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Finance

Payments Provider BitPay Rolls Out Cryptocurrency Payroll Service

With the launch, BitPay now provides an alternative to crypto payroll services such as BitWage.

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair

Policy

US Congressman Darren Soto to Accept Cryptocurrency Donations for 2020 Election

Supporters can now send the congressman crypto donations via BitPay for his 2020 reelection campaign.

Rep. Darren Soto (in foreground) (Rep. Ruben Gallego/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

US Congressman Tom Emmer Will Accept Crypto Donations for Reelection Campaign

Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota will accept crypto donations for his campaign, facilitated through BitPay.

U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer

Finance

After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions

Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community.

SegWit inventor Pieter Wuille speaks in 2015. (Scaling Bitcoin)

Finance

The COVID-19 E-Commerce Boom Hasn't Trickled Down to Bitcoin, Despite Advantages

Although a variety of e-commerce platforms are booming during COVID-19 lockdowns, bitcoin payments remain exceedingly niche.

OB1 staff show off OpenBazaar at a 2019 conference. (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

BitPay Launches Prepaid Crypto Mastercard for US Customers

The new debit card enables U.S. customers to spend their crypto holdings as fiat currency.

(Valeri Potapova/Shutterstock)

Finance

BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership

The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership.

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair

Finance

Bitcoin Usage Among Merchants Is Up, According to Data From Coinbase and BitPay

Although bitcoin adoption may move at a glacial pace, merchants are seeing sustained traction regardless of market dips.

BTC ACCEPTED HERE: Lola Luna lingerie saw a steady stream of bitcoin payments in 2019. (Courtesy photo)

Markets

Merchants Can Now Accept XRP via Crypto Payment Processor BitPay

If $XRP is burning a hole in your pocket you can now spend it at retailers served by BitPay (along with $BTC, $BCH or $ETH)

BitPay CEO Stephen Pair

Finance

American Cancer Society Now Accepting Bitcoin Donations Through BitPay

“Our mission is urgent and in order to accomplish it, we need to engage donors where they are.”

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