Blockchain-Powered Payments to Arrive in Africa Addressing Unbanked Consumers: How to Capitalise with Bitcoin Minetrix

Blockchain payments arrive in Africa via Boom Pay, while Bitcoin Minetrix offers a new “Stake-to-Mine” model for wider Bitcoin accessibility for payments. Blockchain payments have arrived in Africa via Boom Pay, while Bitcoin Minetrix offers a new “Stake-to-Mine” model for wider Bitcoin accessibility, potentially benefiting unbanked consumers.

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Bitcoin Cross-Border Payments More 'Substantial' Than Public Data Shows

The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) has shed light on the true extent of Bitcoin's impact on cross-border payments.

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Bomb threats targeting US retailers demand bitcoin payments, FBI involved

Law enforcement authorities in the US are intensifying efforts to investigate a series of bomb threats targeting major retail chains, with the culprits demanding payments in bitcoin, according to a WSJ report.

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How Silent Payments Are Bringing New Privacy Protections To Bitcoin

The Silent Payments proposal could help users make bitcoin transactions more privately, but how does it work and why do we need it?

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Bitcoin Payments: The Beginning of Something Extraordinary

Why Bitcoin needs a scaling layer, and the possibilities the Lightning network opens up. This article is part of Payments Week.

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Bitcoin Silent Payments And Secret Blinding Keys

One issue with Bitcoin’s privacy, the ability to receive funds without giving up valuable information, is addressed with “silent payments.”

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Strike to allow Shopify Merchants to receive Bitcoin (BTC) payments

Strike, a payments application based in Chicago has announced the integration of Shopify to allow merchants to accept Bitcoin payments through the Bitcoin Lightning network. The Lightning Network is a scaling solution for Bitcoin (BTC/USD) that facilitates fast and cheap transactions.

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Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments

The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.

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Igniting The Bitcoin Payments Revolution

A panel of fintech disruptors in the Bitcoin space offered insight into the revolutionary nature of Bitcoin and its potential impact on global payments.

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Trillion-Dollar Tesla May Soon Start Accepting Bitcoin Payments Again

Key takeaways Tesla hints at resuming Bitcoin payments acceptance. Elon Musk’s rekindled cryptocurrency interest may be due to the growing Bitcoin acceptance. The world is coming to terms with the huge potential of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

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Infrastructure Bill Seeks To Obligate People To Report Bitcoin Payments Of Over $10,000 To The IRS

The tax change would extend the IRS cash payments reporting requirements to bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

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United Wholesale Mortgage to Accept Bitcoin Payments

The leading mortgage lender in the U.S., United Whole Mortgages, has announced a plan to accept bitcoin (BTC) payments. The post United Wholesale Mortgage to Accept Bitcoin Payments appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Bitcoin Spikes 11% As Insider Reveals Amazon’s Plans To Accept Bitcoin Payments By Year’s End

After months of consolidation, bitcoin has exploded higher in the last 24 hours. The bitcoin price sprinted past $39,000 in the early hours of Monday for the first time since June 16. The rebound is presumed to be a reaction to new unconfirmed reports that Amazon is readying to accept bitcoin payments by the end […]

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Elon Musk Reveals When Tesla Will Resume Allowing Bitcoin Payments

Here’s when Tesla plans to give Bitcoin payments another go

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Can XRP stand to gain from Tesla dumping Bitcoin payments?

The 13th of May was a 'Black Friday' of sorts for many Bitcoin proponents in the crypto-community following the latest price depreciation in the market. The said corrections came on the back of TesThe post Can XRP stand to gain from Tesla dumping Bitcoin payments? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Nigerian hotel becomes country’s first to accept Bitcoin payments

George Residence in Lagos has announced plans to start accepting BTC payments. The company has already converted 50% of its balance sheet to Bitcoin.

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Apple Pay Taps BitPay, Adds Bitcoin Payments

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Just Eat France now accepting Bitcoin payments

Food delivery service provider, Just Eat France, has announced that it will now be accepting payments in Bitcoin. The customers of the platform are now able to order from over 15,000 restaurants using Bitcoin.

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Everyday payments? Bitcoin's got a long way to go...

