Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bill Cassidy are asking federal agencies about their technical capacity to combat crypto payments in the sale of child abuse material.
Square merchants can now convert up to 10% of sales to Bitcoin via Cash App
Block gets 1% of every conversion.
Wikipedia co-founder says Bitcoin doesn’t work, BTC community snaps back
BTC proponents argued to Jimmy Wales that banks might work, but they’re not available to everyone and that storing BTC personally and storing fiat via banks are two different things.
Bitcoin user pays $3.1M transaction fee for 139 BTC transfer
A mempool developer suggested that the user behind the transfer might not be aware of the non-cancellation of replacement fees policy, resulting in an accidental $3.1 million transaction fee.
Sushi to test Bitcoin swaps and Opyn DeFi protocol founders cave to CFTC pressure: Finance Redefined
Sushi is set to test Bitcoin swaps on 30 different blockchains using the interpretability protocol ZetaChain.
Pay and dump? How businesses accepting crypto payments influence adoption
Crypto payments are often seen as a way to boost adoption, but is adoption growing if the business sells crypto right back? The answer is complex.
US CFPB proposes supervising digital app providers, including crypto wallets
The proposal would affect retail transactions carried out from crypto wallets, but not crypto trading.
US CFPB proposes supervising digital app providers, including crypto wallets
The proposal would affect retail transactions carried out from crypto wallets, but not crypto trading.
Crypto remittances offer cheaper alternative, but still face challenges to adoption
Crypto remittances are a lifeline for many people who need to send money to their loved ones, as they provide faster, cheaper and more transparent transactions than traditional methods.
Ferrari to Start Accepting Crypto Payments in U.S: Reuters
Ferrari will subsequently extend the scheme to Europe in response to demand from its wealthy customers.
Bitcoin clean energy usage reportedly exceeds 50% — Will Tesla start accepting BTC payments?
A Bloomberg analyst reported the percentage of energy used for Bitcoin mining coming from renewable sources had exceeded 50% due in part to miners fleeing China’s ban.
Bitcoin gains traction in West Africa with educational drive
As anti-French sentiment rides high in West Africa, Bitique opens its doors, the “Bitcoin Mastermind” conference beckons and more nodes come online to verify the Bitcoin blockchain.
Bitcoin Lightning on Coinbase agenda, Brian Armstrong tells Jack Dorsey
Armstrong confirmed that Coinbase was looking into adding support for Bitcoin Lightning while reassuring his support for Bitcoin payments.
Crypto mass adoption is coming, but how fast?
The latest Cointelegraph Report assesses the current growth rate of global cryptocurrency usage and tries to predict when crypto will reach mass adoption.
Bitcoin adoption in Mexico boosted by Lightning partnership with retail giant
“Imagine if Best Buy, Bank of America, Fox News and an NFL team were all owned by the same individual. All of them will have lightning capabilities in the future,” Jose Lemus, CEO of Ibex Mercado, told Cointelegraph.
Bitcoin in Cuba: Why some Cubans are adopting BTC to escape ‘The Matrix’
Private businesses in Cuba could be poised to benefit from the cryptocurrency revolution in one of the world’s harshest business environments.
Strike moves global headquarters to El Salvador, expands to 65 countries
According to Strike CEO Jack Mallers, the expansion drive aims to counter the “clouded world of crypto exchanges and hidden, unregistered licensing regimes and 1,000 different coins.”
Ordinals and BRC-20 will disappear in a matter of months, JAN3 CEO says
The hype around Bitcoin Ordinals and BRC-20 tokens is unsustainable and will fade away in a matter of months, according to JAN3 CEO Samson Mow.
Bitcoin Lightning Network is 1,000x cheaper than Visa and MasterCard: Data
Glassnode data demonstrates that the Lightning Network outcompetes traditional payment networks in terms of commission costs.
Fireblocks VP: Big names won’t go back after discovering crypto payments’ potential
Ran Goldi, the vice president of payments at Fireblocks, believes that affordability and speed will keep big brands that have implemented crypto payments in the last two years.