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OnlyFans, Patreon models turn to Web3 amid payment and censorship fears

Adult content creators have continued to shift towards decentralized versions of OnlyFans and Patreon, after recent payment difficulties and the ever-present threat of being de-platformed. Leon Lee, founder and CEO of Only1 — a decentralized version of OnlyFans — tells Cryptox there has been a recent power shift from intermediaries

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Bitwave Acquires Gilded for Undisclosed Amount to Solidify Its Dominance in Web3 Payment Industry

Following the successful acquisition, Gilded CTO Ken Gaulter will be joining the engineering team at Bitwave to ensure a smooth transition. Bitwave, a San Francisco-based tech company that focuses on enterprise accounting for the crypto industry, announced a strategic acquisition of Gilded Finance, a leading provider of Web3-focused accounting and financial

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Canadian BTC exchange partners with Costa Rica’s largest fiat payment system

A non-custodial Bitcoin-only exchange with a head office in Canada, Bull Bitcoin, has formed a partnership with SINPE Movil, Costa Rica’s principal fiat payments system, and Bitcoin Jungle, a local crypto wallet solution.According to Bull Bitcoin’s press release from Sept 14, both the citizens of Costa Rica and “foreigners” will

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Former PayPal president explores vision for Bitcoin as global payment network

Former Meta and PayPal exec David Marcus believes Bitcoin’s underlying technology could serve as the basis for a universal financial protocol on the internet. David Marcus, currently the CEO of Lightspark, proposed a somewhat unconventional vision for Bitcoin (BTC) in a CNBC interview on Monday, Sept. 11. Known for his past

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Bitcoin above US$26,000; JP Morgan working on blockchain payment system

Bitcoin rose on Friday morning in Asia to trade above the resistance level of US$26,000, leading a rally across most top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies. The exceptions were Cardano and Toncoin, which both posted minor losses. Ether logged moderate gains but remained below US$1,650. U.S. financial services giant JPMorgan Chase &

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CFPB examines Big Tech’s role in mobile payment systems ahead of rulemaking

Big businesses are able to act as “mini-governments” and impose their own rules on payment infrastructure, Rohit Chopra, director of the United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), said at a fintech conference hosted by the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank on Sept. 7. As Big Tech continues to innovate, small

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Visa (V) Expands Blockchain Payment Capabilities by Expanding Circle’s USDC Settlements to Solana (SOL)

“By leveraging stablecoins like USDC and global blockchain networks like Solana and Ethereum, we're helping to improve the speed of cross-border settlement and providing a modern option for our clients to easily send or receive funds from Visa’s treasury,” Cuy Sheffield, head of crypto at Visa, said in a statement. Source

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