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Drugs, Drugs and More Drugs: Crypto on the Dark Web

Down the Silk Road: Where crypto has always been used for payments.

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Why Banks and Payment Processors Shun Perfectly Legal Businesses

Porn, gambling and even furniture sales are deemed “high-risk” merchant categories. Sometimes the risk is financial; other times it’s just bad publicity.

“We would usually advise our clients to steer clear of a lot of these things," says one consultant. "Whether it's financial, reputational or regulatory [risk], who needs this headache?” (Illustration: Yunha Lee/CoinDesk)

Opinion

PayPal’s Blockchain Chief on the Future of Crypto in Payments

Blockchains offer unique advantages, but these must be combined with a user experience that feels similar to the one consumers know today, writes Senior Vice President Jose Fernandez da Ponte. This piece is part of CoinDesk’s Payments Week.

Jose Fernandez da Ponte - PayPal’s senior vice president of blockchain, crypto and digital currencies.

Markets

Yele Bademosi Steps Down as CEO of Bundle Africa

Bademosi will be succeeded by Binance Africa director Emmanuel Babalola

CEO Yele Bademosi and Taiwo Orilogbon, head of engineering, discuss business at the Bundle offices.

Markets

Luxury Hotel Group Pavilions to Accept Cryptocurrencies

The company will allow guests to book rooms using bitcoin, ethereum and 40 other digital currencies.

Traveler/Hotel

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