In 2010, a Florida man bought two pizzas with 10,000 bitcoin. That singular incident served to confirm the promise of cryptocurrencies as a store of value, as well as position them as a potential payment mechanism. Today, those 10,00 bitcoin would be worth upward of...
Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...
Crypto goes up, and crypto goes down. Then, often, crypto goes back up. It can be a dizzying and volatile cycle. Just collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s customers, who, having once feared they’d lost their collective billions, can now take solace from the news Tuesday (May...
Phone, keys, wallet. That’s the daily routine that tens of millions if not billions — of people undergo each morning when checking their pockets or purses before they leave their homes to start the day. And with the recent news that telecommunications giant Vodafone is planning to integrate...
September 03, 2024
As bitcoin ATMs have been installed in more locations, they have become a “payment portal for scammers,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a Tuesday (Sept. 3) data spotlight. The amount of money consumers lost to scams involving bitcoin ATM machines increased tenfold between 2020 and 2023, rising from $12 million to $114 million, according to the […]
February 05, 2024
Omnichain cryptocurrency wallet Reunit Wallet has debuted a volume-based reward program. The program, announced Monday (Feb. 5), is designed to stimulate trading activity on its platform and attract new users. “Starting now, for every...
January 11, 2024
Codego Group, a company specializing in white-label crypto cards, has launched an all-in-one payment app that combines IBANs, cards and crypto-euro conversions. The new CodegoPay payment solution is available for both personal...
December 07, 2023
Block has launched its self-custody bitcoin wallet Bitkey in 95 countries. The new wallet, announced Thursday (Dec. 7) is designed to widen access to self-custody and comes amid a resurgence in the price of bitcoin....
