Bitcoin payments startup Breez announced the completion of a $5 million funding round, with participation from Entrée Capital, ego death capital, Plan Fund and Timechain.
On January 17th, in the early morning of January 17th, Alipay issued a response saying: Due to one of our mistakes yesterday afternoon, a small number of users enjoyed a discount when paying. Some users sent this screenshot, concerned about whether we will recover the discount. A few facts are clarified here: 1. The Alipay official did not send any fund recovery text messages. If you receive the text message below, don't click it, so as not to be deceived. Please help us tell each other. 2. How ...
MoonPay acquired Helio for $175 million to expand its crypto payment infrastructure, and the acquisition of Helio will integrate its technology into MoonPay to enable crypto transactions on e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and Discord.
FTX creditor Sunil disclosed the "FTX Repayment Plan Initial Distribution Schedule" at X: creditors with claims under $50,000 are expected to receive a total of about $1.20 billion; FTX requires creditors to complete the pre-distribution requirement (claim registration) by January 20 to ensure that they can participate in the initial distribution. Repayments are not expected to begin before this date; Initial repayments are expected to begin on February 25 and may continue until March 4. This sc...
1. In 2024, the cumulative transaction amount of second-hand housing in Shanghai 747.80 billion the number of transactions 216,000 sets. 2. Real estate companies released sales "report cards", and some real estate companies had a significant "tail-turning" effect on sales at the end of the year. 3. Real estate financing has picked up slightly since September 2024. 4. UBS: Mainlanders' willingness to buy houses in Hong Kong hit a new high. 5. Hong Kong real estate: The number of second-hand HOS h...
Speaking on the X stream about payments on the platform, Mr. Musk said: "There are no immediate plans to use cryptocurrency in the X Payments service, we need a licence. We are focused on fiat currencies and focused on effectively launching the X Payments service."
The latest code leak for X, Mr. Musk's social platform, hints that its payments system, X Money, may be about to launch. X has secured money transfer licences for its payments subsidiary, X Payments LLC, in 39 US states but not all. X Money will allow users to tip content creators and may integrate cryptocurrency features. Analysts believe that Bitcoin and Dogecoin may be one of the payment options. X CEO Linda Yaccarino has confirmed that the feature will be launched in 2025, but has not confir...
WSPN (Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network), a digital payment solution provider, announced that its stablecoin WUSD has completed the smart contract upgrade from V1 to V2. The new version of WUSD uses the smart contract technology provided by Fireblocks and introduces a number of features, including: asset mistransfer recovery mechanism, role-based access control, institutional-level address blacklisting and other security features, as well as optimized DeFi platform integration and multi-chain...
The Russian Finance Minister pointed out that the use of digital currencies for Global Payments represents the future trend.
Crypto payment platform MoonPay has announced that it has received a Money Transmitter License from the Texas Department of Banking. From now on, Texas users can buy 64 cryptocurrencies through Venmo and PayPal. According to statistics, more than one-fifth of Texas's voting-age population owns cryptocurrencies. MoonPay plans to expand its service in 2025 to allow Texas residents to sell cryptocurrencies including BTC, ETH and SOL. Currently, MoonPay has obtained money transfer licenses in 45 sta...
On December 20th, crypto payment company Alchemy Pay partnered with Worldpay, a payment giant owned by FIS, and has successfully completed registration in Visa's new Ramp Provider program. The program aims to provide a compliance framework for third-party Ramp service providers to conduct transactions between fiat and cryptocurrency. Previously, Alchemy Pay has established a strategic partnership with Worldpay, a payment giant under FIS, to expand its payment channels and enhance payment capabil...
MetaMask has expanded its crypto payment card pilot program in the United States to allow users to pay directly from their wallets.
Skynet, a decentralized AI proxy payment protocol, completed a $1.20 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with GitHub, Polygon, Veracode, and others participating. It is reported that Skynet's infrastructure is built on Arbitrum's Orbit chain, providing payment and tracking mechanisms that enable artificial intelligence agents to complete real-life tasks, including booking flights, managing accommodation, and processing financial portfolios.
On December 13th, WSPN (Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network), a digital payment solution provider, announced that from December 13th, its stablecoin product WUSD will usher in a smart contract upgrade from V1 to V2. After the contract address migration is completed, WSPN will bring users an upgrade in terms of security, functionality and scalability, and further promote the wide application of WUSD worldwide in the future. The new contract address has been announced. According to the public...