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Strike Users in US Can Now Get Paid in Bitcoin
Tested with professional athletes, the service is now widely available in 48 U.S. states.
A16z Joins Forces With Deutsche Telekom in Staking CELO Tokens
A European telco and a U.S. VC giant walk into a proof-of-stake network…
Mastercard Will Let Merchants Accept Payments in Crypto This Year
The payments giant plans to support digital currency transactions directly on network.
SEC's Clayton Says Payment Inefficiencies Are Boosting Bitcoin's Rise
Clayton sounded more bullish on bitcoin than he's been in years in his Thursday interview with CNBC.
Ripple to Invest in Japan’s SBI Subsidiary MoneyTap
Ripple plans to invest in MoneyTap, the blockchain payments app birthed through a joint venture between the San Francisco-based firm and SBI Holdings.
Crypto Long & Short: Why the PayPal Rally Isn't What It Seems, and Why That’s OK
PayPal opening its network to bitcoin and crypto is a game-changer, but the announcement hides a bigger and more important message.
Crypto Card Issuer Wirecard Says It's Missing $2.1B in 'German Enron' Scandal
Wirecard admitted the accounting hole was roughly a quarter of the company’s total balance sheet.
Mastercard Wins Patent for Speeding Up Crypto Payments
Mastercard is looking to improve crypto by designing a payments system that will link accounts holding both fiat currency and cryptocurrencies.
Could the Bitcoin Lightning Network Solve Blockchain Scalability?
Could a decentralised system where off-blockchain bitcoin transactions are sent over a network of micropayment channels solve blockchain scalability?
