Payments Network


Opinion

How Western Sanctions on Russia Could Make Crypto an International Reserve Currency

If oil and gas are one day denominated in cryptocurrency, we’re likely to see other industries start pegging their goods and services to crypto.

CoinDesk placeholder image

Finance

Flexa Expands Payments Suite for Multiple Cryptocurrencies and Wallets

Flexa said its new feature will allow over 99 digital currencies for payment options.

Payments networks are increasingly accepting cryptocurrency. (Camilo Freedman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Morgan Stanley Says Crypto Could Become More Widely Used as Currency

Partnerships with physical stores are a significant milestone in the evolution of bitcoin as a medium of payment, the bank said.

(Károly Meyer/Pixabay)

Finance

Amazon no está cerca de aceptar cripto para pagos en comercios minoristas, según CEO

No obstante, el CEO de la compañía, Andy Jassy, dijo que la compañía podría vender NFTs en el futuro.

Sede regional de Amazon en Sunnyvale, California. (Colección Smith/Gado/Getty Images)

Finance

Skynet Trading Launches $40M Fund to Support Elrond Network’s DeFi Push

After a pair of splashy acquisitions, Elrond is looking to attract more projects.

(OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images)

Finance

A16z Leads $4M Seed Round for Web 3 Recurring Payments Startup

Loop’s founders left bloXroute Labs to build automatic payment rails for crypto projects.

CEO Eleni Steinman, center, left bloXroute to tackle Web 3 payment rails. (Eleni Steinman)

Finance

Jack Mallers’ Strike Announces Shopify Integration for Bitcoin Lightning Payments

The bitcoiner instrumental to El Salvador’s announcement at last year’s conference waxed philosophical on Bitcoin’s role as a payments network.

Strike CEO Jack Mallers speaks at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Circle Enlists FIS, Crypto.com for Merchant Payments Settled in USDC

The deal with FIS Worldpay is meant to free firms from the “fiat-only ecosystem.”

Stablecoins to Watch: USDC Could Expand to 10 More Blockchains

Finance

Fintechs See Strongest Payments Challenge From Stablecoins and CBDCs, Not Bitcoin: Cowen

The team at Cowen recently held fireside chats with executives from PayPal and Visa, among others.

Close up of a woman's hand paying with her smartphone in a cafe, scan and pay a bill on a card machine making a quick and easy contactless payment. NFC technology, tap and go concept