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In what might be yet another door slamming shut to the use of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin for payments in mainstream commerce, Iranian lawmakers have drafted a bill dubbed “Support for Cryptocurrency mining and organizing the domestic market for exchanges” that will bar cryptocurrency payments throughout the country.
2021-7-3 21:21 | |
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This article on cryptocurrency payments was written by Thomas Highwater, who is an avid fan of all things crypto-related. Mr. Highwater teaches high-school level robotics and programming. *** While there is a growing number of fiat based-payment processors with a variety of practical tools and methods of payment, adding cryptocurrency payments into the mix provides […] The post Eight Reasons to Use Cryptocurrency Payments in 2019 appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2018-12-9 09:30 | |
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Chatspin, a popular live video streaming multi-platform app, is abandoning its plans to accept cryptocurrencies as a form of payment due to the significant losses in the value of Bitcoin and other coins have suffered this year, the company announced in a press release on December 6, 2018.
2018-12-9 00:00 | |
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According to a new study published by Humans. Net on December 7, 2018, almost one-third of freelancers would like to receive payments in cryptocurrency despite the current bear market, which has seen bitcoin drop to a new one-year low.
2018-12-8 21:00 | |
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Matthias Steinig, a German programmer, has developed a new mechanism that allows e-bikes to be rented in exchange for payments on the bitcoin Lightning Network. A prototype built using a modified bicycle is already fully functional and has been demonstrated in a video posted on Twitter.
2018-12-8 00:00 | |
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Patent Filing By Mastercard May Support Privacy Of Crypto Transactions Mastercard is one of the biggest credit card companies in the industry today, offering multiple ways for consumers to make payments via card.
2018-12-7 21:38 | |
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There are only five days left until Hard Fork Decentralized, our blockchain and cryptocurrency event in London, UK. If you’re interested in discussing the future of payments with industry leaders, we’ve selected some events you shouldn’t miss: Decentralized finance (University College London) The UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies focuses on the impact of this tech on our socio-economic systems, as well as the promotion of a safe and organic development and adoption of blockchain-based platforms.
2018-12-7 19:14 | |
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Just as the US Department of Homeland Security announced plans to develop forensic techniques to deanonymize cryptocurrency transactions, MasterCard has thrown a spanner in the works with plans for the exact opposite.
2018-12-7 18:01 | |
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R3, the world’s leading developer of enterprise blockchain solutions for business, launched a new global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency, the company announced in a press release on December 5, 2018.
2018-12-7 18:00 | |
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Payments giant Mastercard claims to have developed a new way of keeping cryptocurrency transactions private using intermediary addresses.
2018-12-7 13:00 | |
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Ripple is going to be the first cryptocurrency accepted on R3’s payment settlement platform. The platform that R3 is working on is called Finextra. R3, the Blockchain software company, and Ripple have been in constant competition with each other over the last couple of years.
2018-12-6 13:05 | |
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CryptoNinjas DASH, the cryptocurrency focused on payments and e-commerce, has announced full integration, including its InstantSend feature, with IDAX (International Digital Asset Exchange), a bitcoin and crypto exchange based in Mongolia.
2018-12-6 10:55 | |
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R3 has unveiled a new app on their international blockchain, a global payment platform that uses Ripple’s XRP as its initial base currency. The app, dubbed Corda Settler, continues R3’s track record for pursuing ambitious blockchain projects, and it is allegedly “purpose-built to allow for payment obligations raised on the Corda blockchain platform to be made through any of the world’s payment systems, both traditional and blockchain-based.
2018-12-6 01:54 | |
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Based on a Medium post from December 3, 2018, Kava Labs has recently partnered with Cosmos to deploy its inter-ledger solution payment streaming to Cosmos Zones. Kava labs inc. is a San Francisco-based venture-backed company working on payments innovations using blockchain technologies.
2018-12-6 00:00 | |
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The Bitfury Group has recently announced a partnership with crypto payment processing system Paytomat, working to bring the Lightning Network to Paytomat’s participating merchants.
2018-12-6 22:48 | |
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R3 has launched the Corda Settler, an app aimed to facilitate global crypto payments within enterprise blockchains – and it's starting with XRP.
2018-12-5 17:04 | |
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Bitcoin had a steady start as a medium of exchange and has slowly begun challenging the hundreds of decades-old fiat money system. Businesses are now moving towards developing systems which could aid the further adoption of the pioneer cryptocurrency over fiat.
2018-12-5 02:00 | |
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New York has taken its own path in the cryptocurrency world. Much like the way that Eastern countries have decided on their own rules and regulations, New York requires exchanges to go through a registration and approval process.
