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BitPay Adds SegWit, BlockFi Doubles Revenue, 3 News From Cardano + More
2.7.2020
This is our daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Crypto adoption news
Major crypto payments company BitPay added support for SegWit in their wallet as an optional feature, and enhanced...
After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions
2.7.2020
Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community
Review: Crypto.com’s Ruby Steel Prepaid Visa Card
26.6.2020
A number of members in the cryptocurrency community, typically people who are paid in crypto assets, have tried a myriad of prepaid cards that can be credited with digital currencies like bitcoin. The following post is a review on the Crypto.com prepaid Visa card in order to give our readers some...
The COVID-19 E-Commerce Boom Hasn’t Trickled Down to Bitcoin, Despite Advantages
25.6.2020
Although a variety of e-commerce platforms are booming during COVID-19 lockdowns, bitcoin payments remain exceedingly niche
Bitpay Accepts Company of the Year Accolade
23.6.2020
Bitpay wins Company of the Year Award from market research company
BitPay Launches Prepaid Crypto Mastercard for US Customers
16.6.2020
The new debit card enables U.S. customers to spend their crypto holdings as fiat currency
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...
Estonian Crypto Purge; BitPay Card; Three Arrows Hit Grayscale + More News
11.6.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Regulation news
Estonian regulators worried that crypto-related firms are using their local credentials to help commit fraud...
BitPay’s Prepaid Mastercard Launches in US to Make Crypto Accessible
11.6.2020
BitPay rolls out prepaid Mastercard for U.S. crypto customers, hoping to further drive adoption and purchasing power of crypto holders
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...
Bitpay Shuns Lightning and Liquid, Says Actual Bitcoin Payments Still Dominate
29.5.2020
Bitpay won’t be using Lightning or Liquid any time soon, with actual Bitcoin payments still accounting for 95% of transactions
BitPay Processes More Volume, Transaction Count Remains Unchanged
18.5.2020
In the first quarter this year, US-based major crypto payments company BitPay processed 10% more volume in USD, compared to the last three months of 2019, while the number of transactions remained unchanged.
It includes all cryptoassets the company supports, with bitcoin (BTC) representing...
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
BitPay Onboards Client With 1M Customers, ECB Focuses On Retail CBDC + More News
12.5.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Crypto adoption news
Major crypto payment processor BitPay announced the first large international furniture brand to go live...
BitPay vs BTCPay: Which Bitcoin Payment Processor is Right for Your Business?
3.5.2020
Although most of the activity around bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies currently has more to do with price speculation than actual commerce, there are still plenty of reasons as to why accepting bitcoin payments makes sense for some businesses. Whether you believe in the ideas behind Bitcoin...
BitPay Partners With Binance to Support BUSD Payments in 50 US States
27.4.2020
Through BitPay card, Binance's stablecoin BUSD can now be used for payments in all 50 U.S. states
Tiger King’s Archnemesis Big Cat Rescue Accepts Bitcoin
2.4.2020
The number one show on Netflix in the U.S. right now is a television series called “Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness,” and American audiences are eating it up like candy. While the docuseries costar Joseph Maldonado, aka “Joe Exotic,” spends 22 years behind bars...
These Online Stores Will Sell You Masks, Gloves, Emergency Items for Cryptocurrency
15.3.2020
Events like the global coronavirus outbreak provide good justification for some prepping. Crises like this often result in shortages and skyrocketing prices of important emergency items, proving that everyone should keep a box of face masks and even a decent survival kit, should things go really...
It’s Too Early to Revise USD 20K per Bitcoin Prediction - BitPay CCO
6.3.2020
Source: iStock/Bychykhin_Olexandr
Following warnings in January that “unforeseen incidents” may occur and potentially affect bitcoin (BTC) price, the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of major crypto payment processor BitPay, Sonny Singh, now says that the Coronavirus could be such an incident....
Bitcartcc’s Merchant Solution: Developer Builds Self-Hosted Btcpay Alternative Supporting Bitcoin Cash
29.2.2020
On February 28, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents were introduced to a new platform called Bitcartcc. The project is a self-hosted open source payment processor that allows merchants to accept bitcoin cash easily. Bitcartcc was created because the developers behind the popular application Btcpay refuse...