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PayPal has announced plans to acquire cryptocurrency security firm Curv in a move which suggests the payment giant could soon allow customers to pay using digital currency. According to Decrypt,…

Retailers could soon turn to cryptocurrencies to minimise costs as Mastercard and Visa prepare to hike up interchange fees fivefold.

Retailers could begin accepting cryptocurrency as card interchange fees skyrocket

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February 25, 2021

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Retailers could soon turn to cryptocurrencies to minimise costs as Mastercard and Visa prepare to hike up interchange fees fivefold. Card giant Mastercard announced in January that from October 15…

JD.com will start accepting digital yuan

JD.com becomes first online platform to accept digital yuan

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December 7, 2020

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Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com Inc on Saturday announced it had become the country’s first platform to accept Beijing’s digital yuan. The company’s finch arm JD Digits will accept Beijing’s homegrown…

Digital payments have the power to “do no less than rebalance global economic power” and will bring about the end of plastic cards, not cash.

Digital payments will kill plastic cards, not cash

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January 24, 2020

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Digital payments have the power to “do no less than rebalance global economic power” and will bring about the end of plastic cards, not cash. Deutsche Bank’s latest The Future…

Burger King has begun accepting various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin as it launches a pioneering new partnership.

Burger King starts accepting Bitcoin payments

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January 6, 2020

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Burger King has begun accepting various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin as it launches a pioneering new partnership. According to Cointelegraph the fast food giant has become the latest chain to begin…

EU rules the likes of Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed until risks are addressed

Cryptocurrency

December 6, 2019

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Private digital currencies such as Facebook’s Libra should not be allowed in the European Union until the risks they could pose are addressed, according to EU finance ministers. In a…

Alibaba is being praised by Chinese gay communities after releasing an advert featuring same sex couples in spite of government dissuasion and censorship.

Alibaba will be first retailer to recieve Chinese “state-backed” cryptocurrency

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August 28, 2019

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Alibaba will be the first retailer to be issued China’s state-backed cryptocurrency alongside six other Chinese financial giants. China’s central bank will launch a national cryptocurrency dubbed DC/EP (Digital Currency/Electronic…

Facebook tells US Congress Libra won’t launch until it has “fully addressed regulatory concerns”

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July 16, 2019

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Facebook’s Calibra chief executive David Marcus will face the US Congress today, answering questions over the social media giant’s proposed cryptocurrency launch. The US government are expected to delve into…

US government could block big tech firms from offering cryptocurrencies

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July 15, 2019