25 | Latest Cryptocurrency News, Bitcoin & Crypto Updates 2026

Crypto.com Aims for Its First Profitable Year Despite Asian Setback

Cryptoasset-power debit card and trading services firm Crypto.com said it is on track to end the year with its figures in the black for the first time in its history. But it will have to accomplish this feat without one of its key partners, after an accounting scandal involving the German card...

, by Jaroslaw Adamowski

Cashless Payment Is Booming. So Is Financial Surveillance

A banknote has been sitting in my wallet for six months now. As time ticks on, it burns an ever greater hole in my pocket.At first I felt uneasy spending it, following COVID-19 warnings to pay more attention to hand hygiene and the surfaces we all touch on a daily basis.Now I have less and less...

, by Jack Parkin

Justin Sun’s Tron Scores New DEX Partnership + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Exchanges newsBinance Labs and other prominent investors-backed one-year-old DEX aggregator 1inch said it partnered with Justin Sun's...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Russian Lawmaker: Crypto Pay Could ‘Destroy the Financial System’

The chief architect of Russia’s crypto regulations has defended a new Russian law that outlaws payment in bitcoin (BTC) and altcoins – claiming that a failure to do so could have spelled the end for the ruble-powered Russian financial system.The comments were made by the head of the...

, by Tim Alper

Blockchain Alchemy For All; BitPay Gets Closer To Coinbase + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Blockchain newsBlockchain developer platform Alchemy said it has ended its closed beta and is now available for all developers to use....

, by Sead Fadilpašić

South Korean Silicon Valley Turns to Blockchain-powered Pay

Seongnam, a major satellite city on the outskirts of the capital Seoul, South Korea, is set to expand its blockchain-powered payment program with a new digital gift certificate issuance project.The new platform will make use of an app called Chak, and will be built by the Korea Minting and Security...

, by Tim Alper

Facebook Dives Deeper Into Payments + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Payments news Social media giant Facebook created Facebook Financial (called F2 internally), a new group to pursue payments and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Visa to Remain ‘Agnostic’ On Crypto, Will Support What Clients’ Demand

Payment card giant Visa said it has an “agnostic” view on cryptoassets, adding it will support all forms of “digital currencies and blockchain networks” that its clients demand.The clarification of Visa’s stance on crypto came in a blog post from the company published...

, by Fredrik Vold

Hedera Hashgraph in Micropayments, Avalanche Raises USD 42m + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Blockchain and DLT newsDistributed ledger company Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR) has started a collaboration with Australia’s debit card...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Crypto Mastercard, French CBDC Experiment, Fake Digital Yuan + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.Payments newsPayments giant Mastercard has granted London-based digital payments firm Wirex principal membership status, making it "the...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

PayPal Makes Secretive Crypto ‘Steps’

Payments giant PayPal confirmed that it has taken "unilateral and tangible steps" to "develop its capabilities" in the cryptoasset area. In a letter to the European Commission (EC), dated March 2020, the company did not elaborate on these steps, taken since the inception of Facebook's Libra. In...

, by Linas Kmieliauskas

BIS Unsure if ‘Global Stablecoins’ Can Help Cross-border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) agrees that leading financial nations badly need to make cross-border payment progress – but is still unsure if that the answer will be found in global stablecoin projects.In a new report to the G20 entitled “Enhancing cross-border payments:...

, by Tim Alper

Singapore & JPMorgan to Rollout Blockchain-powered Payments Platform

Singapore’s central bank says its prototype blockchain-powered cross-border payments network is now ready for commercial rollout.As previously reported, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) began “industry testing" for its new solution with JPMorgan and the state-operated...

, by Tim Alper

Bottlepay Returns by September with Fiat Integration and Bitcoin Tweets

Upon its planned comeback by September, the fully compliant, revamped Bottlepay app will feature fiat integration, enabling users to spend bitcoin (BTC) from their national currency, Pete Cheyne, founder of this UK-based BTC wallet provider, told Cryptonews.com.As reported, the first version of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

New Partnership Lets Travelers Book Expedia Hotels with Bitcoin

Crypto payments for travel bookings just got another option as the crypto-friendly travel booking service Travala.com integrated hotels offered by booking giant Expedia on its site. The site’s users will be able to book hotels and accommodations from Expedia through Travala.com’s...

, by Fredrik Vold

Stablecoins Might Be Better Than Bitcoin For Payments, But Maybe Not For Long

Removing the volatility risk is critical to enabling transactions and payments. "Tether owes its life to bitcoin." "Governments and regulators can suddenly crush a stablecoin by going after the issuer."Stablecoins offer most of the benefits of bitcoin (BTC), but without any of the volatility....

, by Simon Chandler

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