In a big win for the crypto industry, a pair of senators proposed bipartisan legislation that would drastically reduce the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), grant tax exemptions that would make it far easier to use cryptocurrencies for small, day-to-day payments, and...
Circle will be supporting Polygon USDC on its payments and treasury platform, allowing for more easily automated flows from fiat into the Polygon coin, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS Tuesday (June 7). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
Crypto wallet Edge has implemented BitPay’s protocol, allowing its customers to spend cryptocurrency online and in stores “free of payment exceptions,” according to a Tuesday (June 7) press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs will hold a hearing today (June 7) to discuss the rising threat of cryptocurrencies as an enabler of ransomware attacks and ransom payments. Witness experts from the private sector will provide testimony about how to deal...
As the desire of customers to pay in cryptocurrencies and the resulting necessity for merchants to accept it grows, the need for solid and simple crypto-fiat payments rails is expanding. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...
Regulators are looking into whether Binance’s selling of digital tokens when it was getting off the ground in 2017 broke securities rules, sources told Bloomberg, according to a Monday (June 6) report. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Lithuania is considering making its own crypto licensing regime because European Union laws might not come in time to safeguard things, CoinDesk wrote Monday (June 6). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
As the number of cryptocurrency owners making purchases in stores and online grows rapidly, thanks in large part to the increasing number of crypto credit cards making such spending far easier than it was a year or two ago, it’s worth looking at who’s spending...
Today in data, the cryptocurrency industry ups its spending in Washington, while crypto companies begin to cut jobs. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
