Payments News
Croatia’s Top Food Retailer ‘Konzum’ Introduces Crypto Payments
Konzum, the largest food retailer in Croatia, has partnered with local fintech Electrocoin, integrating its PayCek system to introduce crypt...
Square Rebrands to ‘Block’ Amid Broader Push into Crypto
Jack Dorsey’s digital payments firm Square has rebranded as a symbol of its growth and continued movement into the blockchain industry...
SHIB Soars 30% on Kraken Listing Despite Competitors’ Regulatory Concerns
Mercurial memecoin Shiba Inu (SHIB) shot up 31.4 percent in a day after this week’s listing by crypto exchange Kraken to reach its hig...
Small Island Nation Palau Partners With Ripple on Eco-Friendly Digital Currency
The Republic of Palau, an archipelago of 500-plus islands and part of the Micronesia region in the western Pacific Ocean, is partnering with...
Perth Heat Becomes World’s First Sports Team to Embrace a Bitcoin Standard
Stealing a march on its American counterparts, Australian Baseball League club the Perth Heat has become the first professional sports organ...
RBA Discusses Future of Payments in Australia and Cryptocurrency ‘Risks’
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has discussed the need to regulate stablecoin usage in the application of DeFi for payments, and also no...
Miami To Offer Residents A Bitcoin Yield On Their MiamiCoin
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who earlier this month announced he would be taking his salary in bitcoin, has continued his push to make the Fl...
Could Zimbabwe be the Next Nation to Adopt Bitcoin as Legal Tender?
The government of the southern African republic of Zimbabwe is closely examining the possibility of adopting cryptocurrency and blockchain t...
Bitcoin Cash Spikes Amid Fake Press Release Claiming Kroger Will Accept It
Kroger, an American retail company and the largest US supermarket by revenue, has debunked a press release from PR Newswire (PRN) that claim...
Miami’s Mayor Becomes First Politician to Take Entire Salary in Bitcoin
It started with a tweet by long-standing Bitcoin advocate and popular podcaster Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, of the “Pomp Pod...
Australians Can Live On Crypto Using Bitrefill’s AU Services
Australian crypto traders made A$10k in profit on average in the past 12 months, leaving some looking for ways to spend their crypto, especi...
Mastercard Inks Deal Enabling Consumers to ‘Buy, Sell and Hold Digital Assets’
Credit card giant Mastercard will allow its customers to integrate crypto solutions and services to their consumers in the US. As first repo...