2024-12-28 12:58 |
Metrics like the number of confirmed payments can be used to gauge investor activity on the Bitcoin network.
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Payments giant Stripe has completed the acquisition of stablecoin platform Bridge following a deal valued at over one billion dollars. Without revealing any details, Michael Arrington, co-founder of TechCrunch, confirmed the acquisition via an Oct. 20 X post, noting that…
2024-10-21 11:19 | |
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The launch of Bitcoin Runes played an important role in the spike in the total number of transactions over the Bitcoin network.
2024-4-30 10:35 | |
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A spokesperson for PayPal confirmed to Reuters that the company had received a subpoena tied to its U.S. dollar stablecoin. Payments giant PayPal received an investigative subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its stablecoin tied to…
2023-11-2 13:52 | |
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Project Mariana, an initiative whose goal was to explore the application of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in enhancing the efficiency and security of cross-border payments, has been successfully concluded, the Bank of France has confirmed.
2023-9-29 05:00 | |
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2023-9-28 23:55 | |
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Binance spokesperson told crypto. news confirmed that SEPA-based euro payments will continue to be processed until Sept. 25 but with a catch. In an Aug. 22 statement, a Binance spokesperson told crypto.
2023-8-22 14:33 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has stated that the recent federal court ruling has confirmed that XRP is “not a security”. The ruling provides the digital payments company with greater flexibility to pursue various business opportunities across the globe.
2023-7-15 01:00 | |
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Dogecoin (DOGE/USD) saw a 19% price surge after Elon Musk confirmed that he intends to integrate payments into what he described as Twitter 2. 0 on November 27. Dogecoin is a meme-cryptocurrency created to be an alternative to the serious tone found in other coins, such as Bitcoin (BTC/USD).
2022-11-29 13:32 | |
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All crypto payments from Russians to European wallet providers will be forbidden under the measures.
2022-10-7 12:52 | |
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Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Moiseyev has confirmed that Russia is working with crypto-friendly countries to facilitate cross-border payments using stablecoins as sanctions from U. S and United Kingdom mount, local news TASS reported on September 6.
2022-9-7 22:23 | |
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Finance Minister for Portugal, Fernando Medina, has confirmed that Portugal will begin taxing cryptocurrency in a parliamentary session on May 13. The post Portugal to start taxing crypto gains and payments appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2022-5-16 17:20 | |
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Per a report from local news outlet Kommersant, the Russian Ministry of Finance has completed a bill addressing crypto payments in the country. The document was obtained by the local news website and confirmed by two different sources.
2022-4-16 01:00 | |
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Colorado Governor Jared Schutz Polis has just announced that his state will begin accepting Bitcoin for tax payments starting this summer. Speaking to CNBC on Wednesday, the state’s Governor Jared Schutz Polis confirmed that his administration was fast-tracking a plan to roll out a framework that will see Colorado residents start to pay their taxes […]
2022-2-17 17:12 | |
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Uber, the largest ride-hailing company globally has confirmed that the firm is open to accepting Bitcoin payments in the future. In a Friday interview on Bloomberg, the company’s C.E.O Dara Khosrowshahi stated that they were actively engaging in discussions around crypto and when time is ripe for them, they would “absolutely” start accepting payments in […]
2022-2-13 18:13 | |
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PayPal has confirmed it is exploring a stablecoin. Here’s how experts see the potential impact of a PayPal Coin.
2022-1-30 17:01 | |
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Co-founder and CEO of Airbnb, Brian Chesky, has confirmed that his company is already underway with plans to integrate crypto payments into its platform. The planned crypto adoption will follow the likes of AMC Theatres, which now accept payments for movies in Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Shiba Inu […]
2022-1-6 19:51 | |
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AMC has now officially become the first theater chain to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and cryptocurrency payments on its platform. This has been a long time coming after CEO Adam Aron had first announced the entertainment giant’s plans to accept crypto payments by the end of the year.
2021-11-13 20:00 | |
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PayPal CEO Dan Schulman confirmed that the payments giant is working on launching crypto services in the U. K. If all goes according to plan, this could be as soon as August. “We’re going to launch, hopefully, maybe even next month in the U.
2021-7-30 03:01 | |
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The developers of the DASH cryptocurrency have launched a retail-focused app that will help customers to spend the cryptocurrency at retail and online shops across the United States. In a press release shared earlier this week, the blockchain-based payments network confirmed that its app – called DashDirect – will help improve commercial payments and, most […] The post Dash Releases App for Retail Commerce Payments Using DASH Token first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-7-29 18:30 | |
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Jack Dorsey’s payments company, Square Inc. , has confirmed that it is building a bitcoin hardware wallet and service with the aim to “make bitcoin custody more mainstream. ” Square’s Bitcoin Hardware Wallet in the Works Square Inc.
