€2 Million Donation to Fund World Food Programme Blockchain Project Belgium has contributed €2 Million to support U.N. World Food Programme projects, including its blockchain payments pilot for Syrian refugees.… Read More
Walmart Wants to Store Payment Data On a Blockchain A pair of Walmart patent applications discuss encrypting payment information using a blockchain. … Read More
A ‘Yelp for Weed’ Startup Is Launching Its Own Ethereum Token Cannabis social networking company MassRoots is developing a crypto rewards token and other blockchain applications.… Read More
Telegram’s CEO Is Using Bitcoin to Bypass Russia’s App Ban Pavel Durov is paying network administrators in bitcoin to bypass a Russian ban on Telegram.… Read More
Pornhub Adds Crypto Payment Option With Verge Token Adult entertainment website Pornhub has announced that it will begin accepting the cryptocurrency verge as payment.… Read More
Card Operator Discover Joins Blockchain Trade Group Discover Financial Services has joined the Chamber of Digital Commerce to assist the group’s mission of blockchain education and advocacy. … Read More
Bitcoin Merchant Adoption Might Just Be Accelerating In Asia Luxury brand Bellatorra Skin Care reports hot demand for crypto payments from both wholesale and retail customers as it expands into China and India.… Read More
Lightning + NFC? The New Plan to Bring Bitcoin to Retail A new proposal explores the combination of the lightning network and NFC to move the layer-two bitcoin tech forward. … Read More
Coinbase Acquires Ethereum Wallet Startup Cipher Browser Decentralized app browser and ethereum wallet Cipher Browser is joining Coinbase and Toshi.… Read More
Santander Launches International Payment Service Built On Ripple’s xCurrent Banco Santander is launching a new international payments service, dubbed “OnePay FX,” based on blockchain technology. The service is available to retail customers in Spain, U.K., Brazil and Poland, and will be r…… Read More