Visa Settling Transactions with USDC on Ethereum
Visa announced it will allow the use of the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin to settle transactions on its payment network. The company is launching a pilot program with a payment…
Tesla accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment
After stunning the market earlier this year with a bold bet on Bitcoin, Tesla Inc. has now started accepting Bitcoin (the world’s largest electronic currency) as a means of payment…
Baseball Team Accepting Bitcoin for Purchases
The Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team is now accepting payments of Bitcoin (BTC) for home-game luxury suites. This follows a larger trend of cryptocurrency and NFT adoption in…
Mastercard Accepts Individual Crypto Currencies as a Means of Payment
Credit card company Mastercard announced this week that they will accept “select crypto currencies” as payment. Their focus will primarily be on centralized stable-coins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs),…
Visa expands its support of cryptocurrencies
Visa, the largest company for payment cards alongside Mastercard, continues to intensively look into supporting cryptocurrencies. CEO Alfred Kelly sees great potential in this industry, particularly in so-called stablecoins, which…
Korean payment giant Danal Fintech joins Blockchain ecosystem
Korean payment giant Danal Fintech joins Korea’s largest blockchain ecosystem and integrates its cryptocurrency into its payment app. The goal of the partnership is to bring virtual assets one step closer to everyday life.
Just Eat Enables Bitcoin Payments in over 15,000 Restaurants
One of the biggest food delivery services, Just Eat, accepted bitcoin as a payment means on the territory of France. This includes over 15,000 restaurants and is possible through partnering…
Brazil plans to introduce a digital central bank currency in 2022
Roberto Campos Neto, the President of the Central Bank of Brazil, shared the plans regarding digital Central Bank currency (CBDC). A possible starting point is 2022. The Banco Central do…
Russian Ministry of Finance to Ban Crypto Transactions
The Russian Ministry of Finance has developed a new bill, tied up to an earlier try to ban cryptocurrencies. If the law passes, it will have a significant effect on…