How crypto payments will change in 2026

The following is a guest post and opinion from Jenny Drinkwater, Marketing Manager at System73. For years, crypto payments have lived in an awkward middle ground. They were never quite mainstream, but they also never disappeared.

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Colorado receives fewer than 80 crypto tax payments in three years

PayPal converts crypto into US dollars before funds reach the state. Bitcoin’s rising value discourages users from spending it on taxes. Stablecoins may become the preferred method for future payments.

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Binance Pay partners xMoney to expand crypto payments across Europe

Binance Pay and web3 payments provider xMoney have partnered to advance crypto payments in Europe. The strategic partnership will leverage blockchain technology to bring pay with crypto to over 20,000 businesses in the EU.

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Fed's Kashkari Says Almost No One Uses Crypto for Payments

Fed's Kashkari claims that crypto payments are mostly linked to illegal activity

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Ferrari gears up for crypto payments in Europe after US

Ferrari to accept crypto as payments in Europe The firm started in US last year and will extend to other countries by 2024. Cryptocurrencies continue to go mainstream with increased adoptionThe post Ferrari gears up for crypto payments in Europe after US appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Stripe to offer crypto payments again, starting with USDC

Stripe, a leading global technology company, has announced its re-entry into the crypto payments market. On Thursday, the fintech giant revealed plans that will see merchants on the platform begin to accept crypto for online payments.

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How your business can accept crypto payments with CoinsPaid

Embracing cryptocurrency payments has become a strategic necessity for businesses aiming to expand their global reach and tap into a tech-savvy consumer base.  Accepting crypto payments in 2024 isThe post How your business can accept crypto payments with CoinsPaid appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Chase U.K. to Block Crypto Payments Citing Fraud, Scams

Starting Oct. 16, the bank will decline customer attempts to make payments related to crypto assets.

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Fed Dramatically Speeds Up U.S. Payments With FedNow, but Downplays Any Tie to CBDCs

Some argue it would weaken crypto’s payments use case or form a bridge to a digital dollar.

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Google Strikes Deal With Coinbase For Taking Payments In Crypto, Uniglo.io Suitable For Using In Payment Systems

In a move described as ‘precedent setting’ for other crypto-native companies, Google engaged in a partnership with crypto exchange Coinbase to facilitate payments of its cloud services via cryptocurrencies.

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Zoksh Simplifying Web3 Payments with its Zero-Code, Low-Fee Crypto Payments Infrastructure

Zoksh is fast redefining cryptocurrency payments for merchants and businesses across the globe with its non-custodial, low-fee, and zero-code crypto payment infrastructure.

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Circle Buys Elements to Speed Crypto Payments

Circle says its acquisition of developer-first payments platform Elements will lower the barrier of entry for merchants and create a more seamless crypto payments experience.

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Regulated fintech in Bahrain enables crypto payments with Binance

The Central Bank of Bahrain gives the nod to EazyPay, launching crypto payments for more than 5,000 payment gateways in the country.

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Russia aims to set rules for crypto cross-border payments by year’s end

Russia might become the first country in the world to allow cross-border crypto payments while banning local crypto payments, a fintech expert in the Russian State Duma said.

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Vitalik Buterin says crypto payments are superior, people underestimate the potential

Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that crypto payments are better than many realize due to their convenience and censorship resistance feature. The post Vitalik Buterin says crypto payments are superior, people underestimate the potential appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Dello — A Leader in Crypto Payments

Dello is a Canadian startup offering a new payments solution and positioning itself as a future giant in the financial industry. The company takes the risk out of accepting crypto payments to help merchants thrive in the Web 3.

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Here’s Why Vitalik Buterin Believes Crypto Payments Will Become Mainstream

Crypto payments have become more popular, especially following the bull market run in 2021. There are now millions of merchants worldwide accepting cryptocurrency payments through direct and indirect integrations.

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Putin Bans Crypto Payments in Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill into law making crypto payments illegal, reaffirming the ruble as the only accepted monetary unit in the Russian Federation. Domestic Crypto Payments...

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Partying in Davos with Cointelegraph: Crypto card payments accepted

We’re saying farewell to the World Economic Forum Annual meeting by demonstrating the real-world utility of crypto payments.

