Credits : BitPay The world’s largest provider of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency payment services – BitPay announced that BitPay Prepaid Mastercard can add their card to Apple WalletTM and pay with Apple Pay. BitPay cardholders can now securely make purchases in stores, in apps, and online. BitPay further added that Google Pay and Samsung Pay is planned to launch by end of this first quarter. Additonally customers waiting on delivery of their plastic card can add their virtual card to Apple Wallet via the BitPay Wallet app. BitPay makes convenient for its users from buying music and online games to ..read more

Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) the world’s largest digital asset manager, has accelerated its accumulation on purchasing Ethereum as the firm purchased 52,730 ETH worth more than $93 million in the past 24 hours. Ethereum Trust net assets now has more than 3.13 million ETH soaring the total value to $5.5 billion. From the latest data by crypto analytics firm, bybt.com, with the growing price of Ethereum Grayscale till now in the last 7 days has purchased total of 111,182 Ethereum. As of today, ETH now is trading above $1,815 with a total market cap of $208 billion. Other than Ethereum, Grays ..read more

The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum (ETH) has hit a new all-time high of $1868 surging an additional 5.5% up. The overall cryptocurrency market cap shoots to $1.5 trillion and altcoins continue to show dominating behavior. Ethereum (ETH), the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, hit all time high record which was trading around $1,867 and climbing 5% in 24 hours as on Friday. As it set all time high new record above $1,850, other decentralized finance (DeFi) related cryptocurrencies followed the same, while some of the cryptocurrencies where outperfor ..read more

The Ontario Securities Commission has approved the launch Bitcoin ETF exchange-traded fund and the first one to list on any North American stock exchange. According to the official document, the funds will be managed by Toronto-based asset management company Purpose Investments Inc. It will allow investors easy and efficient access with exposure to the world’s largest cryptocurrency by investing directly in physically settled Bitcoin, the company said. This was filed under the Multilateral Instrument Passport System in several Canadian jurisdictions. These territories include British Columbia ..read more

CEO and Co-Founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey has recently announced that he along with Jay Z to fund 500 BTC for Bitcoin development. The funds will be provided to launch the new endowment trust called ₿trust. Further they are aiming towards funding Bitcoin development with focusing in Africa and India. Alongside Mr. Dorsey also said that the trust will be ‘a blind irrevocable trust’ whereby neither he nor Jay Z, will provide input as to its direction. He also provided a link to Google form in his tweet for requirement of three board members. In the form it was also mentioned that the mission o ..read more

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez thanked the Miami City Commission for passing and supporting a resolution that will allow Bitcoin Payments in the city. The mayor’s proposal is to consider bitcoin to be used to pay city employees, for Miami residents and businesses to make some fee and tax payments with the cryptocurrency. “I want to thank the city of Miami commissioners for supporting my resolution, which directs the city manager, after analysis, to procure a vendor to be able to offer our employees to get a percentage of their salary in bitcoin, allows our residents to pay for fees in Bitcoin ..read more

Amazon the giant e-commerce retailer and cloud computing services platform is all set to launch their digital currency project in the Central American country. The project has yet not been announced but they already begun assembling their team to lead it. They have just published a series of newly job posts, naming the new project ‘Digital and Emerging Payments,’ which will allow to convert cash into digital currency. According to the job posted it stated that “This product will enable customers to convert their cash in to digital currency using which customers can enjoy online services inclu ..read more

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has clearly said that they have no issues with Cosmos Bitcoin linked ETF and is open to facilitate the listing of crypto version on the ASX exchange. The comments came shortly after the National Stock Exchange as they claimed they did not have appropriate regulations to protect investors and rejected the listing of Cosmos Bitcoin ETF. ASIC commissioner Cathie Armour told that the Financial Technology committee on Friday that listing of Bitcoin ETF is possible and has appropriate rules in place to protect the investors. “For any produ ..read more

Uber’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi recently said that the company can accept Bitcoin and other form of cryptocurrencies as a part of payment if there is any further need for it. However, he dismissed the idea of investing in bitcoin as like Tesla. “It’s a conversation that’s happened that has been quickly dismissed,” he said. “We’re going to keep our cash safe. We’re not in the speculation business,” he said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”. “Just like we accept all kinds of local currency, we are going to look at cryptocurrency and/or bitcoin in terms of currency to transact,” he added. “Tha ..read more

Mastercard will now begin allowing its customers to use and transact few cryptocurrencies on their network, joining some of the corporates and companies that have emerged with digital tokens. “We are preparing right now for the future of crypto and payments, announcing that this year Mastercard will start supporting select cryptocurrencies directly on our network,” Raj Dhamodharan, the executive vice president of digital asset products said in a blog on Wednesday. The company is also “actively engaging” with central banks around the world to launch new digital currencies, so people can engag ..read more