Android users can bring the Coinbase Card directly to their Google Pay wallets, the company said in a post. The Coinbase Card is a debit card funded by digital currency. And, after customers request a Coinbase Card, they can add their cards to Google Pay...
Select Starbucks mobile app customers are now seeing a payment choice of “Bakkt Cash,” CoinDesk reported. A spokesperson for Starbucks told the outlet, “We are currently conducting a limited test for our customers, using the Bakkt payment method. Customers can see Bakkt as an option...
Rapper Akon is launching the cryptocurrency, Akoin, that he says will financially power “Akon City” in West Africa. His whitepaper indicates that Akoins will work as “atomic swaps” between cryptocurrencies, fiat currencies, and mobile phone credits on the Akoin network. “The Akoin Utility Token is...
There’s an old maxim in investing and in markets in general: You only know who’s swimming naked when the tide goes out. And so, for crypto, the tide’s decidedly out, and the view is less than flattering. By Thursday evening, the price of bitcoin, that...
The founder of IOTA is repaying victims of a wallet hack earlier this year to “preserve” the runway of his endeavor, CoinDesk reported. David Sonstebo, the distributed network’s founder, reportedly will use his own IOTA holdings to pay back those impacted by the incident. The...
Bitcoin’s value has seen better days amid the strife and turmoil of the global financial markets as the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc, according to Reuters. The value of the well-known cryptocurrency fell far on Thursday (March 12) as traders sold off assets, fearing the...
The Celo Foundation on Wednesday (March 11) rolled out its Alliance For Prosperity with 50 members, according to reports. The alliance, a Libra competitor, provides an avenue for developers to create decentralized apps based on Celo blockchain technology as well as U.S. stablecoin. Members include...
A new cryptocurrency called the CoronaCoin has been called amoral for its idea of letting users “bet” on how many people the coronavirus is going to kill, according to reports. The developers of the coin arranged it so that the value of the coin would diminish...
The Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus is reportedly intending to support a legal initiative that would allow them to seize digital currency from criminals, Cointelegraph reported. The leader of the committee, Ivan Noskevich, reportedly discussed the initiative in an interview with a television...
