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WhatsApp enables crypto payments in US
WhatsApp has launched a pilot project enabling some users in the US to send and receive money using crypto. The feature is powered by Meta (formerly Facebook) digital wallet Novi, which launched as a pilot one month and a half ago. дальше »
2021-12-10 17:15 | |
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Email Subscription Platform Substack Adds Bitcoin Lightning Payments
Substack with over half a million subscribers, announced Monday it has integrated Bitcoin Lightning payments in collaboration with OpenNode, a payment processor offering Bitcoin and Lightning optimized API solutions for businesses. дальше »
2021-8-24 18:04 | |
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Visa Customers Spent Over $1 Bln on its Crypto-linked Cards in First Half of the Year
Payments giant Visa said that its customers spent more than $1 billion on its crypto-linked cards in the first half of the year, just as the payment processor has been making moves to make crypto transactions smoother. дальше »
2021-7-8 19:54 | |
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Two crypto experts discussed crypto and whether ‘The Musk Effect’ is real
About a week and a half ago now, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, and one of the wealthiest individuals in the world appeared on SNL, where he referenced his favorite crypto, Dogecoin (DOGE/USD). Two days later, Musk’s company, Tesla, announced that it will no longer accept BTC payments for electric cars due to the […] The post Two crypto experts discussed crypto and whether ‘The Musk Effect’ is real appeared first on Invezz. дальше »
2021-5-19 10:45 | |
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NFL Star Russell Okung to Get Half of Salary Paid In Bitcoin
NFL star Russell Okung will get half of his $13 million contract paid in Bitcoin. With this development, Okung becomes the first NFL star to receive salary payments in Bitcoin. Payment Facilitated By Blockchain Startup Zap Okung will be paid by the National Football League in the form of an arrangement with crypto startup Zap.Read More дальше »
2020-12-30 20:14 | |
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Meet the Projects Pushing Stablecoin Adoption
In the last year, stablecoins have gone from representing just a tiny fraction of global cryptocurrency trading volume to more than half of it. This, because more users than ever before now use stablecoins to exit volatility, invest, and make payments. дальше »
2020-11-3 13:52 | |
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How Digitization Can Boost Financial Resilience for People in Poverty
As the world’s poorest people struggle with the economic impact of COVID-19, a potential source of hope has been found in Kenya. Around half of the East African nation’s 52 million people use the mobile payments service, M-Pesa. дальше »
2020-10-15 00:03 | |
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Bitcoin Purchases on Dorsey’s Square Cash App, Records Its 7th Straight Quarter of Growth
According to the financial report of the quarter four of Twitter founder and bitcoin proponent Jack Dorsey’s Square, customers bought $178 million of Bitcoin. In total, the peer-to-peer payments and stock trading Cash App generated $361 million in revenue, half of which came from bitcoin trading. дальше »
2020-2-29 22:24 | |
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MENA’s Unbanked to Drive Crypto Adoption While China’s 5G SIM Cards to Enable Digital Payments
In the next five years, half of the smartphone owners who don’t have a bank account will use a mobile-accessible cryptocurrency account, said Miriam Burt, managing VP at Gartner while delivering his Keynote presentation titled: “Gartner’s Strategic Predictions for 2020 and Beyond,” at Oracle OpenWorld 2020. дальше »
2020-1-24 22:02 | |
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Venezuela’s Maduro Says He Will Airdrop Half a Petro Each to Public Employees, Retirees
Venezuelans including public sector workers, retirees and the military are set to receive a petro token handout this Christmas, so long as they register for the state's crypto payments platform. дальше »
2019-12-16 17:10 | |
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Litecoin records stronger SegWit adoption, despite Bitcoin hitting ATH a few weeks ago
With figures amounting to less than half, not many Bitcoin wallets have implemented the backward compatible upgrade, SegWit, even after two years of its official release. Just two weeks ago, Bitcoin’s transactions had soared to an all-time high with respect to SegWit, with 48. дальше »
2019-8-10 20:00 | |
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Report: Australians Lost Over $4 Million to Crypto Scams in 2018
The latest edition of “Targeting scams,” an annual report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that the country saw a 190 percent increase in cryptocurrency scams, with a total of $6. дальше »
2019-4-30 20:07 | |
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Australian cryptocurrency scams earned $4.3 million last year, up 190%
Australian fraudsters earned $4. 3 million (AU$6. 1 million) with cryptocurrency scams last year—a revenue increase of 190 percent when compared to 2017. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s new report details the extent of the nation’s problem with cryptocurrency fraud. дальше »
2019-4-29 13:01 | |
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New York Makes First Money Laundering Conviction Involving Cryptocurrency
In what the Manhattan District Attorney calls the first crypto money laundering conviction in New York, two defendants have pleaded guilty to running a drug trafficking business that laundered millions of dollars in Western Union and crypto payments. дальше »
2019-4-25 20:37 | |
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Cashaa Now Accepts Debit, Credit Cards for Crypto Purchases
Online banking platform Cashaa is set to allow users to purchase bitcoin, ether and Cashaa’s own token, CAS, using major credit and debit cards. This new service is a follow-up to the Business Banking Services Cashaa launched earlier in April 2019, which allows both individuals and private firms to open accounts with Cashaa and accept cryptocurrency payments. дальше »
