payments


Markets

Coca-Cola Distributor Offers Bitcoin Payment Options for Aussie Vending Machines

More than 2,000 vending machines in Australia and New Zealand will let customers purchase Coke products using bitcoin.

A Coke distributor in Asia will let vending machine customers purchase purchase beverages using bitcoin. (Credit: Sunvic / Shutterstock)

Finance

Japan's Biggest Banks Are Talking About Building a Digital Payments System

The banks will be joined by representatives from big business and the government to lay out how to create shared digital payments system.

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Markets

IOV Labs Takes on Lightning Network With New Light Client

IOV Labs, which builds platforms secured by bitcoin’s hash rate, launched Wednesday a light client for the Lumino Payments Network, its smart contract-compatible rival to the lightning network

Gabriel Kurman (Credit: IOV Labs)

Finance

Binance-Backed Crypto Payments App Launches as Race for Africa Heats Up

The payments app launched initially in Nigeria, but there are plans to expand to 30 African nations his year.

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Tech

Researchers Surface Privacy Vulnerabilities in Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments

Privacy holes in the Lightning Network, a bitcoin transaction settlement layer, are leaking payment information.

FLASH: Balances on the Lightning Network can be revealed by relatively straightforward cyberattacks, researchers say. (Credit: Shutterstock)

Tech

Solana Blockchain Adds Korean Stablecoin Terra for Better Payments

Solana is adding the Terra stablecoin in an effort to bring "novel applications that require price-stable payments" to its high-throughput blockchain.

Solana team

Finance

Cannabis Shops Are Using Zap's Lightning App During Coronavirus Cash Crunch

The Lightning Network startup now offers fiat-friendly bitcoin payment tools. Cannabis dispensaries in Colorado are an early proving ground.

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin. (Photo by Will Foxley for CoinDesk)

Finance

Bitcoin's Lightning Becomes Latest Protocol to Court Publishers With Micropayments

With paywall systems for a whole bevy of assets, crypto payments could revolutionize the media industry – if demand actually matched supply.

Lightning Labs co-founder Olaoluwa Osuntokun at the 2019 Lightning Conference in Berlin.

Policy

Singapore Temporarily Exempts Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, From New Licensing Regime

Cryptocurrency firms can continue operating but must apply for a license by summer under new rules

Singapore

Finance

Coinbase's Retail Payments Wing Crosses $200M in Transactions

Coinbase Commerce's 8,000 retailers have processed more than $200 million since its launch two years ago.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong