Leading South African Retailer Pick n Pay Starts Accepting Bitcoin
Currently 39 Pick n Pay stores are testing the payment method, with plans to roll it out to all stores in the coming months, Sunday Times reports. Customers in South…
Google To Accept Bitcoin, Crypto For Cloud Services In Coinbase Partnership
Google will start accepting bitcoin and cryptocurrency payments for its cloud services in a partnership with U.S. exchange Coinbase. Google will enable a subset of customers to pay for cloud…
Visa Launches Bitcoin, Crypto Debit Cards In 40 Countries In FTX Partnership
The partnership lets FTX exchange users in 40 countries easily spend their bitcoin and cryptocurrencies at any merchant that accepts Visa cards. FTX is launching bitcoin and crypto-backed debit cards…
Russia To Allow International Trade In Bitcoin, Crypto For Any Industry: Report
A director for Russia’s Ministry of Finance stated the country is seeking a non-restrictive policy for using bitcoin and crypto in international trade. The Ministry of Finance of the Russian…
Spain’s Largest Telecom Company Telefónica Now Accepts Bitcoin, Crypto Payments
Telefónica partnered with Spain’s largest bitcoin exchange Bit2me to enable the new feature on its online tech marketplace. Spain’s largest telecommunications company is now accepting bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as payment…
Bahrain Approves Bitcoin, Crypto Payments For Over 5,000 Merchants
Bahrain’s central bank approved a partnership between EazyPay and Binance enabling 5,000 POS and online payment gateways to accept bitcoin and crypto. The Kingdom of Bahrain approved EazyPay to enable…
Colorado Becomes First US State To Accept Bitcoin As Payment For Taxes
Colorado residents can now pay state taxes with bitcoin and cryptocurrency –– but only with a PayPal account. Colorado has become the first U.S. state to accept bitcoin for tax…
OpenNode Is Testing Bitcoin Payments With The Central Bank Of Bahrain
Using the central bank’s fintech digital sandbox to trial bitcoin payment solutions, OpenNode will bring BTC payments to the island kingdom for the first time. OpenNode is trialing a scalable…
Luxury Resort Palazzo Versace Dubai Now Accepts Bitcoin
In partnership with Binance, the luxury resort now accepts bitcoin for goods and services on-site and plans to launch online payments in the near future. Palazzo Versace Dubai is now…
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The State of Lightning One Year After El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption
Lightning helped El Salvador adopt bitcoin one year ago, which in turn helped usage of the Bitcoin Layer 2 network balloon around the world. Bitcoin headlines more often than not…