Atari, looking to cash in on the popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), plans to open a casino in the coming months, according to a report from The Business Times. The casino was developed in a partnership with the Decentral Games on the Ethereum blockchain, and...
Merchants can now accept cryptocurrency payments through Bitfinex Pay, a new contactless and borderless payment technology launched by Bitfinex on Thursday (March 4). With Bitfinex Pay, online shoppers can pay via Bitcoin, Ethereum and Tether, according to a company blog post. The widget is integrated...
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is reviewing certain transactions made over Coinbase to investigate whether people in countries or territories targeted by U.S. sanctions have been using the service. Coinbase, which filed to go public last week, said in its...
Crypto users can now buy dogecoin with cash at 1,800 CoinFlip ATMs across the U.S., according to CoinDesk, citing a tweet from CoinFlip. The dog meme-themed digital coin was founded in 2013 reportedly “as a joke,” PYMNTS reported, and saw its price surge earlier this...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has warned crypto firms to “play by the rules” or risk getting shut down, according to a press release. Calling cryptocurrency “high-risk,” James said “devastating losses” could occur, the release stated. She said industry members should be properly registered...
San Francisco-based crypto custody firm Anchorage, recently cleared as a bank, has raised $80 million in a Series C funding round, according to CoinDesk. The round was led by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Blockchain Capital, Lux and Indico also took part,...
American Green will be expanding its eCommerce platform in March to include bitcoin payments to help people pay for cannabidiol (CBD) and hemp, according to a press release from the company. The company said in the release that ordering its products will become more efficient...
Bitcoin mine operator Northern Data AG is planning to go public and could raise up to $500 million in the initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported. The U.S. IPO would boost the Frankfurt-based company’s “global profile,” according to Bloomberg, citing people “familiar with the matter.”...
Social shopping platform Personas Social has rolled out a bitcoin payment system, according to a press release. The company will now accept bitcoin payments for purchasing content on its Peeks Social platform. The release stated this will also come with identity verification which will require...
