Binance Pay now includes merchant functions, allowing businesses to process payments in crypto, online or in-person.
The CFTC wants futures commission merchants to take care when dealing with customer's funds.
Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments.
Although a variety of e-commerce platforms are booming during COVID-19 lockdowns, bitcoin payments remain exceedingly niche.
The platform will use blockchain to automatically input payments data into bank records.
Bitcoin-loving retailers can now receive BTC from customers paying in fiat.
This is the first new cryptocurrency added by Coinbase Commerce since it added USDC in May 2019.
Although bitcoin adoption may move at a glacial pace, merchants are seeing sustained traction regardless of market dips.
"Merchants can accept bitcoin and lightning payments with the same infrastructure, except they never touch the asset," explained Zap founder Jack Mallers.
Iterative Capital is working with Breez on a point-of-sale app for bitcoin lightning payments. Some retailers are already testing the beta version.
What really constitutes a "partnership" at the intersection of e-commerce and crypto?
Pornhub may expand the range of cryptocurrencies it offers to pay adult performers for their work after PayPal abruptly cut off service.
The German bank is set to help European retailers accept bitcoin payments in early 2020.
Competition among bitcoin retail apps is heating up, with the newly funded Fold App doubling down on lightning network experiments.
Investment app provider Abra is to sell cryptocurrency for cash at 6,000 outlets across the Philippines, including all 7-Eleven stores.