Bitcoin payments

Over 18,000 businesses already accept Bitcoin payments, enjoying savings up to 80 per cent in transaction costs, higher profit margins, and access to an audience of 300-plus million crypto holders. Read our guide and find out how to accept crypto in a few easy steps with the world's fastest-growing gateway

Kalin Kalinov Chief Marketing Officer at CoinPayments

The Rise of Crypto in Everyday Transactions: Beyond Investment

Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous Bitcoin inventor and developer, published the white paper "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" in 2009. In it, Nakamoto presented an idea for a peer-to-peer, decentralized, internet-native payment infrastructure that would operate independently of traditional banking systems. Its value, negl...

21 December 2023 /payments /crypto

Karen Shidlo CMO at Fiat24 (SR Saphirstein AG)

Crypto Cards in 2023 - New and Longtime Players Compared

Crypto cards bridge the gap between the digital cryptocurrency world and the real-world economy, making it easier for individuals to use their crypto holdings for everyday transactions. Crypto cards, also known as cryptocurrency debit or prepaid cards, began to emerge around 2015-2016. These early versions of crypto cards allowed users to load thei...

23 August 2023 /payments

Mykyta Grechyna 

Latin America's Moves to Regulate Cryptocurrency Industry

According to the 2022 cryptocurrency market research conducted by Chainanalysis, Latin America is the second largest region of the world after the Middle East & North Africa for year-over-year cryptocurrency transactions volume growth rate, with Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, and Honduras being most active countries in terms of transacti...

27 December 2022 /regulation /crypto

Mykyta Grechyna 

How FTX Bankruptcy May Influence Cryptocurrency Industry Regulation

On 11 November 2022, the FTX group of companies, including quantitative trading firm Alameda Research, co-founded in September 2017 by Sam Bankman-Fried, and approximately 130 additional affiliated companies initiated voluntary proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the District of Delaware, United States. The FTX has...

22 November 2022 /regulation /crypto

Mykyta Grechyna 

Cryptocurrency Industry Regulation Proposals by the Market Players

In view of the recent publishing by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) of the report on the proposed framework for international regulation of the cryptocurrency industry, which was a result of FSB’s research of the topic as was mandated by the G20, some market players also have expressed their thoughts on this hot topic. The FSB’s proposes that ...

01 November 2022 /regulation /crypto