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Updated April 17, 2026 · 3:45 PM UTC

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Adoption

Dubai-based law firm, school to start accepting crypto payments

Ashish Mehta of Ashish Mehta & Associates claims Dubai and the UAEs regulatory and compliance framework encouraged his law firm to accept crypto payments.

4 years ago

Investments

Elwood Technologies raises $70M in Series A round led by Goldman Sachs

Elwood plans to use the $70 million to increase its product offerings and expand global operations.

4 years ago

Payments

SBF does not see Bitcoin becoming a payment network, lampoons its energy consumption

SBF believes that proof of stake networks like Solana, Avalanche, and others are the future of payment networks.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Coinbase to shut down some Russian accounts due to EU sanctions

Coinbase has asked select users to provide documents that prove they are not subject to EU sanctions before May 30.

4 years ago

Stablecoins

Djed emerges as a Cardano stablecoin following public testnet launch

Djed, an algorithmic stablecoin pegged to the Shen token, has launched its public testnet in preparation for mainnet launch in June this year.

4 years ago

Adoption

Aliens and Dogecoin team up in bid to win the BIG3 championship trophy

Tech entrepreneur Bill Lee pays 4.6 million DOGE for 'Fire' ownership of the Aliens Big 3 basketball team.

4 years ago

Partnerships

Bitlocus ties with Striga to roll out a crypto-friendly Visa debit card

Users of the Bitlocus card will be able to spend their digital asset holdings in more than 70 million merchant locations across the globe.

4 years ago

Adoption

Fashion giant Gucci to start accepting crypto payments

Gucci plans to accept more than 10 cryptocurrencies, including BTC, ETH, DOGE, and SHIB, to name a few.

4 years ago

Investments

Report: Crypto mortgages are too risky

Weiss Rating report stated that pooling crypto loans could be risky as it it was a similar strategy that led to the housing market crash and the Great Recession of 2009.

4 years ago