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The Future of Crypto Payments Will Be Centralized

Custodial wallets will be the lynchpin of retail crypto payments, says the co-founder of Flexa. This post is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

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Why Haven't Crypto Payments Taken Off?

As part of CoinDesk’s Payments Week, we asked a number of engineers, executives and experts to weigh in on the substantial questions weighing on the industry. In this roundtable discussion, they answer the question of why after 13 years, haven’t crypto payments taken off?

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Stripe Teams Up With Twitter To Allow Payments In Crypto

Stripe is pushing cryptocurrency to the forefront by allowing merchants who accept its payment processing service, StripsPayments™, to pay their users in USDC. Starting this Friday, Twitter will let certain creators receive payments for features on Ticketed Spaces, and Super Follows through the crypto wallet.

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Singapore’s Ride-hailing App Turns to Request Finance to Expand its Crypto Payments Offering

Ryde, the ride-sharing app, is ramping up its crypto payments capability with Request Finance, allowing it to expand the options for its users to top up their in-app Ryde wallets. Besides, it is also launching an NFT project.

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Russia To Legalize Crypto Payments, But Proposal Causes Internal Concerns

Per a report from local news outlet Kommersant, the Russian Ministry of Finance has completed a bill addressing crypto payments in the country. The document was obtained by the local news website and confirmed by two different sources.

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Crypto payments coming to the iPhone near you

Crypto payments could be elevated to the next level, judging by the revelation made by popular smartphone manufacturer Apple Inc yesterday. The post Crypto payments coming to the iPhone near you appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Experience Convenience and a High-level Security of Crypto Payments with B2BinPay

Digital assets are used more and more widely, as the e-commerce sector undergoes a set of transformations. Crypto payments bring low fees, higher security, and are available for customers without bank accounts.

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Payments Giant Stripe Confirms It May Restart Accepting Crypto As Payments

Stripe, a United States fintech giant that makes it easy for companies from Google to Amazon to get paid, is considering enabling crypto payments once again, the firm’s co-founder John Collison hinted on Tuesday.

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Amazon price forecast for Q3 as it lines up crypto payments

Amazon. com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares surged 1% on Monday morning amid reports the company is lining up bitcoin payments and a crypto token launch. The giant online retailer could tap into a rapidly growing market by embracing cryptocurrencies.

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Indian Startup Accepts Crypto Payments Despite Regulatory Uncertainty

The crypto fever seems to be steadily making its presence felt in India. Indian Startup Begins Accepting Crypto Payments The Rug Republic, a New Delhi-based startup recently announced it would begin accepting top 20 cryptocurrencies for payments but only from Indian customers.

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50,000 electric charging stations in Europe now accept crypto payments

Swedish SaaS platform Vourity and HIPS Payment Group Ltd has announced a partnership that will allow users to pay via cryptocurrencies in 50,000 EV charging stations throughout Europe. Hips Merchant Protocol will be providing the platform to link crypto payments straight to the blockchain.

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Major Venezuelan Aviation Academy Enables Bitcoin Payments as Crypto Adoption Keeps Rising in the Country

A leading Venezuelan aviation academy announced its inception into cryptocurrency adoption after enabling bitcoin payments. Caracas Air is now accepting crypto payments for those who want to take any of their courses.

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Romanian University partners with Elrond (EGLD) to accept crypto payments

Cryptocurrency adoption has received a boost in Romania as one of the country’s universities has announced the acceptance of crypto payments. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (LBUS), with about 11,000 students, said the move is part of its goal to offer support to local businesses like Elrond (EGLD).

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Different kind of gas fees — Electrocoin enables crypto petrol payments in Croatia

One Tifon executive thinks foreign tourists will likely contribute to the development and growth of crypto payments in the country.

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Is Crypto Now Mature Enough for Consumer Payments?

Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum has said via Twitter on November 16, 2020, that he firmly believes that crypto payments deserve another push towards mainstream adoption, despite making huge progress in the past decade.

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Austrian A1 Telekom Announces Crypto Payments with Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dash

A1 recently announced that users of its cashless payment app can now conduct crypto payments which retailers will receive in fiat.

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Singapore’s National Payments System Can Guide Global Crypto Adoption

Blockchain payments project Ubin can lay the financial blueprint for countries looking to explore crypto tech in a fully regulated manner.

