Hours after the Turkish central bank published a diktat banning bitcoin payments, a court case will now decide the matter with Sima Baktas (pictured), the founding partner of the law...
Acker, which claims to be “the oldest and most respected wine shop in America and “the largest global wine auction house”, has announced that is now accepting a select group of cryptoassets, which includes Dogecoin, for payment at auction and retail. According to Acker’s press release, it will accept Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Dogecoin, PAX, […]
This has been another busy month in the world of cryptocurrency - and here at BitPay. We continue to welcome aboard new merchants, all the while releasing new products and services that make crypto transactions easier — and more profitable than ever — for the global business community. It has been an
On Monday (April 12), the Wanchain team announced that now “XRP token holders can put their XRP to work and engage with the world’s many DeFi applications.” Wanchain is a blockchain interoperability platform. Since “Wan” means “ten thousand” in Chinese, the brand name “Wanchain” translates to “ten thousand blockchains”. This makes sense when you consider […]
Consulting DeFi Twitter Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke has taken to Twitter to consult the decentralized finance (DeFi) community on Shopify’s potential role in the space. In the tweet, Lutke asked what commerce-related opportunities for the DeFi space the decentralized finance community is most excited about, as well as requested suggestions for Shopify’s role itself. The … Continued
On Wednesday (March 24), Tesla Co-Founder and CEO Elon Musk, currently the world’s second richest person, announced that the U.S. electric car maker is now accepting payments in Bitcoin. On February 8, the world learned from Tesla’s latest annual report (Form 10-K) that the company had invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin: The relevant section of […]
With a lot of exciting crypto news so far, 2021 is set to be a landmark year in the history of cryptocurrency. Topping the list is MasterCard’s plan to open up cryptocurrency payments for its Read more
It seems like all companies these days want to accept “alternative” payments. But Bitcoin is not the only option out there, at least some firms think DOGE makes for a good alternative currency. Ea