crypto payments

Circle Launches USDC “Nanopayments” Testnet Targeting AI Agents and Machine-to-Machine Payments

Stablecoin issuer Circle has launched a new USDC Nanopayments testnet, introducing a payment rail designed to enable ultra-small, high-frequency transactions for emerging AI and machine-to-machine…

3 days ago

Iran Moves to Accept Crypto Payments in Weapon Sales to Evade Sanctions

Iran is looking to accept crypto payments in its sale of ballistic missiles, warships, and other advanced weapons, The Financial…

2 months ago

JPMorgan Launches JPM Coin Bank Deposits on Base, Beating The Fed to 24/7 Settlement

For decades, wholesale dollar settlement has meant waiting for Fedwire to open, and JPMorgan just stopped waiting. The bank converted…

4 months ago

Coinbase’s New Payments Protocol Lets AI Agents Autonomously Transact Using Stablecoins

Coinbase is linking artificial intelligence directly to crypto payments with a new system built on the Model Context Protocol that lets AI agents…

4 months ago

MoonPay Launches Unified Crypto Payments Platform ‘MoonPay Commerce’

MoonPay has launched MoonPay Commerce, a unified crypto payments platform built on technology from its acquisition of Helio, the company…

5 months ago

Gucci Begins Accepting Ethereum and Dogecoin at Select US Stores

Gucci has begun accepting a range of cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum ($ETH) and the meme-inspired Dogecoin ($DOGE), for purchases at select…

6 months ago

Hip-Hop Icon RAKIM Launches AI-Powered Fintech Platform To Provide Artists With Capital And Financial Literacy

Serial entrepreneur and former recording artist Victor D. Lombard, also known as DIVINE, announced this week the launch of a new…

1 year ago

Donald Trump Used Bitcoin to Pay for Burgers at PubKey Bar in NYC, Rallying Crypto Fans to Vote

Days after announcing the launch of decentralized finance (DeFi) platform World Liberty Financial during an interview with Decrypt sister company Rug Radio, former U.S.…

1 year ago

PayPal and Venmo Users Can Now Send Crypto Payment With ENS Names

U.S. payment processors PayPal and Venmo have added support for Ethereum Name Service, meaning that people can send crypto payments…

1 year ago

MoonPay Partners with BitPay to Streamline Crypto Transactions

The web3 fintech firm MoonPay and the crypto payments platform BitPay have partnered to facilitate easier crypto transactions.  According to…

2 years ago