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Make the Perfect Cup at Your Preferred Temp With 26% off a Ninja Hot and Cold Brew System
28.3.2021
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Hell Yeah, A Coffee Shop Tycoon Game
4.3.2021
I am an absolute sucker for specialist tycoon games, whether you’re running a football team, game studio, bus company or emergency service. So my next indulgence may well be Espresso Tycoon, a game about building some coffee shops.Read more
Crypto Futures Exchange Bakkt Going Public at a Valuation of $2.1 Billion
12.1.2021
Bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt is going public via a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) created for taking startup firms public. Both companies have now confirmed the transaction, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under...
Starbucks and McDonald’s reportedly not testing China’s digital yuan
14.10.2020
Starbucks and McDonald’s are reportedly not part of the 3,000 merchants piloting China’s CBDC
97% of People Consulted by UK Financial Regulator Opposed Crypto Derivatives Ban
8.10.2020
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ban on crypto derivatives sales to retail investors has set tongues wagging. It is no mystery. After a consultation process that closed Oct. 3, 2019, with 97% of participants opposed to the prohibition, the U.K. financial regulator still proceeded to issue...
BuySellVouchers Indirectly Gives the Opportunity To Shop in the Popular Retail Chains With Bitcoin
30.9.2020
It is looking like good times in the retail industry as BuySellVouchers gives a solution that allows users of the platform to shop in the most popular retail chains with cryptocurrency. The innovative solution from one of the leading online marketplaces for digital goods allows shoppers to purchase...
Starbucks to let customers trace their coffee’s provenance from bean to brew
25.8.2020
Starting today, the coffeehouse is bringing their beans to the blockchain
China’s Giant Ride-Hailing Service Didi to Pilot the Central Bank’s Digital Yuan
9.7.2020
The Chinese government and the country’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), are currently in the midst of testing a digital yuan or central bank digital currency (CBDC). Now the Chinese ride-hailing corporation Didi Chuxing will be trialing the newly developed digital yuan...
Digital Yuan to Fuel China’s Economic Reign – McDonald’s, Starbucks, Subway Test PBoC’s Cryptocurrency
24.4.2020
China’s economy is the second-largest in the world and economists believe the country may someday bring a new global order and end the Western hemisphere’s financial rule. In 2020, various reports show that China’s central bank will soon release a cryptocurrency that represents...
Starbucks, McDonald’s Among 19 Firms to Test China’s Digital Yuan: Report
23.4.2020
The food and beverage giants are among the restaurants and retail shops reportedly on a local government list for testing of China's central bank digital currency
Coronavirus ‘Didn’t Cause’ Crash, BTC Recovery ‘Will Take Months’: Hodler’s Digest, Mar. 16–22
22.3.2020
In this week’s Hodler’s Digest, Binance rejects claims that BTC crashed because of the coronavirus, and how plans to give Americans $2,000 a month could boost crypto
Bakkt Touts New Payment Integration With Starbucks
16.3.2020
Users of the Starbucks iPhone app are now being presented with “Bakkt Cash” as a payment option
Bullish Bakkt: Company Launches New Products as Futures Trading Surges
29.10.2019
Despite slow progress, analysts such as Omar Bham are bullish about Bakkt’s impact on the industry: “BAKKT will continue to become an institutional household name”
Bakkt to Launch Crypto ‘Consumer App’ in First Half of 2020
28.10.2019
Bakkt says it's launching a consumer app next year that will let customers pay crypto at Starbucks
Bitcoin Startup Brings Lightning Network Payments to Amazon, Whole Foods
11.7.2019
U.S.-based payments startup Fold has made Lightning Network payments possible at Amazon, Starbucks, Uber and other big name retailers
Bitcoin Analyst Says BTC Could Reach $25,000 by End of 2019
7.6.2019
Bitcoin price analyst Oliver Isaacs predicts bitcoin hitting $25,000 this winter, citing signs of mainstream adoption and the U.S.–China trade war as influencing factor
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...
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...
Bitcoins for Frappuccino: Will Starbucks’ Crypto Endeavours Pave the Way for Mainstream Adoption?
12.5.2019
Is the long-awaited mainstream adoption finally coming to the crypto market? A deeper look into Starbucks’ crypto plans, which includes a blockchain and BTC payments
The Implications of Fusing 5G and Blockchain
31.3.2019
The debut of 5G networks will be a boost for blockchain and IoT