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Thailand Tourist Trial: Pay for Phuket Pleasures with Bitcoin
Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies may be experiencing a downtrend right now, but that’s not enough to stop adoption. For example, T...
Oklahoma Legislation Proposed to Enable Bitcoin Salaries and Vendor Payments
Traders have entered 2025 rather cautiously, with uncertainty surrounding interest rates and inflation pushing BTC back under US $100k (AUD ...
Conflux Foundation commits $500M to fuel PayFi Web3 payments solution
The Conflux Foundation plans to invest $500 million to support the growth of PayFi, short for Pay Finance, a Web3 payments solution. Conflux...
Detroit to Accept Crypto for Tax Payments, Becoming Largest US City to Adopt Digital Currency
The adoption of crypto continues to accelerate. With the Spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) approved and trading – and...
Circle CEO Touts Stablecoins as Future of Global Trade at Hong Kong FinTech Week
Stablecoins are having their time in the sun. The tokenised assets, typically tied to an underlying value such as the US dollar, have been h...
Visa Introduces VTAP on Ethereum for Streamlined Asset Trading
Payment processor Visa has just launched the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), a solution that allows banks to issue fiat-backed tokens ...
PayPal Enables Businesses to Buy, Hold and Sell Crypto
Global payments giant PayPal yesterday announced it will allow US-based merchants to hold, buy and sell cryptocurrency directly from their P...
Travala Expands Crypto Horizons with New Solana Partnership
Travala, a crypto-friendly travel booking platform has integrated with the Solana blockchain. This means users can book flights and accommod...
Bitcoin Accepted: Louisiana Allows BTC, USDC Payments for State Services
Louisiana has become one of the few US states to allow residents to use Bitcoin (BTC) and Circle’s USDC to make payments to state agencies...
eToro USA Settles SEC Charges, Limits Crypto Trading Options
Another day, another SEC anti-crypto legal case gets settled. This time it was eToro’s turn. The trading platform has agreed to pay a pena...
Swift Network to Offer Interoperable Digital Asset Payments to Clients
International payment and banking giants Swift has strengthened its connection to the digital asset community by offering efficient crypto t...
PayPal and Venmo Introduce Crypto Sending via Simple ENS Names
ENS Labs, the developer behind Ethereum Name Service (ENS), has integrated its domain name solution with PayPal and Venmo, two of the bigges...