The launch of its flagship consumer product was originally expected for early 2020.
The food and beverage giants are among the restaurants and retail shops reportedly on a local government list for testing of China's central bank digital currency.
Users of the Starbucks iPhone app are now being presented with “Bakkt Cash” as a payment option.
Bakkt says it's launching a consumer app next year that will let customers pay crypto at Starbucks.
Starbucks aims to give consumers and farmers more data on its coffee products using a blockchain service from Microsoft.
Howard Schultz, who may run for president of the U.S., is a firm believer in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
StarbucksCoin? Recent comments from the coffee chain's executive chairman suggest the idea isn't so far-fetched.
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz said the ubiquitous coffee chain sees the blockchain and digital currencies in its future–but not bitcoin.
The team behind the Coins For Coffee app are working on a broader bitcoin payments project called Fold.
Ever wanted to buy a cup of Starbucks coffee with your bitcoins? With Coin For Coffee, now you can. As its co-founder and CEO Matt Luongo explained to CoinDesk, Card For Coin leverages Starbucks’ existing gift card infrastructure to process payments using digital currency. He put it simply: “We want people to be able to […]
A new website, Card for Coin, lets users exchange their Starbucks vouchers for bitcoin.