POS

Mineros de Ethereum hacen una apuesta multimillonaria por el retraso de las actualizaciones

Los principales fabricantes de equipamiento minero, como Bitmain, están construyendo herramientas más especializadas para la minería de Ethereum.

Business  ·  20 August 2021

Ethereum Miners Make Multimillion-Dollar Bet on Upgrade Delay

Major mining machine makers like Bitmain are building more specialized machines for Ethereum mining.

Business  ·  12 August 2021
FTX

Solana Bucked Bitcoin Sell-Off; Upstart Blockchain Challenges Ethereum on Speed, Fees

Solana's SOL tokens have jumped 17-fold in price this year, for a market capitalization over $8 billion.

Markets  ·  20 April 2021
China

China’s Blockchain Infrastructure Services Provider BSN Adds Casper to Network

Casper is an Ethereum competitor that aims to launch in the first quarter of 2021.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 February 2021
BitPay

BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership

The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership.

Business  ·  11 February 2020
Exchanges

Coinbase Leads Wall Street to Brave New World of Crypto Staking

Coinbase Custody has launched staking services for institutional clients, starting with Tezos and touting 6.6 percent yields.

Markets  ·  29 March 2019
Bitcoin

Electronics Retailer Bic Camera Begins Accepting Bitcoin

Bitcoin startup bitFlyer has inked a new merchant deal with a major Japanese electronics provider.

Business  ·  6 April 2017
Exchanges

BitPay Creates Bitcoin POS Solution for Ingenico Devices

BitPay has partnered with payments giant Ingenico to allow brick and mortar stores to take bitcoin payments via a traditional point-of-sale terminal.

Business  ·  6 October 2015
Startups

Pinn Wins Top Prize for Hands-Free Bitcoin Payments App

Pinn placed first at a recent demo day for a solution that enables bitcoin and fiat payments without the user every touching their cell phone.

Business  ·  28 May 2015
Australia

Diamond Circle Suspends Operations Amid Cash Crisis

Citing a lack of capital, Australian bitcoin hardware manufacturer Diamond Circle has suspended operations pending a buyer for its assets.

Markets  ·  6 February 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
News

‘Bitcoin Box’ Can Process Payments With No Web Connection

Bitcoin Box is a prototype bitcoin payment terminal that relies on NFC and Bluetooth to enable offline payments.

Tech  ·  18 January 2015
Latin America

Bitso Extends Bitcoin E-Commerce Services to Mexico’s Merchants

Bitso launched an ecommerce API and POS system today, positioning itself as a more wide-ranging provider of bitcoin services in the Mexican market.

Business  ·  16 January 2015
Exchanges

German Startup Gives Away 3D-Printed Bitcoin Payment Terminals

By combining hacked cellphones and 3D-printed casings, a German startup has developed a working bitcoin point-of-sale terminal called PEY.

Business  ·  13 January 2015
Exchanges

SumUp Brings No-Fee Bitcoin Transactions to European Merchants

SumUp has integrated bitcoin with its mobile point-of-sale solution and will charge no fees through 2015.

Business  ·  6 November 2014