Video killed the radio star, but could cryptocurrency payments kill credit and debit cards? Even though bitcoin hit a record high this month, the chances are likely slim. However, with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s businesses, Trump Media & Technology (TMTG), reportedly eyeing getting into...
Cryptocurrencies were created to address supposed pain points across the financial system. By decentralizing transaction verification and record-keeping through a distributed ledger, blockchain-based digital assets remove the need for intermediaries to enable digital transactions while simultaneously preventing issues endemic to other digital currencies, like double-spending,...
More than half a billion people own crypto, primarily as a speculative investment. And now, with the news Thursday (Sept. 5) that Mercuryo has launched a euro-denominated debit card that allows users to spend bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies directly at over 100 million merchants using...
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. Yet bridging the fiat and crypto worlds remains difficult in large part because the infrastructure...
November 29, 2024
Video killed the radio star, but could cryptocurrency payments kill credit and debit cards? Even though bitcoin hit a record high this month, the chances are likely slim. However, with one of President-elect Donald Trump’s businesses, Trump Media & Technology (TMTG), reportedly eyeing getting into the crypto payments game, shopping with crypto is increasingly for […]
June 07, 2022
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....
November 18, 2025
Mastercard is expanding its Crypto Credential to self-custody wallets in collaboration with Polygon Labs and Mercuryo. This expansion introduces “verified, username-style aliases that replace long wallet addresses,” the companies said in a news release Tuesday (Nov. 18). Mastercard picked Polygon as the first blockchain network to power this launch, pointing to its speed, reliability, and […]
April 14, 2022
Today in data, Ark Invest sells its PayPal stake because it believes in Cash App’s cryptocurrency-focused future. Plus, Ethereum Foundation developer Virgil Griffith gets a 63-month prison sentence and $100,000...
April 12, 2022
Mercuryo, the London-based cryptocurrency payments company, has launched open banking payments in their cryptocurrency wallet, facilitated by payments gateway Volt, the companies announced Tuesday (April 12). Used by more than...
