Latin American Delivery Unicorn Rappi Launches Crypto Payments Pilot
The Colombia-based company has partnered with BitPay and Bitso to convert crypto into credits for purchases within its platform. Original Source
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Strike’s Jack Maller Announces Shopify Integration, Partners With Blackhawk And NCR To Facilitate Lightning Network Payments
Strike’s CEO Jack Mallers announced a new partnership with Shopify, Blackhawk, and NCRThe partnership will enable US Shopify merchants to receive Bitcoin funds in an instant via the lightning network. Strike’s CEO Jack Mallers is all set to integrate Shopify with Strike, enabling the company to facilitate fast-speed Bitcoin payments to
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Shopify Bitcoin payments integration triggers legal questions from the community
Following the announced integration of the payment app, Strike, with e-commerce platform Shopify to accept Bitcoin (BTC) through the Lightning Network, the crypto community raised concerns over the legal implications of the move. Crypto researcher Matt Ahlborg believes that the event is a very significant development for BTC as it allows
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Lightning to strike Shopify merchants with addition of BTC payments
Chicago-based payment app Strike has integrated with global e-commerce giant Shopify so merchants can accept Bitcoin payments via the Bitcoin Lightning Network.The Lightning Network (LN) is a Layer-2 scaling solution for Bitcoin designed to facilitate faster and cheaper transactions.Strike CEO Jack Mallers revealed the new integration on stage at Miami's
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Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments
“If we can help make the Bitcoin network more accessible and usable we believe we can change the world,” he said. Leveraging Bitcoin for a cheap “payment network” is critical to that, he said, contrasting it with the “caviar-eating” history of boomer bank-issued credit cards that he said hasn’t innovated
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Coinbase Trading Launch in India Hits Payments Gateway Snag
India's UPI denied knowledge of any crypto exchange using its platform after Coinbase leadership announced using that prominent payment gateway would be the first step in buying crypto through its brokerage. Original Source
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Singaporean fintech adds Bitcoin payments for merchants with BitPay partnership
Nium, a cross-border payments firm based in Singapore, has announced the launch of a new API-based solution that will allow businesses to start accepting cryptocurrency payments.As per the announcement, the newly launched product is called Crypto Accept. It allows online sellers to accept Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) before expanding
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Crypto Startup Wyre to Be Bought by Payments Company Bolt for $1.5B: Report
Payments company Bolt agreed to acquire crypto startup Wyre for $1.5 billion according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Thursday. Original Source
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Circle Enlists FIS, Crypto.com for Merchant Payments Settled in USDC
The deal with FIS Worldpay is meant to free firms from the “fiat-only ecosystem.” Source
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Sweden Wants to Test E-Krona Viability for Smart Payments
Like the European Central Bank (ECB), Sweden, which is in the EU but does not use the euro currency, is looking at whether to allow those offline payments – which could aid privacy, but also bring the same kinds of risks of cash, like theft, or use of the funds
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