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A Wisconsin woman has been charged for trying to solicit a murder over the dark web paid for with bitcoin. According to a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, Kelly Harper, 37, used a dark web site to pay the administrator to have a man tracked down and then killed. Harper has admitted to […]

Croatia’s Tifon Gas Stations Hope to Tap Tourist Trade With Crypto Payment Support

February 4, 2021 admin0

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Binance Says It Wants to Get More People Using Crypto With Its New Payments Service

February 3, 2021 admin0

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has launched a new payments system called Binance Pay in what its CEO says is a move aimed to get people using crypto, rather than merely holding it. According to the exchange’s page about the new product, Binance Pay, currently in beta, allows users to make “contactless, borderless and secure” cryptocurrency payments […]

Secure Messaging App Signal Reportedly Toying With Crypto Payments

January 26, 2021 admin0

Private messaging app Signal is developing cryptocurrency payments and other features that reportedly have employees worried. Signal is actively developing payment features relating to a Stellar-based, privacy-focused cryptocurrency called MobileCoin, a project advised by Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike, Platformer said Tuesday. Like the the Facebook-backed Diem (formerly Libra) project, MobileCoin has been touted internally as […]

Bitcoin Exchange LVL Launches Mastercard Debit Card

January 22, 2021 admin0

Upstart cryptocurrency exchange LVL is opening pre-orders for a Mastercard debit card linked to bitcoin and fiat accounts. The card is among Mastercard’s premium products and can be used anywhere globally, said LVL CEO Chris Slaughter. Mastercard did not respond to requests for comment by press time. “It took a couple of months to get […]

Ripple Tech to Power New Malaysia-Bangladesh Remittance Corridor

January 15, 2021 admin0

Ripple has inked a deal with a Malaysian money transfer business and Bangladesh’s largest mobile financial services provider to enable a remittance corridor between the two countries. According to an announcement Tuesday, Malaysia’s Mobile Money and Bangladesh’s bKash will leverage Ripple’s global payments network, RippleNet, for wallet-to-wallet transactions. “This partnership will … contribute further to […]