Payments Network

A16z Joins Forces With Deutsche Telekom in Staking CELO Tokens

A European telco and a U.S. VC giant walk into a proof-of-stake network…

Business  ·  22 June 2021

Mastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This Year

The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network.

News  ·  10 February 2021
Japan

Ripple to Invest in Japan’s SBI Subsidiary MoneyTap

Ripple plans to invest in MoneyTap, the blockchain payments app birthed through a joint venture between the San Francisco-based firm and SBI Holdings.

News  ·  29 October 2020
Newsletters

Crypto Long & Short: Why the PayPal Rally Isn’t What It Seems, and Why That’s OK

PayPal opening its network to bitcoin and crypto is a game-changer, but the announcement hides a bigger and more important message.

Markets  ·  25 October 2020
Wirecard

Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Says It’s Missing $2.1B in ‘German Enron’ Scandal

Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet.

News  ·  18 June 2020
Payments

Mastercard Wins Patent for Speeding Up Crypto Payments

Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies.

Business  ·  17 July 2018
Blockchain

Could the Bitcoin Lightning Network Solve Blockchain Scalability?

Could a decentralised system where off-blockchain bitcoin transactions are sent over a network of micropayment channels solve blockchain scalability?

Markets  ·  26 March 2015
Europe

Payments Giant Ingenico Adds Bitcoin Option to POS Terminals

Bitcoin payments provider Paymium has partnered with one of the world’s largest point-of-sale (POS) solution providers to allow European brick-and-mortar retailers to accept the digital currency. Specifically, Paymium has created an app that is being hosted on the Telium Tetra Marketplace, a payment application suite developed by Ingenico Group solely for its POS terminals. The app allows merchants to accept bitcoin […]

Business  ·  22 January 2015
Bitcoin

Coinapult Launches LOCKS, Aiming to Eliminate Bitcoin Price Volatility

Coinapult's LOCKS service allows consumers to reduce their exposure to bitcoin's volatility by pegging their BTC to another asset.

Business  ·  29 July 2014
News

Innopay Report: Is Bitcoin Fad or Future of Payments?

The report explores how banks, consumers and investors may embrace bitcoin, should it succeed, over the next few years.

Markets  ·  14 July 2014
Bitcoin

Could mobile payment Lemon Network be fruitful for bitcoin?

Could a processor-agnostic mobile wallet be a helpful tool for bitcoin adoption?

Business  ·  7 August 2013
Altcoins

Altcoin partnership UNOCS launches Bridge service for instant merchant payments

UNOCS has announced a new payment system to enable instant payments between consumers and merchants.

Business  ·  30 July 2013
News

Mycelium promises Bitcoin card with a brain

Bitcoin Card will offer a way to transfer bitcoins without a smartphone or laptop, say the founders of the Mycelium network, which is backing the idea.

Tech  ·  21 May 2013
Ripple Labs

10 things you need to know about Ripple

Ripple is the name for both a digital currency (XRP) and an open payment network within which that currency is transferred.

Tech  ·  17 May 2013