Bitcoin Payments


Finance

Square Launches Bitcoin Payment Tools for Small Businesses

The features allow U.S. sellers to accept BTC, convert fiat sales automatically and manage crypto alongside traditional finances.

Block CEO Jack Dorsey (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tech

Square Begins Rollout of Bitcoin Payments for Sellers, Targets Full Availability by 2026

Payments are settled in real-near time using Bitcoin layer-2 Lightning, with Square processing the exchange into fiat

Square PoS (Square/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Adoption News: Top Win Rebrands, Steak N Shake Accepts BTC, Galaxy's Nasdaq Debut

Galaxy Digital shares started trading on Nasdaq today, but the listing will have to jostle for the crypto sphere's attention.

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Finance

Ferrari to Start Accepting Crypto Payments in U.S, Europe to Follow

Ferrari will subsequently extend the scheme to Europe in response to demand from its wealthy customers

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Tech

Zebedee Debuts Global Payment Service Powered by Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The service is currently available in the U.S., U.K., EU, Brazil and the Philippines, but Zebedee plans on expanding the service to accommodate “all countries and currencies across the world.”

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Finance

South African Supermarket Chain Pick n Pay Now Accepts Bitcoin Payments: Report

The retailer is taking payments from any Lightning Network-enabled wallet.

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Policy

Estonia Grants First Crypto License to LastBit's Striga

The crypto banking company is first to jump over new anti-money laundering hurdles which significantly toughen Estonia's legal regime.

Estonia toughened crypto laws earlier this year. (Getty Images)

Videos

OpenNode Exec on Partnership With Stripe to Allow Bitcoin Conversion Payments

OpenNode is partnering with fintech firm Stripe to allow merchant customers to instantly convert all or portions of incoming payments to bitcoin. OpenNode Head of Strategy Josh Held shares insights into the launch, consumer demand from around the world, and the potential obstacles ahead.

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Finance

Stripe, OpenNode Team Up to Allow Instant Fiat-to-Bitcoin Conversions for Businesses

The new OpenNode app will launch on the Stripe App Marketplace in coming weeks.

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The Crypto Company Aiding El Salvador’s Bitcoin Adoption

Chicago-based Athena Bitcoin deployed bitcoin ATMs in El Salvador a week after the government legalized bitcoin as legal tender. Despite rollout problems, the company remains bullish on the project. This piece is part of CoinDesk's Payments Week.

SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR - NOVEMBER 22: A shoe shiner works outside a shop that accepts Bitcoin for payment on November 22, 2021 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Merchants in El Salvador slowly adopt Bitcoin as a means for payments after more than 2 months of the cryptocurrency being approved as legal tender by the Legislative Assembly (Photo by Camilo Freedman/APHOTOGRAFIA/Getty Images)

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