2019-4-24 01:08 | |
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IMF Poll: Cryptocurrency Payments Will Be Mainstream By 2024
An ongoing poll by the IMF shows that more people believe that cryptocurrency will be the most popular payment means for lunch by 2024. More People Prefer Crypto As at press time, more than half of the respondents say they would use cryptocurrency to pay for lunch in five-years’ time. дальше »
2019-4-11 21:00 | |
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Bolt-A-Thon, a Virtual Lightning Network Event, Invites Borderless Progress
Bolt-A-Thon, a unique kind of Lightning Network hackathon and conference kicks off today, April 5, 2019, to help gather contributors from all over the world and propel Bitcoin’s vital Layer 2 solution. дальше »
2019-4-5 19:10 | |
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Op Ed: Answering 10 Common Questions About Cryptocurrency and Taxes
Depending on what country you live in, your cryptocurrency will be subject to different tax rules. The questions below address implications within the United States, specifically, but similar issues arise around the world. дальше »
2019-3-29 18:20 | |
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Standard Bank to Launch a Blockchain Exchange Payments and Settlement System
On March 1, 2018, Standard Bank announced that they would launch a blockchain-based payment system in the first half of 2019. A Hyperledger Fabric-Hosted Platform Standard Bank’s platform will utilize the Hyperledger Fabric. дальше »
2019-3-3 02:00 | |
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CEO of Abra Sees Cross-Border Payments and Remittance as Source of Struggle for Crypto Firms
Abra, a crypto wallet provider and payment startup, is run by CEO Bill Barhydt, and he recently sat down to be the subject of an interview with Breaker Mag. In his interview, he discussed the difficulties facing cross-border payment services for the crypto industry. дальше »
2019-2-1 07:03 | |
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A New Australian Dollar-Backed Stablecoin Slated to Launch on Stellar
Utility billing and payment services provider Novatti is launching a new Australian dollar (AUD)-backed stablecoin known as the Novatti AUD Utility Token on the Stellar Network. дальше »
2018-10-25 20:58 | |
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Japanese Internet Monolith GMO to Launch Yen-Pegged Stablecoin
GMO Internet Group is working to launch a stablecoin by 2019. In an announcement released on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, the Japanese IT conglomerate said it is putting all gears in place to begin building its stablecoin, called the GMO Japanese Yen (GJY). дальше »
2018-10-10 02:10 | |
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Bitcoin SegWit Transactions Now in Majority, Over Half of BTC Transactions Use Segregated Witness
SegWit Transactions Take Up Over 50% of Total Bitcoin Transactions The percentage of Segregated Witness (SegWit) Bitcoin spending payments saw a third major spike this year as the total percentage jumped to over 50% this Thursday. дальше »
2018-10-6 23:30 | |
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Survey: Most Crypto Investors Want Their Salaries Paid In Bitcoin
One main factor that puts most people in favor of crypto payments is the hope that their value will increase as the market expands. In fact, more than half of the people who were asked about it said that they would hold their digital assets and wait for them to appreciate in value instead of conducting transactions. дальше »
2018-9-15 21:19 | |
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Battle of the Privacycoins: Why Monero Is Hard to Beat (and Hard to Scale)
Based on blockchain technology, most cryptocurrencies have an open and public ledger. While this is required for these systems to work, it comes with a significant downside: Privacy is often quite limited. дальше »
2018-9-15 20:21 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine’s Week in Review: Lightning, Launches and Broken Promises
A handful of projects brought their tech to life this week, introducing new payment systems and coins to the industry’s offerings. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s Lightning Network makes headway for the dev community, and one of crypto’s older and more respected exchanges (arguably) takes a step against the space’s principles. дальше »
2018-9-11 17:57 | |
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Ryuk Ransomware Snatches $640,000 Worth of Bitcoin From Major Corporations
Although ransomware attacks seem to create a lot fewer media headlines these days, there are still plenty of concerns out there. The Ryuk malware is quite potent and is mainly designed to target large corporations around the world. дальше »
2018-8-23 20:00 | |
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Women and the Future of Cryptocurrency: A Case Study in Everyday Digital Asset Payments
Recently, significant attention has been given to the limited number of women involved in the crypto space. This limited number applies not only to investors and coin holders but also to innovators and developers in the area. дальше »
2018-7-23 11:27 | |
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The Daily: Anti-Crypto Politician Backed by Payments Firm, Grayscale Raised $250m in H1
In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Brief we cover an American anti cryptocurrency politician who is financially backed by a credit card firm, a positive change of leadership at Goldman Sachs, Grayscale's performance during first half of 2018 and much more. дальше »
2018-7-19 12:05 | |
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On Radical Markets
Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets, which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “political economy” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect. дальше »
2018-7-21 04:03 | |
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