Crypto Payments on Darknet Markets Doubled for First Time Since 2015
The volume of cryptocurrency flows coming on darknet markets have doubled for the first time in four years, a new study says. In part of its 2020 Crypto Crime Report… Read more »
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New Research Shows Bitcoin-Denominated Payments Still a ‘Fantasy’
A growing precision in the amount of decimals for Bitcoin (BTC) points to decreasing usage as a unit of account. This is one of the conclusions of a Jan. 27… Read more »
Visa Backs B2B Payments Startup Currencycloud in $80M Funding Round
UK-based business-to-business payments startup Currencycloud has raked in $80 million in funding from a number of strategic investors, including Visa Inc., BNP Paribas SA, SBI Group, Siam Commercial Bank, and… Read more »
BitPay Integrates XRP for Merchant Payments
BitPay announced the introduction of XRP to its merchant processing and cross-border payments platform. Transacting with the Currency of Choice In October 2019, Xpring, an initiative launched by Ripple to… Read more »
Square Wins US Patent for Fiat-to-Crypto Payments Network
Square, the payment services provider founded and run by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has won a US patent to launch a new network that enables crypto-to-fiat transactions. Square was founded in 2009… Read more »
Ripple Partners With Thailand's Oldest Bank To Work On Cross-Border Payments
Ripple is looking to expand its presence in Asia, forming a new partnership with Siam Commercial Bank. The latter will reportedly develop a new type of mobile application for faster… Read more »
India's Payments Platform Varja Gets the Blockchain Ball Rolling
While the Indian government is uncertain about the use of cryptocurrency, the National Payment Corporation of India, or NPCI, officially announced its permissioned blockchain-based platform, Varja, to make the payment… Read more »
Beeks Secures First Contract in Open Banking and Payments
Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc announced this Friday that is has secured two large contracts, one with a global financial markets technology provider and one with a cloud-based payments solution… Read more »
Crypto Payments Firm FoPay Acquires Exchange AliExchange For $2.9B
1 HOUR AGO Cryptocurrency payment service provider FoPay acquired Estonian cryptocurrency exchange AliExchange for about $2.9 billion. FoPay, a crypto payment service, acquired cryptocurrency trading platform AliExchange for about $2.9… Read more »
BitPay Announces Support for USDC, GUSD and PAX User Payments
BitPay, a payment provider offering merchants the ability to accept cryptocurrencies, launched support for several stablecoins. Users will now be able to use USD Coin, Gemini Dollar and Paxos to… Read more »