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Bakkt Confirms Launch of Futures on September 23

Bakkt Eyes $1 Trillion in Digital Assets Following Series B Funding Round

March 17, 2020 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at News

Microsoft’s M12 and Pantera Capital are among investors in a $300 million Series B funding round for Bakkt. The fresh influx of capital comes as the company looks to launch its consumer payments app while announcing the option of Bakkt Cash payment for Starbucks coffee. Microsoft Leads $300 Million Series...

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Coinbase Commerce Adds DAI as a Payments Option for Online Retailers

February 14, 2020 by Anthonia Isichei at Altcoins

Coinbase Commerce, the merchant arm of the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, recently integrated Marker’s stablecoin, DAI, as a payment option for online retailers. The DAI stablecoin becomes the second digital currency to be integrated by Coinbase Commerce. DAI Stablecoin Now Supported on Coinbase Commerce The decentralized autonomous organization (DAO),...

Institutions Begin to Explore the Cryptocurrency Space

January 6, 2020 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

The most trending cryptocurrency narratives in 2018 were undoubtedly "institutions are coming" and "adoption is coming". This is currently seen as a failed narrative, but it has played it in a more realistic way than most expected. Fidelity, J.P. Morgan, and others have more than just dipped their toes into...

Nike Awarded Patent to Tokenize Shoes on Ethereum

December 11, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Ethereum

Nike, one of the largest fitness and sport brands in the world, is embracing the shifting technological paradigm as they seek to make shoes named CryptoKicks that are digitized on a blockchain. The patent gives them the right to create unique digital assets and a shoe ID for a pair...

eToro Cryptocurrency Debit Cards Coming in Q2 2020

December 10, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin

UK-based social trading platform eToro is poised to launch cryptocurrency-enabled debit cards in Q2 2020, reports Business Insider, December 9, 2019. Bringing Crypto to the Masses In a bid to make the use of cryptocurrencies a mainstream phenomenon, UK-based cryptocurrency trading firm eToro is seriously considering launching digital currency-enabled debit...

Bakkt Tie-Up with Starbucks is Materialising into a Potential Showstopper

October 30, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

In early 2020, Bakkt will begin testing its consumer app along with one of its prime partners, Starbucks. The lifelong dream of Bitcoiners to walk into a Starbucks and pay for their coffee with sats is set to become a reality, according to Bloomberg, October 28, 2019. Consumer adoption is...

Bakkt Consumer Crypto Payment App Coming in 2020

October 29, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin

In a Medium post published on October 28, 2019, Mike Blandina, chief product officer (CPO) at Bakkt, announced that the exchange platform will launch a consumer app to propel the use of cryptocurrencies among the masses. Bakkt Consumer App Out in 2020 After having successfully gone live on September 23,...

Moon Web Extension Allows Amazon Purchases with Bitcoin (BTC)

October 23, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Bitcoin

Moon Technologies Inc., a fintech firm in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space has created an online payment system that enables customers to pay for their purchases on Amazon with bitcoin (BTC). The payment system, available as an extension for various Internet browsers including Google Chrome, Opera, and Brave, will facilitate...

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Tokenize Everything, even your Designer Shoes from Satoshi Studio

June 12, 2019 by Liam J Kelly at Blockchain

It appears that there is truly no limit as to what individuals will try and tokenize. From real estate, equities, toys, and art, few sectors are untouched by blockchain enthusiasm. In the latest, Satoshi Studio, co-founded by Nicolas Romero, will connect a pair of sneakers to the Ethereum blockchain. The...

The Coinbase Debit Card Is Coming to Europe

June 12, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Adoption, News

After having debuted the card in April 2019 in England, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is ready to launch its debit card in Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands according to a CNBC report released on June 11. Crypto Convenience One of the critiques that cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin suffer...

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Coinbase Commerce Adds Support for Circle’s USD Coin (USDC)

May 21, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Adoption, Altcoins, Business, News, Stablecoins

U.S.-based Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on May 20, 2019, announced that its merchant-oriented service Coinbase Commerce now accepts U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin USD Coin (USDC). Coinbase Commerce Adds Support for USDC In a bid to foster the adoption of digital currencies among merchants and business owners, Coinbase Commerce has integrated Circle’s stablecoin...

Major Companies Plan to Track Sea Food and Clothing Using Blockchain

May 15, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Blockchain has found a tremendous use case in supply chain management. A Forbes post published May 15, 2019, revealed that Bumble Bee Foods plans to use blockchain for seafood tracking. Also, a press release on PR Web explained how Avery Dennison and EVRYTHNG’s partnership with 1017 ALYX 9SM will allow...

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American Crypto Payment Startup Partners with Major Retailer Brands

May 14, 2019 by Mohammad Musharraf at Adoption, Bitcoin, Business, News

New York-based payment startup Flexa has partnered with some of the internationally recognized retail brands including Barnes and Noble, Baskin Robins and Amazon’s Whole Foods Market to let consumers pay in cryptocurrencies. This according to a report published on CNET, May 13, 2019. Cakes, Coffee, Grocery, and More for Bitcoin...

American Wholesaler H&M Distributors Now Accepts Crypto

February 14, 2019 by Neil at Adoption, Blockchain, Business, News

Thanks to a new partnership with Chimpion, respected lampholder wholesaler H&M Distributors will accept major cryptocurrencies, and hopes to pass on these savings to its network of retailers. The announcement was made on February 8, 2019. Bullish in the Face of the Bear One of the ways that cryptocurrency investors...

Twitter Has a Hard Time Dealing with Hackers, as New Bitcoin Scams Target Target

November 14, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Bitcoin, Crime, Exchange, News, Platform, Tech

Despite the increased security efforts, Twitter is still unable to weed out scam accounts, as U.S. retail giant Target became the latest victim of bitcoin scam hacks, The Next Web reported on November 13, 2018. This comes soon after a verified account on Twitter disguised as Elon Musk was found...

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