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Finance

How Media Fell for a Lucrative Lie About Walmart

A series of failures by news services and gatekeepers sent Litecoin, an early altcoin, on a wild, fraudulent ride.

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Markets

Flexa Hops Into El Salvador With Lightning Payments as Bitcoin Law Goes Live

Crypto payments firms are rushing into El Salvador as bitcoin becomes legal tender.

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Policy

Singapore Grants Digital Token Payment Licenses to FOMO Pay

The city-state granted an “in principle” license to Independent Reserve in August.

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Markets

Cryptocurrency Market Will More Than Triple by 2030: Study

The report by Allied Market Research projects a compound annual growth rate of 12.8% from 2021 to 2030.

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Videos

What OnlyFans Stopping Sex Acts and Politicizing Payments Means for Crypto

OnlyFans, an online subscription platform primarily used by performers selling adult sexual content, announced it would prohibit pornographic material beginning October 1 due to pressure from banks and payment providers.

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Finance

MobileCoin Raises $66M to Build Out Privacy-Focused Payments Tech

The round, joined by Alameda Research, Coinbase Ventures and others, looks to put MobileCoin in more messaging apps.

The MobileCoin team at a recent "formal day."

Markets

Top South Korean Money Transfer Firm Joins RippleNet to Further Remittances to Thailand

Ripple is focusing on Asia, which the company has said is its fastest-growing market.

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Finance

AMC to Accept Bitcoin for Tickets and Concessions Later This Year

America’s largest theater chain is leaning into crypto but did not specify what technology it would use to accept payments.

AMC Sells 8.5 Million Shares To Investment Group, As Meme Traders Continue Effort To Rally Stock

Markets

Binance Pay Bringing Crypto Payments to Shopify, Others

The exchange is building a payment bridge with crypto-fiat gateway Alchemy Pay.

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Markets

No More Lengthy Wallet Addresses – Send USDC to 'username.coin'

Being able to use a simple username akin to a Twitter or Instagram handle may make sending crypto payments more like sending an email or a text.

Unstoppable Domains CEO Matthew Gould (left) and Chief Technical Offier Braden Pezeshki