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Finance

A16z Leads $4M Seed Round for Web 3 Recurring Payments Startup

Loop’s founders left bloXroute Labs to build automatic payment rails for crypto projects.

CEO Eleni Steinman, center, left bloXroute to tackle Web 3 payment rails. (Eleni Steinman)

Finance

Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments

The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Enlists FIS, Crypto.com for Merchant Payments Settled in USDC

The deal with FIS Worldpay is meant to free firms from the “fiat-only ecosystem.”

Stablecoins to Watch: USDC Could Expand to 10 More Blockchains

Finance

Fintechs See Strongest Payments Challenge From Stablecoins and CBDCs, Not Bitcoin: Cowen

The team at Cowen recently held fireside chats with executives from PayPal and Visa, among others.

Close up of a woman's hand paying with her smartphone in a cafe, scan and pay a bill on a card machine making a quick and easy contactless payment. NFC technology, tap and go concept

Juridique

Thailand Bans Crypto as Means of Payment

The Thai SEC stressed it is only banning the use of crypto for payments and is not banning crypto trading and digital assets.

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Finance

Miami Nightclub E11EVEN Rolls Out Crypto Division and 'Captain's Club' NFTs

The downtown Miami club is dancing deeper into crypto, partnering with Horizen Labs for the backend.

A performer dances from the ceiling at Miami's E11EVEN nightclub. (Eli Tan/CoinDesk)

Finance

Binance Sets Up Fiat-to-Crypto Payments Provider, Lends to FCA-Regulated Custodian

Bifinity supports 50 cryptocurrencies and major payment methods, including Visa and Mastercard.

Photo via Shutterstock

Finance

Diagonal Raises $2.5M for Web 3 Subscription Payments

The project aims to create an all-in-one tool for merchants and creators to collect payments on Ethereum.

(Adrien Olichon/Unsplash)

Finance

Payments Giant FIS Worldpay Joins Shyft’s Crypto Compliance Network

It’s the second large, non-crypto firm to join Shyft, following law firm DLA Piper last month.

(Jonas Leupe/Unsplash)

Marchés

Russia Invades Ukraine: Impact on the Markets

Here's a roundup of our news and analysis on Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its impact on crypto markets and the digital-asset industry.

Map of Ukraine. (Openverse, modified by CoinDesk)

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