2021-7-9 18:30 | |
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Jack Dorsey, the co-founder, and CEO of microblogging platform Twitter and financial payments company Square has confirmed that one of his companies may soon integrate bitcoin’s Lightning Network. The LN is a layer-2 payment protocol launched in January 2018 and it runs on top of bitcoin.
2021-6-11 15:12 | |
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HSBC has confirmed its bitcoin and cryptocurrency stance as a growing number of major banks are beginning to offer crypto services. CEO Noel Quinn says that HSBC views bitcoin as an asset class rather than a payments vehicle but the bank is not rushing into providing cryptocurrency investments for clients. HSBC Confirms Crypto Stance HSBC […]
2021-5-24 14:34 | |
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that he has not sold any dogecoin and will not sell any as the price of the cryptocurrency continues to slide over the recent weeks. The “Dogefather” has been working with dogecoin devs “to improve system transaction efficiency” after Tesla suspended accepting bitcoin for payments, citing environmental concerns. Elon […]
2021-5-22 17:00 | |
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AXA, a Swiss arm of the insurance giant, announced today that its customers can now make Bitcoin payments. This move makes it the first insurer to allow cryptocurrency payments. As cryptocurrencies go mainstream, AXA is looking into meeting the growing demand, as confirmed by Claudia Bienentreu, Head of Open Innovation at AXA Switzerland. A ‘Wide-range’Read More
2021-4-15 17:00 | |
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Elon Musk’s electric car company, Tesla, has started accepting bitcoin payments. Musk, whose title is now Technoking of Tesla, also confirmed that all “Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.
2021-3-24 11:30 | |
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American payments giant PayPal has confirmed the acquisition of cryptocurrency custody security startup Curv. The digital payments firm has been rumored to be in talks with the Israeli startup for weeks now.
2021-3-9 00:06 | |
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is actively working on a digital currency and will make a decision “very soon,” the central bank has reportedly confirmed. Meanwhile, payments giant Paypal is shutting down its payment services within India.
2021-2-6 16:15 | |
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In an announcement, Ripple Inc. confirmed its investment in MoneyTap, a joint venture between the San-Francisco blockchain payments provider and Japan’s bank, SBI Holdings. The investment aims to enhance payments across blockchains, reduce the high costs, and process times of international remittances through MoneyTap.
2020-10-30 16:16 | |
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Payments processor PayPal is rumored to be exploring cryptocurrency-centric companies to buy, including crypto custodian BitGo, according to a new report by Bloomberg. This comes just days after PayPal confirmed it is entering the crypto space by launching a crypto buying and selling service for its customers.
2020-10-26 23:07 | |
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The news comes a day after the payments giant confirmed it's entering the cryptocurrency market.
2020-10-23 00:35 | |
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The Bahamas Central Bank has confirmed that its pipeline CBDC ‘Sand dollar’ will roll out next month as anticipated. This will mark the first retail-oriented CBDC to be integrated with fundamental financial market pillars as the world gradually shifts to digital payments.
2020-9-29 17:14 | |
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Japan’s giant banking institution, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Bank (MUFG) finally announces plans to launch its digital currency after releasing a conflicting report in December 2019. According to local news website, Mainichi, MUFG’s president, Hironori Kamezawa, confirmed the company will launch its own digital currency partnering with Recruit Group, which operates restaurant introduction sites including […]
2020-7-21 19:10 | |
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Online payments giant PayPal has confirmed that it is working on bringing cryptocurrency capabilities to its platform. The news was confirmed via a letter sent to the European Commission seeking...
2020-7-15 20:12 | |
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Binance first announced plans for a UK crypto trading platform in mid-June. The company has now confirmed an Autumn 2020 rollout. Source: binance.com The UK platform will provide GBP and Euro on/off ramps via bank transfer through the UK’s Faster Payments service, as well as the equivalent function in Europe, the Single Euro Payments Area […]
2020-7-9 13:20 | |
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The chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets has confirmed that the bill which provides the regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies in Russia has been completed. The official explained key features of the bill, including how cryptocurrency exchanges and miners will be regulated.
