Alchemy Pay and Yellow Card have teamed up to make cryptocurrency more accessible in Africa. Alchemy Pay’s on-ramp product will utilize Yellow Card’s payment infrastructure in 20 African countries, allowing users to purchase crypto with their local fiat currencies. This partnership aims to simplify the process of acquiring crypto by prospective users in several African…
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Fintech giant Stripe has announced its decision to once again allow customers to accept cryptocurrency payments after a six-year break. The company is starting with USDC stablecoins on the Solana, Ethereum, and Polygon blockchains, according to a report from TechCrunch. The news of Stripe’s reentry into crypto payments was unveiled by the company’s co-founder and president, John Collison, at the Connect developer conference…
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Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading e-hailing and food app, is now letting Grab Pay users in Singapore to seamlessly top up their e-wallet balances using cryptocurrencies. In partnership with digital assets payment provider Triple-A, Grab integrated the feature on March 12, the Straits Times reported. Triple-A, which raised $10 million in Series A funding on October,…
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Accepting crypto payments may sound daunting, but with the right tools and knowledge, it’s a game-changer for businesses. This article simplifies the process, from understanding the basics of crypto payments to seamlessly integrating them into your business operations. We’ll explore how to accept crypto payments, the most effective cryptocurrencies for transactions, highlight businesses leading the…
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A new product offering recently launched by Stitch, a South African payment service provider, now enables customers to settle transactions with crypto. According to Stitch, this new functionality makes it possible for customers to pay with bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH). Local Businesses to Receive Payment in Local Currency A South African payments service provider,…
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Intrigue is swirling after X’s inaugural Client Council event provided insight into the platform’s ambitions to evolve into “The Everything App,” with many in crypto circles dissecting hints about potential peer-to-peer payment options. While details remain scarce, the event spotlighted X’s vision for enhanced features like video calling and sparked rumors that crypto transaction capabilities…
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Telegram’s Wallet bot is enabling merchants to accept Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether (USDT) through the messaging app. Wallet, a Telegram bot built on The Open Network (TON) blockchain that allows users to transfer cryptocurrencies within chats, has launched a crypto payment solution. In a Thursday tweet, TON said the new payment functionality is immediately accessible…
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Chinese chemical producers are accepting cryptocurrency as payment for fentanyl ingredients they sell to drug organizations worldwide. Researchers at crypto analytics platform Elliptic have found over 90 Chinese chemical companies that sold fentanyl precursor chemicals and advertised their products on the open web, 90% of which offered to accept payment in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether (USDT)…. Read More: Fentanyl Ingredients Sold…
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More Latin American (LATAM) workers than ever are choosing to get paid in crypto, a new report has found – with suggestions that crypto winter has done little to dampen adoption in the region. Bloomberg Linea reported that, per the Deel Lab for Global Employment’s Global Recruitment Report, between January and December 2022, the number…
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Varus, a retailer with over 100 supermarket stores across Ukraine, has partnered with the world’s leading digital asset exchange, Binance, to launch cryptocurrency payments. Customers will now be able to order groceries online and cover the bill through a Binance Pay wallet. Ukrainians to Shop Online From Varus Supermarket Using Crypto Binance, the largest cryptocurrency…
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