The Dolder Grand, a five-star hotel in Switzerland, will start accepting bitcoin payments from next month.
U.S.-based venture capitalist Tim Draper has invested $1.25 million in OpenNode, a bitcoin-only payments processing startup.
Square made $34.1 million in Q1 revenue through bitcoin sales, according to an SEC filing.
Luxury brand Bellatorra Skin Care reports hot demand for crypto payments from both wholesale and retail customers as it expands into China and India.
Digital payments company Square has rolled bitcoin payments out to most of its Cash App users.
Major Japanese electronics retailer Yamada Denki is partnering with the BitFlyer exchange to trial bitcoin payment in two of its stores.
Payments processor Stripe announced it would end support for bitcoin in April, citing rising transaction costs and times as two reasons for the move.
Tech giant Microsoft is once more accepting bitcoin payments after it halted transactions in the cryptocurrency last week.
This may have been the first real consumer transaction using the Lightning network.
A well-known gold dealer headquartered in London is now accepting bitcoin payments for its precious metal products.