Over the years, major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have moved away from competing as an alternative to fiat currencies in terms of payments and as an exchange of value and is now cementing itself as The post Everyday payments? Bitcoin's got a long way to go... appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Bitcoin (BTC) Ransom: Hackers Target Multiple US Cities and Demand Payments in Crypto

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small American towns in search for ransom payments in Bitcoin (BTC)

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Overwriting Satoshi: Kraken Exec Says Bitcoin Wasn’t Built for Payments, Isn’t Peer-to-Peer

As Director of Business Development for popular crypto exchange Kraken, when Dan Held speaks, people listen. As such, his recent 46-tweet diatribe on why the “payments narrative” for bitcoin is flawed grabbed the attention of many, tickling the ears of hardcore Lighting Network fans and bitcoin core maximalists alike.

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Bitcoin, Libra usage may normalize avoidance of credit card payments

Over time, Bitcoin has come to be appreciated and accepted in the financial industry owing to various reasons. Its decentralized manner and the absence of central control has been one of its crucial pThe post Bitcoin, Libra usage may normalize avoidance of credit card payments appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Russia's Central Bank supports prohibition of Bitcoin payments

According to a report released by a local Russian media outlet, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation supports the idea to prohibit payments made using Bitcoin, if it follows appropriate legislatThe post Russia's Central Bank supports prohibition of Bitcoin payments appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Despite Setback in Ohio, Tax Payments in Bitcoin a Viable Trend

Even though Ohio has suspended its groundbreaking program, the idea of using bitcoin for tax payments isn’t going anywhere. The post Despite Setback in Ohio, Tax Payments in Bitcoin a Viable Trend appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.

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New Zealand Is A Good Place To Be Paid In Bitcoin

The New Zealand Tax Department has just issued guidance on salary payments made in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency. This confirms that such payments are entirely within the law, and clarifies how to deal with them in accounting.

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Major Online Retailer Newegg Announces Bitcoin Payments for its Stores in 73 Additional Countries

Coinspeaker Major Online Retailer Newegg Announces Bitcoin Payments for its Stores in 73 Additional CountriesMajor online computer and consumer electronics retailer, Newegg Inc. , has announced that another 73 nations where the firm operates will now be accepting Bitcoin payments like in the U.

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Bitcoin's Use Case for Payments Strengthens with Lightning-Powered App

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell believes that bitcoin's primary use case is as a store of value, not payments. He said yesterday, "almost no one uses bitcoin for payments. " That could be about to change.

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Amazon-Owned Twitch Quietly Brings Back Bitcoin Payments

Bitcoin payments have been enabled again on Amazon-owned, popular game streaming platform Twitch

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Spotted: Twitch Re-enables Crypto Payments With Bitcoin & Bitcoin Cash

Streaming giant Twitch may just be re-enabling crypto payments, months after phasing it out. A Canadian user of the hugely popular online streaming service is reporting that Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash payments have been re-enabled on the platform.

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Breez Unveils Its Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Payments App for iPhone

Coinspeaker Breez Unveils Its Lightning-Powered Bitcoin Payments App for iPhoneThe Lightning-powered Bitcoin Payments App by Breez aims to push Bitcoin adoption in daily spendings by making the transaction process seamless and hassle-free.

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Bitcoin Payments Are Being Bulldozed for Political Reasons

Bitcoin Core wants to distance itself politically from the former project leader Gavin Andresen, the payment protocol BIP070 he was involved with, and from the BCH-friendly Bitpay payment processor company.

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UK: Corporate Traveller Allies with BitPay to Accept Bitcoin Payments

Corporate Traveller, a leading UK-based business travel management firm centered on servicing enterprise clients with small to medium travel spend requirements, has joined forces with BitPay, a highly reputed bitcoin payments processor, to enable the former to start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from clients, according to a press release on April 15, 2019.

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No, Starbucks is not accepting Bitcoin

Hardcore cryptocurrency enthusiasts have often dreamed about being able to buy their morning coffee with Bitcoin.  Being able to do so, they say, would speak volumes about the digital currency’s mainstream adoption.

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Startups-Focused Law Firm Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments

Cryptocurrency ventures that don’t wish to convert their holdings to fiat can now pay for legal services with bitcoin cash (BCH) or bitcoin core (BTC) with Atrium. The corporate law firm, which has helped over 300 startups raise more than $500 million in venture capital, now accepts direct cryptocurrency payments via Bitpay.

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How to Accept Bitcoin Payments for Your Business

If you run a small business and want to attract more customers by offering bitcoin payments, you may be wondering where to start. Keep in mind that it’s definitely not a way of avoiding taxes. Bitcoin is simply another legal way to receive payment for goods and services.

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My Bank App is Better Than Bitcoin for Payments (And That’s Fine)

The cryptocurrencies are faster and cheaper narrative has fizzled out as banks have embraced digital payments in recent years, improving customer experience and usability. Sure, buying a beer with a QR-code may give you a warm and fuzzy feeling, but it isn’t the problem Bitcoin solves.

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Brazilian Supermarket Oasis Supermercados Chain now Accepts Bitcoin Payments

Oasis Supermercados, a supermarket chain set in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, has started to accept crypto payments recently. You can pay the company with Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC).

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OneGold Partners with BitPay to Enable it Accept Cryptocurrency Payments for its Precious Metals

OneGold, an online marketplace that makes it possible for people to buy, sell, store, and redeem precious metals, has joined forces with BitPay, a leading Bitcoin payments processor, to enable it access bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin cash (BCH) payments for its products, according to a press release on December 11, 2018.

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UK MP Wants to To Introduce Bitcoin Tax Payments

UK Member of Parliament, Eddie Hughes, has called for local authorities to take a lead, and accept Bitcoin payments. The Conservative politician also believes that a lack of reliable information is holding back wider adoption.

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Microsoft Excel Plugin Will Enable Bitcoin Payments on Lightning Network

Independent Bitcoin advisor to institutional investors, Pierre Rochard recently claimed that he had developed a plugin for Microsoft Excel that could help users in making Bitcoin payments directly.

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Top 10 Bitcoin Payment Gateways for 2018: Knowing the Risks vs Advantages

Top 10 Bitcoin Payment Gateways for 2018 As more people become open to the idea of cryptocurrencies, tokens like bitcoin will gain even wider acceptance than they are currently enjoying. In fact, there are more retailers accepting bitcoin payments now because of the availability of technology as well as the ease of transactions. Bitcoin payments […]

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Dish Now Accepts Bitcoin Cash (BCH) Payments from Customers

After pushing through support for Bitcoin payments to its subscription model, Dish, one of the most popular television providers in the United States, adds Bitcoin Cash to the mix.

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Expedia Stops Accepting Bitcoin Payments

One of the world’s biggest traveling website has dropped bitcoin payments on June the 10th for unclear reasons after four years of accepting bitcoin. Bitcoin supporters and Expedia customers now.

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Bitcoin Won’t See Widespread Adoption in Australia, RBA Official Says

A senior official at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said that bitcoin is unlikely to be widely adopted in the country. He outlined the digital currency’s price volatility as well as the stability of the Aussie dollar as the main reasons.

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Crypto Exchange Resumes Trading in India Despite Problems with Banks and RBI

Cryptocurrency exchange Belfrics has resumed trading operations in India after halting earlier this year due to banks refusing to provide payments solutions to the exchange. Belfrics has also added four more cryptocurrencies to its platform, with 20 more planned for the next six months.

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Bitcoin Unlikely to Take Off in Australia, An RBA Official Suggests

Dr. Tony Richards, head of payments policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia, said that the stability of the Australian dollar would make widespread Bitcoin adoption in the country unlikely. He also suggested that the local use of the currency is so limited that the central bank does not consider it a major impact on […] Bitcoin Unlikely to Take Off in Australia, An RBA Official Suggests was originally found on [blokt] - Blockchain, Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency News.

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No Cryptos Planned for Issue by Central Banks in Australia and New Zealand

The central banks of Australia and New Zealand denied they would issue their own cryptocurrencies June 26, in a speech calling Bitcoin “fascinating” but “inefficient.” Addressing the Australian Business Economists in Sydney, Tony Richards, head of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) payments policy, appeared hawkish on cryptocurrency as Australia’s government devotes considerable funds to

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Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Capacity Problems Addressed with New Client

Bitcoin’s Lightning Network is considered to be a major development. Scaling the world’s leading cryptocurrency to new levels is not easy. Although significant progress has been made already, there are still some concerns to contend with.

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Mazzuma is Revolutionising Cryptocurrency Using AI and Blockchain to Enable Instant Payments

Bitcoin Press Release: The Mazzuma platform enables instantaneous transactions using an application layer transaction processing protocol which solves the scalability issues that has plagued a lot of cryptocurrencies.

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