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MasterCard will allow its almost one billion users to spend cryptocurrencies at more 30 million merchants, although it hasn’t specified which coins will be supported. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Mad Money host Jim Cramer has applauded Elon Musk and Tesla for their bitcoin investment. He said that Tesla, Paypal, and Mastercard are pushing bitcoin more into the mainstream. He believes that more companies should do more with their cash as Tesla did. Jim Cramer on Tesla, Paypal, and Bitcoin Jim Cramer shared his views … Read more
London-based crypto-payments platform Wirex can now issue Visa accounts and process transactions autonomously, as the firm became a principal member of the payments giant. Crypto Payments Platform Wirex Gets Principal Membership From Visa to Issue Cards Autonomously According to the announcement, Wirex has been added to the European network of Visa as a member after … Read more
During the first week of September, the world’s largest adult web portal Pornhub expanded its payment options by adding bitcoin and support for three other cryptocurrencies. However, after Mastercard and Visa severed ties with Pornhub last week, the company’s premium services payment processor now defaults to cryptocurrency only. Pornhub is by far the largest adult … Read more
A stagnant price period seems at an end as Pornhub is forced to go full crypto for payments. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Global payment companies Mastercard announced on December 10, 2020, its official decision to ban their customers from using credit and debit cards to arrange purchases on one of the biggest adult websites. Visa has taken the same measure on a temporary basis. Mastercard Cuts Ties With Pornhub Following Accusations According to a statement sent through … Read more
Cubans are interested in Bitcoin as other major digital payment options like PayPal are unavailable. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
The CEO of Mastercard believes Bitcoin is too volatile and opaque to drive financial inclusion, however, CBDCs are a different story. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
A study from the team at Kisspatent shows that Alibaba Group is the largest blockchain patent holder in 2020 capturing 10x the number of patents held by IBM. The report notes that blockchain patents “are skyrocketing” this year and so far in 2020, there’s been more distributed ledger technology and cryptocurrency patents published than all … Read more
Wirex’s new Mastercard-supported card will be linked to 19 crypto and fiat currency accounts in the Wirex app. Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
