Coinbase, Shopify to Simplify Real-World Crypto Payments: Best Wallet to Join...
Crypto exchange Coinbase announced that it will launch its Coinbase One Card later this fall. To be offered in partnership with American Express, the card will provide up to 4% Bitcoin cashback, and zero trading fees (with a spread for the first $500 traded per month), among other goodies. According to the Coinbase One Card website, you can sign up for early access, and you’ll be notified when they start receiving applications. There are also no foreign transaction fees, and you can repay your balance using your linked bank account or crypto on Coinbase. Given the current context of....
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Merchants using Shopify as their e-commerce platform now have the opportunity to accept bitcoin payments thanks to an integration with San Francisco-based Coinbase's merchant services starting today. The way it works is simple: the merchant signs up for an account on Coinbase, enables the integration on the Shopify backend, and then enters their credentials to complete the process. From there, it's bitcoin madness. Already, four merchants have decided to use the integration. They are: Leap Motion, Boosted Boards, Soylent, and iOgrapher. A statement from Soylent on the integration: We have....
Online e-commerce marketplace platform Shopify has announced a new partnership with bitcoin financial services provider Coinbase that will allow its roughly 70,000 merchants to integrate bitcoin processing services on their websites. The move is notable as Shopify began accepting bitcoin payments in November, electing at the time to offer BitPay as a payment option to its merchants. As a result, the announcement with Coinbase means Shopify merchants can now elect which major bitcoin processor they wish to use. Speaking to CoinDesk, Shopify director of payments Louis Kearns framed the....
GoCoin has become the latest payment processor to be integrated into the Shopify e-commerce platform, joining Coinbase and BitPay in offering cryptocurrency payments options to merchants on the platform. Unlike Coinbase and BitPay, however, GoCoin will allow merchants to take payments not only in bitcoin, but also the altcoins dogecoin and litecoin. Eric Benz, GoCoin's business development advisor, said the deal has been months in the making, and was only completed because Shopify merchants like GAW Miners asked the e-commerce platform for altcoin payment options. Benz explained: "In the....
ACH is the cryptocurrency token driving the adoption of Alchemy Pay’s crypto payments around the world. Alchemy Pay enables real-world crypto payments and mainstream-friendly access to crypto services. It has had an incredible rise over the past year, partnering with the likes of Binance Pay, Shopify, Checkout.com, Polygon, Avalanche, and VeChain. ACH is the token that incentivises clients and investors attracted to the advantages Alchemy Pay’s crypto payment solutions offer them and their businesses. It is listed on Bithumb, Binance, Coinbase, Huobi, Bybit, MEXC, Pancake....
Check out Shopify's blog post about accepting Bitcoins here. Shopify lists these benefits of Bitcoin: Customers from around the world can check out with digital currency. The currency works just like cash. Transactions cannot be reversed by the buyer (unlike credit cards or PayPal). You can choose to receive your payments in Bitcoins (paid into your Bitcoin wallet) or paid in your local currency directly into your bank account every business day. Transactions are secure and meet the highest standards for ecommerce security. The functionality of Shopify's Bitcoin integration comes from....