Switzerland-based cryptocurrency wallet maker Tangem AG has launched a payments partnership with Visa. The collaboration, announced Friday (July 5), has resulted in a Visa payments card combined with a hardware wallet that lets Tangem users make payments using their crypto or stablecoin balances at merchants that accept Visa. “We are delighted that Visa has chosen to partner with Tangem, one
The 2014 collapse of Mt. Gox served as one of the first, big crypto scandals. Over 100,000 creditors of the digital asset exchange lost over $9.4 billion worth of bitcoin — and now, nearly 10 years later, the exchange announced that it is (finally) set to start repaying its creditors in bitcoin (BTC) and bitcoin
Stripe and Coinbase have partnered to expand the global adoption of cryptocurrency and provide faster, cheaper financial infrastructure. This collaboration aims to serve businesses and people around the world, Coinbase said in a Thursday (June 27) blog post. With this partnership, Stripe will add USDC on Base to its crypto payouts product, according to the
In a landscape defined by unprecedented digitization and global connectivity, cross-border payments remain a paradox. That’s because, despite the size of the total addressable market — which is projected to reach a staggering 290 trillion by 2030 — cross-border payments are fraught with inefficiencies, high fees and delayed transactions. A situation almost entirely due to
Bitcoin payment processor IBEX Pay will suspend all its services in the United States, effective May 31. The company announced the move in a Wednesday (May 15) post on X (formerly Twitter). “Any outstanding balance will be transferred to our clients’ Swan accounts or Bitcoin addresses,” IBEX Pay said in the post. “We urge our clients to provide
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 7) that FTX’s bankruptcy team is ready to repay them
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 cryptocurrency wallets and blockchain-based payment solutions directly into mobile phone