Crypto Wallets news and trends

BitGo Debuts Platform for Retail Cryptocurrency Customers
Cryptocurrency // December 02, 2024

Digital assets solutions provider BitGo has debuted a dedicated retail platform. The new platform, announced Monday (Dec. 2), is designed to offer retail customers access to BitGo’s digital asset trading, staking, wallets and qualified custody services. “We are thrilled to launch BitGo’s dedicated retail platform...

FTC Reports Tenfold Increase in Scams Involving Bitcoin ATMs
Security & Fraud // September 03, 2024

As bitcoin ATMs have been installed in more locations, they have become a “payment portal for scammers,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a Tuesday (Sept. 3) data spotlight. The amount of money consumers lost to scams involving bitcoin ATM machines increased tenfold between 2020 and 2023,...

Crypto Is Minting Millionaires, but Its Payment Utility Remains Uncertain
Cryptocurrency // August 28, 2024

In 2010, a Florida man bought two pizzas with 10,000 bitcoin. That singular incident served to confirm the promise of cryptocurrencies as a store of value, as well as position them as a potential payment mechanism. Today, those 10,00 bitcoin would be worth upward of...

Payments, Penalties and TradFi Adoption Define This Week in Web3
Blockchain // July 10, 2024

Crypto is as crypto does. And crypto is, by all appearances, trying to do better. The European Union’s (EU) landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Act (MiCA) framework is now live, and Web3 companies are already complying, a fact which industry observers believe could represent the start...

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Coinbase Integrates Apple Pay Into Crypto Onboarding Solution

December 02, 2024
Coinbase has integrated Apple Pay as a payment method for Coinbase Onramp, its tool for building onramps into existing apps for fiat-to-crypto purchases. This addition will provide easier onramping for the 60 million U.S. users of Apple Pay, Coinbase said in a Monday (Dec. 2) press release. It will also provide these users with access […]

BitGo Debuts Platform for Retail Cryptocurrency Customers

December 02, 2024
Digital assets solutions provider BitGo has debuted a dedicated retail platform. The new platform, announced Monday (Dec. 2), is designed to offer retail customers access to BitGo’s digital asset trading,...

FTC Reports Tenfold Increase in Scams Involving Bitcoin ATMs

September 03, 2024
As bitcoin ATMs have been installed in more locations, they have become a “payment portal for scammers,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said in a Tuesday (Sept. 3) data spotlight. The...

Reunit Launches Volume-Based Rewards for Omnichain Crypto Wallet

February 05, 2024
Omnichain cryptocurrency wallet Reunit Wallet has debuted a volume-based reward program. The program, announced Monday (Feb. 5), is designed to stimulate trading activity on its platform and attract new users. “Starting now, for every...