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WikiLeaks Shop Now Accepts Bitcoin Lightning Payments

Alyssa HertigJul 9, 2020

In 2011, WikiLeaks was among the first organizations to accept donations in bitcoin. Now its shop is taking bitcoin payments over Lightning.

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Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa

Leigh CuenJul 2, 2020

Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.

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Bitcoin App Bottlepay Is Back From the Dead With a New Lightning App

Leigh CuenJul 10, 2020

Bottlepay remodeled its whole product to comply with EU regulations. Roughly 1,000 people are now on the waitlist for the app's relaunch.

Bitcoin

After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions

William FoxleyJul 2, 2020

Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community.

Tezos

Cryptography Startup Brings Private Payment Channels to Tezos Blockchain

William FoxleyJul 1, 2020

Cryptography firm Bolt Labs has launched a private payment solution, zkChannels, on Tezos.

Payments

Law

DC Lawyers Can Now Accept Crypto for Legal Fees

Sebastian Sinclair

The District of Columbia Bar has approved crypto payments for lawyers' fees.

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Kraken

Kraken Pledges $150K for Development of Open-Source BTCPay Server

Alyssa Hertig

Crypto exchange Kraken has donated $150,000 to the foundation managing BtcPay Server, an open-source tool for merchants accepting bitcoin payments.

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Payments

Status Keycard Now Works With Android Mobile Devices

Brady Dale

Status, the Ethereum-based messaging company, has expanded the use case for its Keycard, a hardware wallet first announced in February 2019.

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Ripple

Ripple Affiliate Coins.ph Joins New Remittance Network Reaching Unbanked Filipinos

Sebastian Sinclair

The blockchain firm is part of an 11,000 strong network of cash-out counters launched by UnionBank of the Philippines.

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Ride Hailing

Singapore Ride-Sharing App Lets Customers Pay With Bitcoin

Sandali Handagama

Singapore-based Ryde announced it will be the first ride-hailing service to incorporate bitcoin payments into its own app.

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BitPay

BitPay Launches Prepaid Crypto Mastercard for US Customers

Sebastian Sinclair

The new debit card enables U.S. customers to spend their crypto holdings as fiat currency.

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Digital Dollar

National Science Foundation Funds Research Into Crypto Dollars

Sandali Handagama

The National Science Foundation has given blockchain startup KRNC $225,000 to design cryptocurrency features for the U.S. dollar.

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Bitcoin Payments

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

Sandali Handagama

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

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Payments

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

Paddy Baker

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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