2020-4-5 09:45 | |
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BTC payments processor, OpenNode, plans to launch a pilot test on Apple Pay that will allow its merchants to receive payments in Bitcoin. The firm’s marketing director, Ryan Flowers, confirmed that they have indeed found a solution to convert fiat payments made through Apple pay into BTC for the receiving party. Want to accept traditional […]
2020-2-20 18:58 | |
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BitPay Support confirmed that BitPay had a 3-hour outage of Bitcoin payments on Dec. 22
2019-12-24 02:41 | |
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SBI Ripple Asia has just confirmed that it will be working with SBI Remit and Vietnam’s TPBank to facilitate remittance payments between Japan and Vietnam. The partnership will enable near-instant, low cost payments using the collaboration between Ripple Labs and SBI Holdings, RippleNet.
2019-11-16 23:00 | |
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There has been some excitement regarding Stellar Lumens. The Stellar Development Foundation confirmed it has removed a fair amount of lumens from the circulating supply. The Stellar Development Foundation works on making XLM a new payments standard.
2019-11-7 06:00 | |
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Despite a crypto ban in China, citizens are still hungry for digital assets and companies around the world are seeking ways to facilitate trading for the burgeoning population. One of the world’s largest exchanges has just confirmed new fiat on-ramps for two of China’s largest ecommerce and social media payments platforms.
2019-10-9 13:13 | |
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Cryptocurrency micropayment service TipJar is shutting down in Q1 2020 due to low usage, developers have confirmed. Cryptocurrency Tipping Fails To Catch On In a Reddit post on October 6, user u/doppio requested users withdraw any remaining funds held on their accounts.
2019-10-7 12:00 | |
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Venezuelan President, Nicholas Maduro, has confirmed rumors that the country is launching a cryptocurrency-based payment network for domestic and international payments. An even more exciting development from here is that the country is looking to accept Bitcoin and Ethereum from a state-owned petroleum company which they will hold as a part of their monetary reserves,Read MoreRead More.
2019-10-2 01:00 | |
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Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has openly declared his regime’s love for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The controversial politician on Tuesday said his government is using cryptocurrencies to access national and international payment infrastructure.
2019-10-1 13:44 | |
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The US’ largest bank has signed the first lender from cryptocurrency-friendly Singapore to its Blockchain payments platform. OCBC Joins 342 Banks Keen On Quorum In a press release on September 19, JPMorgan Chase confirmed more than 300 banks were now involved in the Interbank Information Network (IIN).
2019-9-20 13:00 | |
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Lightning Labs has confirmed that a major vulnerability in the Lightning Network has been exploited ‘in the wild. ’ The peer-to-peer payment network is meant to provide fast and inexpensive Bitcoin payments, but as the bug incident demonstrates, it may not yet be ready for serious payments.
2019-9-15 22:05 | |
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Cielo is a Brazil-based company that provides services related to credit cards and other payment methods. In fact, they are the largest providers of such services in the country. So, when they confirmed that users in Brazil could pay in cryptos, it was one of the best news for adoption in the country in recent […]
2019-8-31 20:36 | |
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Crypto transactions exempt from VAT or capital gain taxes – PTA The Portugues Tax Authority (PTA) has officially announced that both trading and payments in cryptocurrencies will not be taxed in the country, as per the report published on August 26 by a Portugues business newspaper.
2019-8-29 19:49 | |
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Facebook’s fears that the bottlenecks tech firms in the free world face in developing cryptocurrencies risks opening the door for more closed societies to take the lead have been confirmed. According to Forbes, China has already developed a state-backed cryptocurrency known as DC/EP (DC- Digital Currency, EP – Electronic Payments) that could be unveiled in […] The post China’s Govt Crypto Readies Huge November Launch to Steal Libra’s Thunder appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-8-30 14:43 | |
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China's long-fabled "cryptocurrency" launch is finally on the horizon. According to Bloomberg, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) payments department deputy director Mu Changchun confirmed at the China Finance 40 Forum that the country’s cryptocurrency is nearing its release following a year of research and development.
2019-8-13 20:03 | |
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The new year will bring freshmen members of Congress and President-elect Donald Trump, who made big promises to the industry during his campaign.
Kyrgyzstan is considered an ideal destination for cryptocurrency miners due to its untapped renewable energy resources.
Beyond the $1.1 million unrealized profit, the trader earned over $680,000 worth of funding fees on his short position, ripe for liquidation above $4,750.
Increasingly more analysts and chart patterns are pointing to an imminent Ether breakout to an all-time high, bolstered by BlackRock doubling its Ether ETF holdings.
The prime minister said Czech residents would not have to report crypto transactions under $4,200 per year or pay taxes for selling digital assets held for more than three years.
Analysts are expecting Ether and altcoins like XRP to stage a significant rally leading into Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, which also marks the last day of SEC Chair Gensler.