Square to acquire Australian fintech Afterpay in $29B deal
Square will acquire Australian fintech firm Afterpay in a $29-billion stock deal, expecting to close the transaction in Q1 2022.
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Digitizing charity: We can do better at doing good
Blockchain technology won’t just make online donations easier, it will pave the way for exciting new forms of charity fundraising.
Bitcoin for cash: Do crypto ATMs make buying BTC easier for the mainstream?
Bitcoin ATMs may make it easier for the mainstream and unbanked to access crypto, but will security risks hamper adoption?
XRP jumps 19% as Ripple announces ODL corridor in crypto-friendly Japan
US-based blockchain company Ripple, which operates the payment protocol and exchange network using XRP, announced a new partnership with Japan’s largest money transfer provider SBI Remit, mobile payments service Coins.ph and digital asset exchange platform SBI VC Trade to transform remittance payments from Japan to the Philippines.
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Dogecoin becomes the 7th cryptocurrency accepted on Coinbase Commerce
Coinbase’s e-commerce platform now offers a new way to spend Elon Musk’s favorite meme cryptocurrency.
Beauty and the Bitcoin: Female-focused brands accept crypto payments driving adoption
Will beauty brands drive female adoption by accepting cryptocurrency payments and is there even a demand to pay with crypto besides stacking stats?
PayPal users can now buy $100,000 worth of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash weekly
US financial player PayPal has announced that its users can now purchase as much as $100,000 worth of supported cryptocurrencies via its platform starting this week.
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Visa to approve Bitcoin spending card for Australian startup CryptoSpend
Crypto debit cards continue to catch on as an Australian digital assets start-up gets approval from Visa to release a spending card down under.
Bitcoin, Ethereum peer-to-peer volumes in Nigeria continue surging
Despite the crypto ban in Nigeria, the country has recorded massive growth in its peer-to-peer bitcoin trade volumes in recent times. Available data has revealed that in the month of June, citizens of the country traded around $38 million worth of digital assets —the second time the country has recorded volume above $35 million.
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Diamond auctioned for $12 million worth of crypto at Sotheby’s
Sotheby, a leading auction house, has announced that it has sold a diamond worth $12 million, and its buyer paid in an unspecified cryptocurrency.
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