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Ghost Coin to be Deployed as Payment for Hong Kong Vending Machines
29.6.2020
John McAfee-backed privacy coin Ghost Coin partners with ivendPay as a payment option for Hong Kong vending machines
Former US Treasury Head Calls Payment ‘Friction’ the Best Argument for Crypto
25.6.2020
Clinton-era Treasury Secretary Summers doesn’t buy some of the crypto community’s anarchic sentiments but agrees that they are solving a major problem
Singapore Begins Crackdown on Unlicensed Bitcoin Sellers
24.6.2020
Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s months-old ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales
Bitpay Accepts Company of the Year Accolade
23.6.2020
Bitpay wins Company of the Year Award from market research company
Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Missing $2.1 Billion Cash, Company Shares Plunge 62%
19.6.2020
About 1.9 billion euros ($2.13 billion) worth of cash is missing from one of Wirecard’s trust accounts and the crypto debit card provider cannot as yet account for the money, the company reported on Thursday. In a statement, the major German payment processor blamed “spurious”...
Singapore-Based Carpooling Platform Ryde Plans to Support Bitcoin Payments
18.6.2020
The popular and first Singapore-based carpooling platform, Ryde has revealed that customers will soon be able to pay with bitcoin. The feature will be available after the bitcoin support is incorporated into the company’s payment app on June 22. Ryde has approximately 29,000 drivers, tens...
Bitpay Reveals Crypto-to-Fiat Prepaid Mastercard, Firm’s Flagship Visa Card Ends in December
12.6.2020
On June 11, 2020, the cryptocurrency payment services provider, Bitpay announced the firm is launching a prepaid Mastercard that can be loaded with a variety of digital assets. The Atlanta-based company says the card can be spent anywhere Mastercard is accepted and users can “instantly...
Coca-Cola Distributor Offers Bitcoin Payment Options for Aussie Vending Machines
11.6.2020
More than 2,000 vending machines in Australia and New Zealand will let customers purchase Coke products using bitcoin
Over 2,000 Coca-Cola Machines Now Accept Bitcoin in Australia and New Zealand
9.6.2020
Over 2,000 Coca-Cola vending machines in Australia and New Zealand have started accepting bitcoin, thanks to an agreement between Coca-Cola Amatil and Centrapay. Coca-Cola Amatil is a major bottler and distributor in Asia Pacific, supporting 140 brands. Buy Coke With Bitcoin The bitcoin payment...
Home Seller Sues Buyer Over Payment in ‘Fool’s Gold’ Token
5.6.2020
A Californian homeowner is suing a prospective buyer for attempting to pay for 30% of the property using a “worthless” cryptocurrency
Payment-Centric Projects Bring Blockchain to People – Blockdaemon CEO
2.6.2020
Payment-centric projects are the ever-larger focus of Blockdaemon, a blockchain infrastructure platform for node management, as these bring blockchain to the masses, CEO and Founder Konstantin Richter told Cryptonews.com, noting that Celo and Libra have fundamental differences.
Blockdaemon...
Hong Kong Vending Machines Choose BCH over BTC
30.5.2020
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponent Roger Ver says that he did not pay for a Hong Kong vending machine to avoid offering Bitcoin (BTC) as a payment option
Bitpay Has ‘No Current Plans’ to Support Liquid or the Lightning Network
29.5.2020
According to Bitpay’s Chief Marketing Officer, Bill Zielke, onchain bitcoin payments still rule the roost as far as payments are concerned. Zielke detailed that at least in the near future, Bitpay won’t be supporting the Lightning Network or Blockstream’s Liquid project. Liquid...
OKCoin Grant Dishes $100K to Bitcoin Payment Processor
28.5.2020
OKCoin donated funding to a Bitcoin payment processor, tallying its second independent developer grant allocation
Role of Digital Currencies In Core Payment Systems Post COVID-19 Crisis
28.5.2020
While celebrating the start of a new decade, who would have thought that the world population is heading towards one of the biggest healthcare calamities of all time. The year 2020 has successfully placed itself in the list of one of the most unfortunate years in history due to the outbreak...
Gox Rising Offers $800 per Bitcoin Claim to Buy out Mt Gox Creditors
22.5.2020
Gox Rising has offered to buy out creditor claims from the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange Mt. Gox. The Brock Pierce-led outfit will pay $800 per bitcoin claim, either in BTC or cash, to creditors who are unwilling to wait for the finalization of the ongoing civil litigation. “Our payment...
Travala.com's AVA Token Added to Crypto Payment Service CoinGate
21.5.2020
Travala.com’s AVA token is now spendable at over 5,000 merchants with CoinGate’s system
New Partnership Adds Crypto Payment Routes on Shopify
21.5.2020
Shopify sellers can now accept crypto via digital asset payment processor, CoinPayments
Japan’s Top Credit Card Issuer Building Blockchain Payment System
18.5.2020
JCB’s partner in the venture, TECHFUND, offers services to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technologies for startups
Pine64 Drops BitPay Before First Bitcoin Payment Over Twitter ‘Outcry’
16.5.2020
The latest revolt against the controversial BitPay appears to result in open-source competitor BTCPay getting its business