2018-12-5 00:41 | |
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The Japanese government will establish a system that would track down individuals who refuse to pay tax on profits made from cryptocurrency transactions. Tax Payments on Cryptocurrency Capital Gains News coming from a Japanese newspaper, The Mainichi, reports that according to sources, the Japanese government is planning to form a system that would monitor individuals […] The post Japanese Government to Track Down Cryptocurrency Income Tax Offenders appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-12-5 23:37 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchanges Bitfinex and Ethfinex now support trading for all six of the market’s major stablecoins. Adding to its support for MakerDao’s Dai and Tether’s USDT, the sister platforms recently listed USD Coin (USDC), TrueUSD (TUSD), Paxos Standard Token (PAX) and Gemini USD (GUSD).
2018-12-4 21:02 | |
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Cryptocurrencies are going main-stream as more and more people are using them for everyday transactions. For merchants, this is a wake-up call to widen and diversify their payment options. SpotOn Transact, LLC, one of the leading software and payment services providers, has heeded to this call and integrated cryptocurrency payments into its systems. Now merchants […]
2018-12-4 19:32 | |
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Cryptocurrency exchange BITBOX, a division of Japanese-based LINE Corporation, has exclusively announced the introduction of LINK (LN) to facilitate the payment of trading fees on the platform. LINE had earlier listed LINK on the Bitbox exchange service, to make it available for trade through the three digital tokens on offer: Bitcoin, Tether, and Ethereum. The […]
2018-12-4 10:29 | |
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Blockchain technology is being tested by the Revenue Department of Thailand to keep track of value-added tax (VAT) payments, reports Bangkok Post, December 3, 2018. If successful, Thailand could become the first country in the world to utilize distributed ledger technology (DLT) for tax purposes.
2018-12-4 06:00 | |
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Blockchain Trial In Thailand Tests Out Value-Added Tax Payment Use Case In a report from the Bangkok Post on Monday, it seems that blockchain technology is making an even bigger impact than simply within cryptocurrency.
2018-12-4 23:34 | |
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Pre-Solicitation Document Suggests That Homeland Security Wants To Track Privacy Coin Transactions The United States and cryptocurrency have had a complicated relationship lately, and the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission has created definition of each of the different types of digital asset coins.
2018-12-4 23:24 | |
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Canadian payments company Glance has announced that its users will now be able to use Bitcoin as a payment method across all existing merchants and services. In a press release issued November 29, 2018, the company explained that the new feature will be called “Pay With Bitcoin.
2018-12-3 20:00 | |
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Recently, the CEO of Ohio-based nonprofit JumpStart Inc. announced that his company, along with six others, would invest vast sums of money into Ohio’s blockchain startups.
2018-12-3 19:32 | |
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The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) recently settled charges against two celebrities who failed to disclose their payments for promoting initial coin offerings (ICO). According to the SEC’s press release published on November 29, 2018, while music producer DJ Khaled and professional boxer Floyd Mayweather did not admit nor deny the findings, they both agreed to pay the disgorgement, penalties, and.
2018-12-3 11:00 | |
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WorkChain Blockchain Payroll And STASIS Enable EURS Stablecoin Crypto Paychecks For EU Workers It seems that individuals that get paid in Euros can now receive their payments in cryptocurrency. The Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain.
2018-12-3 02:16 | |
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Despite the decade-old existence of cryptocurrency, there have been long-standing cold showers by merchants and enterprises when it comes to adopting the digital assets. Factors such as price volatility, lack of regulation, and inadequate infrastructure are just some of the elements that hinder the adoption of the cryptocurrencies. However, the prevailing situation may not last […]
2018-12-1 18:31 | |
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ICOs are not known as the Wild West of the cryptocurrency Sector without reason. The world of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) is proving to be risky territory for the celebrities who promote these coins.
2018-12-1 16:47 | |
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Blockchain Payroll Platform WorkChain. io has partnered with tokenization platform STASIS to enable euro-backed crypto paychecks for its European Union (EU) users with the EURS stablecoin.
2018-12-1 21:00 | |
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Digital asset exchange Kucoin has partnered with an Israeli startup to introduce credit card payments for cryptocurrency purchases and we’ve covered it in The Daily. Also, Coinbase has added privacy coin zcash to its professional trading platform, while Okex has delisted dozens of trading pairs with low liquidity.
2018-11-30 14:55 | |
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges against boxing icon Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled for failing to disclose payments they received for promoting now-defunct cryptocurrency firm CentraTech to millions of followers on social media.
2018-11-30 13:36 | |
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The success of a cryptocurrency will largely depend on how many people use it for its intended purpose, which for most is digital money. Dash has recently announced a partnership with a global payments provider that will increase its usage and adoption.
