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Swiss fintech Taurus, supported by Deutsche Bank, now offers tokenized securities trading to retail clients following regulatory approval.

Global merchant listings for Bitcoin payments nearly tripled in 2023, as reported by Bitcoin merchant mapping provider BTC Map. The latest data from BTC Map show an increase in Bitcoin-accepting venues, with numbers climbing from 2,207 at the year’s start…

Apsys, a France-based real estate company, has signed a partnership deal with local fintech Lyzi to enable customers to pay for purchases nationwide across all its shopping malls with crypto. Apsys, a company that owns, develops, and manages many real…

Coinbase Commerce, the merchant arm of the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, recently integrated Marker’s stablecoin, DAI, as a payment option for online retailers. The DAI stablecoin becomes the second digital currency to be integrated by Coinbase Commerce.  DAI Stablecoin…

The most trending cryptocurrency narratives in 2018 were undoubtedly “institutions are coming” and “adoption is coming”. This is currently seen as a failed narrative, but it has played it in a more realistic way than most expected. Fidelity, J.P. Morgan,…

Nike, one of the largest fitness and sport brands in the world, is embracing the shifting technological paradigm as they seek to make shoes named CryptoKicks that are digitized on a blockchain. The patent gives them the right to create…

UK-based social trading platform eToro is poised to launch cryptocurrency-enabled debit cards in Q2 2020, reports Business Insider, December 9, 2019. Bringing Crypto to the Masses In a bid to make the use of cryptocurrencies a mainstream phenomenon, UK-based cryptocurrency…

In early 2020, Bakkt will begin testing its consumer app along with one of its prime partners, Starbucks. The lifelong dream of Bitcoiners to walk into a Starbucks and pay for their coffee with sats is set to become a…

In a Medium post published on October 28, 2019, Mike Blandina, chief product officer (CPO) at Bakkt, announced that the exchange platform will launch a consumer app to propel the use of cryptocurrencies among the masses. Bakkt Consumer App Out…

Moon Technologies Inc., a fintech firm in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space has created an online payment system that enables customers to pay for their purchases on Amazon with bitcoin (BTC). The payment system, available as an extension for various…

After having debuted the card in  April  2019 in England, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is ready to launch its debit card in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands according to a CNBC report released on June 11. Crypto Convenience…

U.S.-based Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on May 20, 2019, announced that its merchant-oriented service Coinbase Commerce now accepts U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin (USDC). Coinbase Commerce Adds Support for USDC In a bid to foster the adoption of digital currencies among…

Blockchain has found a tremendous use case in supply chain management. A Forbes post published May 15, 2019, revealed that Bumble Bee Foods plans to use blockchain for seafood tracking. Also, a press release on PR Web explained how Avery…

While there have been quite many properties sold for bitcoin in recent times, this $44 million 16th century edifice located in the ancient city of Rome is on the verge of entering the history books as the first mansion to…

Tech giant IBM has been at the forefront of the blockchain revolution for ages past, developing and deploying decentralized solutions for large corporations and retail shops alike. Now, Big Blue has taken the gospel of distributed ledger technology to Africa…