Bitfinex Pay to integrate U2F authentication for online merchant payments
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex launches a new authentication standard for online payments service Bitfinex Pay. In an effort to increase customers' security and privacy on its platform, cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex has announced the adoption of open authentication standard universal second factor (U2F) within its merchant payments service, Bitfinex Pay.The move enables the capacity for online stores and merchants adopting the Bitfinex Pay widget to receive payments for goods and services in a range of crypto assets, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), Lightning Network BTC (LN-BTC)....
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