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Finance

Ripple Partners With Brazilian Exchange Mercado Bitcoin to Offer Business-Focused Payments Solution

Mercado Bitcoin plans to offer its corporate and retail customers support for international payments, allowing users to transact with Brazilian Reais.

Payments network (Steve Johnson/Unsplash)

By Andrés Engler

Oct 3, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. UTC

Oct 3, 2024

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Finance

PayPal Enables U.S. Business Accounts to Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto

The service won't be available to New York state businesses in the beginning.

By Aoyon Ashraf

Sep 25, 2024 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

Sep 25, 2024

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Finance

UK Finance, Member Banks See Benefits During Experimental Phase of a Tokenization, CBDC Platform

Barclays, Citi UK, HSBC and Natwest participated in the Regulated Liability Network test.

(Camomile Shumba/CoinDesk)

By Camomile Shumba

Sep 16, 2024 at 11:01 p.m. UTC

Sep 16, 2024

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Finance

Ferrari to Extend Cryptocurrency Payments to Europe: Reuters

The company also plans to extend the service to other markets by the end of the year.

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By Jamie Crawley

Jul 24, 2024 at 10:27 a.m. UTC

Jul 24, 2024

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Jack Mallers' Bitcoin payments app Strike extends global expansion with U.K. launch. (Frederick Munawa/CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin Payments App Strike Enters UK as Global Expansion Rolls Out

The payments firm now operates in over 100 countries and territories globally.

Jack Mallers' Bitcoin payments app Strike extends global expansion with U.K. launch. (Frederick Munawa/CoinDesk)

Jun 25, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. UTC

Jun 25, 2024

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Finance

Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado

Stablecoin adoption is soaring in the region as many people turn to the crypto tokens as a shield against currency devaluation and cheap remittances.

El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)

By Krisztian Sandor

Jun 4, 2024 at 2:47 p.m. UTC

Jun 4, 2024

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Stripe co-founder and President John Collison said, "crypto is finding real utility," in a keynote on Thursday. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

Finance

Stripe Brings Back Crypto Payments Via USDC Stablecoin

The payments firm stopped taking crypto payments in 2018 due to bitcoin’s high volatility.

Stripe co-founder and President John Collison said, "crypto is finding real utility," in a keynote on Thursday. (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

By Helene Braun

Apr 25, 2024 at 6:55 p.m. UTC

Apr 25, 2024

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Finance

Stablecoins Are Seeing Adoption as a Cross-Border Settlement Mechanism: Bernstein

Solana is leading the field in blockchain payments, but the network has scalability issues, the report said.

(Sam Kessler/CoinDesk)

Apr 9, 2024 at 11:19 a.m. UTC

Apr 9, 2024

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Finance

BCB Group Moves Custody of Digital Asset Operations to Metaco’s Platform

The move will allow the crypto payments firm to consolidate its custody technology.

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Apr 9, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. UTC

Apr 9, 2024

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Finance

With Mastercard, MetaMask Tests First Blockchain-Powered Payment Card

Issued by Baanx, the card would let users spend their crypto "on everyday purchases, everywhere cards are accepted," according to marketing materials CoinDesk reviewed.

MetaMask test image (MetaMask)

Mar 11, 2024 at 4:55 p.m. UTC

Mar 11, 2024

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