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

Leigh CuenMar 31, 2020

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

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

Sebastian SinclairMar 27, 2020

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

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

Leigh CuenApr 1, 2020

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

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

Danny NelsonMar 27, 2020

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

Payments

80% of Australians Know About Crypto but Only 1% Use It: Central Bank Study

Danny NelsonMar 20, 2020

Fewert than 1 percent of surveyed Australians paid for consumer goods with cryptocurrency in 2019, according to a new study by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

Payments

Ripple

Thai Remittance Platform Starts Processing Ripple Payments

Paddy Baker

DeeMoney has become the first non-banking institution to use RippleNet in Thailand.

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PayPal

PayPal’s Financial Crimes Division Is Seeking a Blockchain Expert

Anna Baydakova

The payments giant is seeking a blockchain expert to help identify use cases for the tech in the prevention of financial crimes.

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Coinbase

Coinbase Card Users Can Now Make Crypto-Backed Payments With Google Pay

Paddy Baker

Card holders will be able to make crypto-backed payments from any Google Pay-enabled device.

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Payments

Opera Browser Adds Apple Pay, Debit Card Cryptocurrency Purchase Options

Danny Nelson

The Opera browser app has partnered with e-payments startup Wyre to expand its built-in wallet’s crypto buying power.

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Payments

Bakkt Touts New Payment Integration With Starbucks

Leigh Cuen

Users of the Starbucks iPhone app are now being presented with “Bakkt Cash” as a payment option.

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Singapore

Crypto Payments Firm Halts Operations Citing Singapore’s New Regulatory Regime

Daniel Palmer

Singapore-based Coinpip said it has "suspended operations" while it looks at becoming licensed under new AML rules.

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JPMorgan Chase

Chase Bank Settles Suit Over ‘Sky-High’ Credit Card Charges for Crypto Purchases

Paddy Baker

The bank had allegedly charged the plaintiff over $160 in fees and interest for regularly purchasing cryptocurrencies with his credit card.

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Samsung

Samsung to Target EU Payments Sector With Blockchain-Based Solution for Banks

Paddy Baker

The platform will use blockchain to automatically input payments data into bank records.

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Central Banks

BIS Paper Reckons With P2P Payments, Tokenized Securities, Central Bank Digital Currencies

Danny Nelson

Researchers at the Bank for International Settlements say the future of payments may be peer to peer, but a number of considerations must be satisfied before distributed ledger-based systems can go mainstream.

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