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DC Bar Association approves crypto payments for lawyers

DC is now the fourth bar association in the US to accept crypto payments...

The post DC Bar Association approves crypto payments for lawyers appeared first on Coin Journal.

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Bitcoin Payments Processor BitPay Partners Poynt to Expand Crypto Payments 

BitPay, a leading Atlanta-based Bitcoin (BTC) payments processor established in 2011, has joined forces with Poynt, a Palo Alto-based point-of-sales (POS) terminal maker, to simplify crypto payments and make it available at more than 100,000 retail locations around the world, according to a Finextra report on February 11, 2020.

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Bitcoin & Litecoin Improve Sports Fans’ Experiences and Expose New Audiences to Crypto

The Miami Dolphins are accepting crypto asset payments in partnership with Aliant Payments and the Litecoin Foundation. An increasing number of professional sports teams are using the coins as well as associated betting platforms to offer fans an enhanced experience.

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Bitcoin & Litecoin Improve Sports Fan Experience and Expose New Audiences to Crypto

The Miami Dolphins are accepting crypto asset payments in partnership with Aliant Payments and the Litecoin Foundation. An increasing number of professional sports teams are using the coins as well as associated betting platforms to offer fans an enhanced experience.

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The Lightning Network and Litecoin (LTC) can Drive Everyday Crypto Payments and Spending

The Lightning Network was created to be the answer to Bitcoin’s slow transaction time and high fees.  Without this improvement in speed and efficiency, everyday spending is impractical. It doesn’t make sense to buy something for only a few dollars if the fees are double or even triple of the price of the item you […] The post The Lightning Network and Litecoin (LTC) can Drive Everyday Crypto Payments and Spending appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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Former UBS Bankers Are Building a Crypto Bank in Switzerland

Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.

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Vegawallet DLT Project Launches Exciting New Mobile Payments System for Individuals and Businesses

Vegawallet, in its bid to improve crypto payments, recently announced a cryptocurrency app that allows businesses and consumers alike to make smooth and seamless crypto payments. A New Crypto Payment App The Vegawallet platform, which prides itself as the ‘’The complete cryptocurrency platform’’ has announced that it would allow businesses to receive crypto and also […] The post Vegawallet DLT Project Launches Exciting New Mobile Payments System for Individuals and Businesses appeared first on ZyCrypto.

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Google-Funded Veem Uses Bitcoin To Improve Int’l Payments

San Francisco, Calif. -based Veem announced on Wednesday the raising of $25 million in growth funding led by an impressive list of companies, including Goldman Sachs (lead investor), GV (formerly Google Ventures), Silicon Valley Bank, Kleiner Perkins, Pantera Capital and others.

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Diamond-Backed Token Makes Debut On First Exchange

Blockchain is enabling the tokenization of physical commodities such as oil (Venezuela’s petro token), real estate and gold (Ekon coin). CARAT token is making its debut this week on Taiwan-based exchange Hotbit and it enables investors to hold digital coins that are backed by real diamonds.

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Monero Bug Allows Theft from Crypto Exchanges, Will They Start Delisting It?

A recently discovered bug allowed bad actors to trick and exploit cryptocurrency exchanges by sending multiple payments to the same stealth address. Monero Bug Allows Hackers to Steal from Crypto Exchanges Monero (XMR) is known as a coin that provides its users with increased levels of privacy and anonymity.

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Litecoin, Not Bitcoin, Will Drive The Lightning Network

The Lightning Network is supposed to fix Bitcoin’s slow transactions and high fees, but so far it’s caused as many problems as it solved. Luckily,  there’s another cryptocurrency waiting to take up the slack.

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BitPay Brings BIP70 Bitcoin Payments To BTC.com

Early in 2018, BitPay announced that they would be adopting the BIP70 system which means merchants that wish to use the BitPay service need to have BIP70 ready Bitcoin wallets. What is BIP70? According to CCN: “BIP70 seeks to accomplish this by allowing customers to make payments to human-readable payment addresses(e.

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Crypto Payments Startup Bitwala Raises €4 Million in New Funding

Blockchain startup Bitwala has raised €4 million in new funding that will help develop a planned blockchain bank account offering.

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