Crypto Payments Provider BitPay Adds Apple Pay Support
Apple Pay functionality will allow cardholders to make purchases in store and online using the crypto held in their BitPay wallet. Source
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Crypto.com Integrates Its Crypto Pay and DeFi Swap Products for Increased Value Addition
Besides the existing benefits that Crypto.com Pay offers in terms of low gas fees, processing fees, and cashback to both users and merchants, the exposure to DeFi tokens broadens the parties’ coverage.Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com has announced the integration of its Crypto Pay and DeFi Swap features on its platform.
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Crypto Payments Startup Metal Pay Applies for National Bank Charter
The recent application will first go for public comments for a 30-day period and later will move towards OCC approval. Metal Pay expects a decision from the OCC within the next four months.Metal Pay, the US-based peer-to-peer crypto payments startup, has recently applied for a National Bank Charter in America.
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Crypto Startup Metal Pay Files for National Bank Charter
Peer-to-peer crypto payments platform Metal Pay has filed to become a national bank in the U.S.The startup filed a charter application for “First Blockchain Bank and Trust, N.A.” with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on Feb. 3, CEO Marshall Hayner told CryptoX. Metal Pay will shortly
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hovers Around $34.2K While Options Traders Pay Up for Possible ETH Upside
After a record day in spot volume, bitcoin’s price went up, down and back up. Meanwhile, most ether options traders are bearish, some are paying up in case it gets close to record highs.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $34,278 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 3% over the previous
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Trump bans Chinese payment apps, including AliPay and WeChat Pay
With just two weeks left in office, President Donald Trump has sent out a new executive order targeting Chinese payment apps. The Tuesday order bars United States citizens or people located in the U.S. from using nine Chinese payment apps. It continues the White House's earlier efforts to cut off the U.S. market
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BitGo to Pay $93K to US Treasury to Settle 183 ‘Apparent’ Sanctions Violations
Bitgo failed to stop people in Cuba, Iran and Syria, among other sanctioned places, from using its non-custodial wallet service, the U.S. said. Source
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NY Times report alleges history of pay discrimination at Coinbase
San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase may have had a problem with paying its employees fairly based on gender and race. According to a report from The New York Times journalist Nathaniel Popper, Coinbase paid salaried Black employees roughly 7% less than people in similar positions, based on payroll data from 2018. Across the
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Promoters of Rapper TI’s 2017 ICO Ordered to Pay $103K Penalty
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) prosecution of rapper T.I.’s 2017 initial coin offering (ICO) has netted $103,000 in court-ordered fines and penalties for the agency, this time from associates of the Atlanta-based act.Defendants Chance White, Owen Smith and William Sparks were all named in the original September FLiK
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China’s Crypto Miners Struggle to Pay Power Bills as Regulators Clamp Down on OTC Desks
As Chinese authorities make it harder than ever to exchange cryptocurrency into fiat, miners may be forced to move to other jurisdictions, local sources say.On Monday, crypto industry blogger Colin Wu tweeted that miners in China have been struggling to pay for electricity after the authorities started cracking down on
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