypto exchange claimed that he needs them to “pay for his criminal defense,” stressing that without them the consequences would...
Crypto Miners in Kazakhstan Start Paying Higher Electricity Fees
7.1.2023
Since the beginning of 2023, cryptocurrency miners operating in Kazakhstan are obliged to pay new fees for the power they need to mint digital coins. A surcharge introduced in 2021 now depends on the price of electricity consumed by bitcoin farms and can be much higher than the original levy....
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers claim he needs Robinhood shares 'to pay for his criminal defense'
6.1.2023
The legal team confirmed the U.S. Departure of Justice was in the process of seizing the Robinhood shares, but said SBF was “compelled to reply” given other claims
How to buy Bitcoin with Apple Pay?
5.1.2023
Buy Bitcoin with Apple Pay using iPhone and iOS devices on various leading cryptocurrency exchanges including Binance, Coinbase, BitPay and more
Coinbase to Pay $100M to Settle New York Regulators' Anti-Money Laundering Complaints
5.1.2023
The US crypto exchange Coinbase has agreed to shell out a total of $100m to settle a complaint relating to “certain historical shortcomings” in its regulatory compliance work.
The massive amount Coinbase is expected to pay is made up of a $50m penalty to the regulator, as well as another $50m...
Ukrainian Pharmacy Chain Introduces Cryptocurrency Payments
5.1.2023
A major Ukrainian chain of pharmacies has started accepting cryptocurrency through Binance Pay. The new payment method will be available online, according to the company, which operates hundreds of drugstores across the war-torn Eastern European nation. Pharmacy Offers Ukrainians Option to Pay With...
Coinbase Agrees to $100 Million Settlement With New York Financial Regulator for Anti-Money Laundering Violations
4.1.2023
Coinbase has agreed to pay a $100 million settlement with the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), according to a consent order signed by the NYDFS superintendent Adrienne Harris on Jan. 4, 2023. New York’s financial regulator said compliance problems were detected and the exchange’s...
Coinbase Will Pay $50M Fine to New York Regulator to Settle Background Check Charges
4.1.2023
The settlement will also require Coinbase to invest $50 million to bolster its compliance program
Ukrainian pharmacies enable crypto payments via Binance Pay
3.1.2023
Ukraine continues adopting cryptocurrency payments with the Binance crypto exchange amid the ongoing war with Russia
You can now use Google Pay & Apple Pay on Binance!
30.12.2022
Binance, one of the biggest names in the crypto domain, recently announced the integration of Google Pay and Apple Pay. The integration has opened the exchange to 43.9 million Apple Pay and 25 million Google Pay users. The platform released an official post to inform users about the development....
China’s CBDC wallet resorts to ages-old tradition to boost adoption
28.12.2022
A traditional Chinese way of gifting money that’s gone virtual with the rise of digital payments has been introduced into the digital yuan wallet app
Report: R&B Artist Akon Denies Claims His Crypto City Dream Is Crumbling
27.12.2022
Senegalese-American artist, Akon, reportedly reassured participants in his so-called token of appreciation (TOA) that they will be reimbursed for donations. To back this promise, the singer reportedly claimed he is even willing to do “a world tour just to pay them all back.” Akon...