Blockchain Payments news and trends

Nuvei Launches Blockchain-Based Solution for Cross-Border B2B Payments
B2B Payments // December 04, 2024

Nuvei has launched a blockchain-based payment solution for merchants across Latin America, saying it enables these businesses to make faster cross-border B2B payments and settlements. The new solution allows businesses to use a Visa-supported physical or virtual card to make payments using stablecoins from a digital...

Aeon Debuts Authorization Payments on the TON Blockchain
Blockchain // December 01, 2024

Payment protocol Aeon has introduced an authorization payment feature built on the TON blockchain.  “By contributing to the TON ecosystem’s infrastructure, Aeon enhances the usability of blockchain technology in everyday scenarios,” the Singapore-based company said in a news release Friday (Nov. 29). “The first real-world...

Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Team to Accelerate Onchain Payments Roadmap
Partnerships // November 13, 2024

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Utopia Labs team to accelerate its onchain payments roadmap within Coinbase Wallet. “The Utopia team has been on the ground floor building onchain payments products for years,” Jesse Pollak, head of Base and Coinbase Wallet at Coinbase, wrote in a Wednesday (Nov. 13) post on...

Aeon Connects to BNB to Expand Crypto Payments in Southeast Asia
Cryptocurrency // November 11, 2024

Payments protocol Aeon says it has launched cryptocurrency payments on the BNB chain. The company announced Monday (Nov. 11) that it has brought a streamlined QR code payment system to BNB with Terminus to expand crypto payment accessibility in Southeast Asia. This move, Aeon said...

Interviews & Exclusives
Cryptocurrency Payments Make Push for Greater Marketplace Acceptance

December 27, 2022
Shopping with cryptocurrency remains a novel, or even foreign, experience for most consumers.   That said, PYMNTS’ research shows that among tech-driven consumers, more than 1 in 3 (35%) prefer merchants that take crypto, with 26% saying they would go so far as to switch merchants to shop where crypto is accepted. Nearly 1 in 4 […]

Quick Reads
MoneyGram Debuts MGUSD Stablecoin to Expand Blockchain Payments

June 02, 2026
MoneyGram has launched its own stablecoin as it builds its blockchain payments infrastructure.  The native U.S. dollar coin, MGUSD, is designed less for crypto natives than for people who need to move money but don’t have access to traditional financial services, MoneyGram said in a news release Tuesday (June 2). “The stablecoin market has largely […]

Nuvei Launches Blockchain-Based Solution for Cross-Border B2B Payments

December 04, 2024
Nuvei has launched a blockchain-based payment solution for merchants across Latin America, saying it enables these businesses to make faster cross-border B2B payments and settlements. The new solution allows businesses...

Aeon Debuts Authorization Payments on the TON Blockchain

December 01, 2024
Payment protocol Aeon has introduced an authorization payment feature built on the TON blockchain.  “By contributing to the TON ecosystem’s infrastructure, Aeon enhances the usability of blockchain technology in everyday...

Coinbase Acquires Utopia Labs Team to Accelerate Onchain Payments Roadmap

November 13, 2024
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has acquired the Utopia Labs team to accelerate its onchain payments roadmap within Coinbase Wallet. “The Utopia team has been on the ground floor building onchain payments products for years,” Jesse...