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Bored Apes, Moonbirds to feature on NFT-customized Mastercard debit cards
27.9.2022
The customizable card will only support NFT avatars from select blue chip collections, subject to Mastercard’s design standards and an owner verification process
Ivory Coast-Based Payments Fintech Secures $5 Million From Its Pre-Series A Funding Round
26.9.2022
The Ivorian payments financial technology (fintech) startup, Julaya, recently concluded its pre-Series A round with an additional $5 million capital raise. This brings to $7 million the total capital that the fintech startup, which specializes in business-to-business payments, has raised in this...
Crypto Payments May Not Help Russia Bypass Sanctions, Experts Say
26.9.2022
Russia is preparing to authorize international crypto payments but people involved in the industry doubt this would allow the country to circumvent sanctions. At the same time, the United States has been tightening the noose, recently targeting the use of cryptocurrencies to dodge the financial...
Russia Starts Developing Mechanism for International Crypto Payments
25.9.2022
Financial authorities in Russia have begun work on a mechanism to facilitate the employment of cryptocurrencies for settlements with other nations amid sanctions. The country’s central bank and finance ministry have already agreed on a draft law regulating cross-border crypto payments....
JPMorgan: Demand for Crypto as Payment Method Has Drastically Declined
25.9.2022
Global investment bank JPMorgan is seeing little demand for crypto as a payment method. However, the bank noted that cryptocurrencies are becoming “larger and larger” in the gaming sector, including in the metaverse. JPMorgan Sees Little Demand for Crypto as a Payment Tool The global...
Merchant Crypto Payments: Clever Marketing or Signs of Real Adoption?
24.9.2022
Andrey Diyakonov is the Chief Commercial Officer at Choise.com, a MetaFi (CeFi/DeFi) ecosystem based on Crypterium CeFi solutions and Charism DeFi protocol.__________
Earlier this year, all the news about digital assets was about the ongoing crypto winter, the bankruptcy of lenders and other...
Cryptocurrency Exchange Bitso Launches Interoperable QR Payments in Argentina
24.9.2022
Bitso, a Mexico-based, Latam-focused cryptocurrency exchange, has launched an initiative that aims to allow Argentines to use crypto for their everyday purchases. The exchange is introducing QR payments directly in its app, which will be interoperable with other platforms already using this method...
Erdogan Suggests Turkish-Russian Payment System, Local Media Reports
24.9.2022
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is reportedly pushing for Turkey and Russia to establish a new payment system between them. The initiative comes amid U.S. pressure against the use of the Russian Mir cards in Turkey. Some Turkish banks have been working with them to facilitate payments...
Crypto Biz: DID you see what Africa is doing with Web3?
23.9.2022
Decentralized identity services could play a vital role in promoting Web3 payments in emerging markets like Africa. This week's Crypto Biz has the latest
Huobi Partners With Astropay to Facilitate Fiat Payments in Latam
23.9.2022
Huobi Global, one of the biggest exchanges in volumes traded, has announced a partnership to make it easier for its Latam-based customers to acquire cryptocurrencies. The exchange has allied with Astropay, a payment services platform, to allow customers in Latam to purchase cryptocurrency with fiat...
Opera Crypto Browser Integrates Elrond, Blockdaemon Partners With a Banking Giant, KuCoin Going Glocal + More News
22.9.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Opera Crypto Browser Integrates Elrond, Blockdaemon Partners With a Banking Giant, KuCoin Going Glocal + More News
Russian officials approve use of crypto for cross-border payments: Report
22.9.2022
Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev said the policy describes "how to acquire cryptocurrency, what can be done with it" and its use in cross-border settlements
Regulated fintech in Bahrain enables crypto payments with Binance
22.9.2022
The Central Bank of Bahrain gives the nod to EazyPay, launching crypto payments for more than 5,000 payment gateways in the country
Utopia Unlocks Anonymous eCommerce Payments at Over 1,800 Stores
22.9.2022
Utopia Crypto continues to turn heads in eCommerce as over 1,800 online stores now accept this payment method. Both store owners and consumers will benefit from anonymity and lightning-fast settlement. Utopia is a fully decentralized blockchain-based payment network tackling problems faced...
Banking Giant Launching VC for Crypto Investments, Paying Taxes With Crypto in US, EOS Independence + More News
21.9.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Banking Giant Launching VC for Crypto Investments, Paying Taxes With Crypto in US, EOS Independence + More News
Hearing: Alternative payments’ threat to national security goes far beyond crypto
21.9.2022
Crypto is just the tip of the iceberg, experts tell a U.S. House Financial Service subcommittee in testimony on payment systems and national security
Colorado is now accepting tax payments in cryptocurrency, as Gov. Polis promised
20.9.2022
The Colorado Department of Revenue offers tax payment through the PayPal Cryptocurrency Hub for personal taxes; businesses are not eligible yet
Nasdaq's Crypto Move, $160M DeFi Hack, Hong Kong CBDC + More News
20.9.2022
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.__________...
Read More: Nasdaq's Crypto Move, $160M DeFi Hack, Hong Kong CBDC + More News
Payments platform Fuse integrates ChromePay to bring DID services to Africa
20.9.2022
The African continent has emerged as a hotbed for crypto and blockchain activity, with countries like Nigeria and Ethiopia leading the way
Bitcoin still dominates total payments on BitPay despite the bear market
20.9.2022
Total crypto payments on BitPay remained stable despite the bear market, with monthly transactions surging from around 58,000 in 2021 to 67,000 in 2022