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Updated April 17, 2026 · 3:45 PM UTC

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Payments

Bitcoin all the things — Square payments offer 0% bitcoin transaction fee

Block turned on BTC payments across its merchant network. Here’s how that could ripple through spreads, Lightning, and on-ramp demand.

5 months ago

a polished white marble floor and an ultra-realistic metallic Ripple coin hovering above, its blue glow feeding into clear crystal cubes against a bright city skyline.

Adoption

How Wall Street’s Ripple bet gives XRP a big institutional role

Ripple attracts traditional finance heavyweights, marking XRP's evolution into a critical component of digital finance infrastructure.

5 months ago

Digital Asset Treasuries

Steak n Shake isn’t just flipping burgers; they’re funneling profits directly into a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Steak n Shake becomes America’s first fast-food chain to launch a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, sending all Bitcoin payments to its treasury.

6 months ago

aerial city grid features a gleaming Bitcoin at center sending crisp blue and amber Lightning currents into sleek vault-like portals bearing Coinbase, OKX, Kraken, and Binance logos with bright, high-key lighting and vivid contrast.

Payments

Exchange BTC Lightning channels break our favorite Bitcoin metric

Bitcoin Lightning capacity, nodes, and channels seem almost a forgotten force amid focus on US spot Bitcoin ETF flows.

6 months ago

city plaza at midday shows giant USDC and USDT tokens streaming golden payment flows into a gleaming globe fountain as Bitcoin and Ethereum emblems sit at the base, symbolizing stablecoins deepening crypto liquidity.

Adoption

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Inflection point reached? $46T settled on-chain this year in USD.

6 months ago

Payments

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Moon Inc raises HK$65.5M to roll out a Bitcoin prepaid card in Thailand and South Korea, with wider Asia expansion planned.

6 months ago

Adoption

Elon Musk: ‘You can’t fake energy.’ Has Bitcoin finally gone green enough for Tesla?

Data says 52% of Bitcoin mining runs on sustainable power, but Musk’s checkout button is still dark.

6 months ago

Senator Cynthia Lummis beside the U.S. Capitol as golden Bitcoin coins pass through a glowing green threshold with justice scales and rising market arrows in the background.

Legislation

Senator Lummis pushes tax break for small Bitcoin payments. Could it unlock everyday adoption?

By easing tax rules, Senator Lummis hopes to shift Bitcoin from an investment tool to a day-to-day currency.

6 months ago

Bright, cinematic shot of the Federal Reserve building with a bronze seal in the foreground and glowing stablecoin icons connected by luminous gridlines to suggest regulated payment rails.

Stablecoins

Fed governor says stablecoins are key to America’s payment future

Fed's Waller argues that stablecoins could revolutionize cost, speed, and user experience in payment options.

7 months ago

UQUID Report Identifies TRON as Core Infrastructure for E-Commerce Payments Across Latin America, Africa, and Asia

Crypto 7 months ago

AI agents can now pay APIs with USDC in 200 ms as Coinbase activates x402 Bazaar

Technology 7 months ago

The AI economy needs new payment rails: How stablecoins and lightning fit the bill

Contributor AI 7 months ago

Japan-based Gumi commits $17M to XRP amid expansion into global payment networks

Tokenization 8 months ago

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Payments news today

Bitcoin all the things — Square payments offer 0% bitcoin transaction fee

How Wall Street’s Ripple bet gives XRP a big institutional role

Steak n Shake isn’t just flipping burgers; they’re funneling profits directly into a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

Exchange BTC Lightning channels break our favorite Bitcoin metric

On-chain dollars hit 2.3% of global payments: Why Bitcoiners should care

Can new Bitcoin prepaid cards win Asia’s cash economy?

Elon Musk: ‘You can’t fake energy.’ Has Bitcoin finally gone green enough for Tesla?

Senator Lummis pushes tax break for small Bitcoin payments. Could it unlock everyday adoption?

Fed governor says stablecoins are key to America’s payment future

UQUID Report Identifies TRON as Core Infrastructure for E-Commerce Payments Across Latin America, Africa, and Asia

AI agents can now pay APIs with USDC in 200 ms as Coinbase activates x402 Bazaar

The AI economy needs new payment rails: How stablecoins and lightning fit the bill

Japan-based Gumi commits $17M to XRP amid expansion into global payment networks

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