2018-11-30 09:55 | |
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It’s the first time the U. S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has linked Bitcoin addresses to specific individuals. According to Bloomberg’s article published on November 29, 2018, the Treasury Department mentioned in a statement on Wednesday that the two Iran-based individuals, Mohammad Ghorbaniyan and Ali Khorashadizadeh, were responsible for facilitating ransom payments made in Bitcoin.
2018-11-29 20:00 | |
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CryptoNinjas Fantom, a fast, scalable and secure DAG-based smart contract platform for real-time cryptocurrency payments, has announced a research partnership with The University of Sydney (USYD), including a donation to the University’s Faculty of Engineering and.
2018-11-29 07:47 | |
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CryptoNinjas Cryptocurrency payment company UTRUST, who provides a platform that makes cryptocurrencies spendable for online purchases, today announced a new partnership with Payrexx, a European-based Payment Service Provider (PSP).
2018-11-29 07:37 | |
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CryptoNinjas Dash, the cryptocurrency for payments and e-commerce, has announced a strategic partnership with ePaymints, a global merchant account and payments processing provider with expertise in both traditional and alternative payments.
2018-11-29 07:22 | |
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Social media personalities charge thousands of dollars for video reviews, while research houses accept payments in the digital currencies they’re analyzing, casting a shadow on the transparency of the crypto industry, Reuters uncovered in a November 27, 2018 report.
2018-11-28 17:51 | |
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Spark payments (Formerly DashPay POS) a Point Of Sale software for Dash cryptocurrency just won the Sheridan 2018 Startup Challenge organized by the Wyoming Technology Business Center. Spark earned a $5,000 cash reward, 10 hours of pro bono legal advice from Davis and Cannon of Sheridan, and an office space for one year to incubate […] Dash POS App Spark Payments Among the Winners of Wyoming Startup Challenge was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.
2018-11-28 16:59 | |
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CryptoNinjas Copay, a popular cryptocurrency wallet distributed by the payments platform company Bitpay, revealed a severe security breach today, potentially causing the loss of users’ digital assets.
2018-11-27 20:16 | |
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Mexican startup Airtm will launch a campaign to raise donations for Venezuelans, a country whose poor monetary policies have plagued it with hyperinflation. Called the AirdropVenezuela.
2018-11-28 19:29 | |
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Ohio might just become the first state to successfully adopt Bitcoin as tax payment, after failed attempts from other states in the country. Ohio’s Cryptocurrency Initiative Set to Fly High According to the Wall Street Journal, businesses in Ohio can now pay its taxes, ranging from taxes from cigarette sales to employee taxes, using the […] The post Bitcoin Tax Payments in Ohio is Now a Possibility appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2018-11-27 13:05 | |
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The U. S. state of Ohio has set up a cryptocurrency payment portal and reportedly starts accepting payments in bitcoin for 23 types of taxes this week. “Ohio has become the first state in the United States, and one of the first governments in the world, to accept cryptocurrency,” the Treasurer’s Office wrote.
2018-11-27 23:30 | |
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CryptoNinjas Fantom, a DAG-based smart contract platform for real-time cryptocurrency payments has announced a new partnership with Fuiou Group, a China-based payment provider. Fuiou Group is based in Shanghai with 18 branch companies and businesses.
2018-11-27 22:34 | |
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Ohio is now setting up an official website to allow businesses to pay taxes with bitcoin. According to a recent article published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the state of Ohio seems to have given tacit acceptance to bitcoin by allowing businesses, although not individuals, to pay all manner of taxes with the cryptocurrency.
2018-11-27 21:32 | |
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Beginning Nov. 26, Ohio will begin accepting Bitcoin payments for twenty-three kinds of business taxes. The state will become the first in the United States–and one of the first governments in the world–to accept cryptocurrency.
2018-11-26 04:28 | |
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nitialization eligible for damages. Major US state to start accepting tax payments in Bitcoin In news that definitely screams “real world” cryptocurrency adoption, US state of Ohio will give its tax payers an option to pay their taxes with Bitcoin.
2018-11-26 02:29 | |
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Brazilian fintech unicorn Meliuz has reportedly purchased Bitcoin worth millions of dollars as part of its new treasury strategy to maximize long-term shareholder value.
Bitcoin ETFs continue limiting BTC’s recovery as institutional investors have pulled back, “reacting to macroeconomic uncertainties,” such as Trump’s trade tariffs.
A US crypto reserve could offer “cover” to institutional investors, like pension funds, which have been hesitant to invest in crypto.
Ethereum’s last undervalued signal in October 2023 preceded a 160% rally, fueling speculation of another bullish reversal in 2025.
Copycat tokens claiming to be the official TRUMP and MELANIA coins recorded $4.8 million in purchases in 24 hours from 12,641 wallets.
Dogwifhat saw the steepest seven-day price decline among the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap but remains in fourth place among memecoins.