ERC20 Token Payment Processing – Powered by CoinPayments

CoinPayments is proud to announce that we are the first payment solutions company to offer ERC20 token payment processing! This is massive news because we’re now enabling companies to increase the adoption of their tokens through merchants accepting payments using our ERC20 payment gateway. This was a complex project for CoinPayments because payments need to be linked to transactions and transactions linked to accounts. Unfortunately, there’s no current tag available on the Ethereum blockchain to do so, hence the extra work we had to do to create a workaround. And…

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COINFEST 2018

CoinFest Vancouver: Lightning Edition By: Christina Succurro  On April 6th, 2018 CoinPayments in partnership with Andrew Wagner will be hosting CoinFest, a mini Blockchain expo which aims to be the event equivalent to open source peer-to-peer technology. A local venture founded in 2013 returning for the second year in a row, to our very own Headquarters here in Vancouver BC. CoinFest has consistently provided opportunities for businesses and Crypto enthusiasts to casually connect over pizza and beer with some of the most influential people of the fin-tech world. An educational and…

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Is Your Business Ready for Cryptocurrencies?

5 Ways Cryptocurrencies Can Help Your Business Cryptocurrencies are becoming an increasingly more common form of online payment. Bitcoin is currently the most popular form cryptocurrency in the digital space and a secure and easy way for a business to handle payments — which is why many small businesses have already begun accepting Bitcoin. Here are a few reasons why you should consider accepting Bitcoin or other forms of cryptocurrency for your business: Receive money faster Credit card and debit payments can often be slow to process, meaning you don’t always receive…

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The Importance of Accepting Bitcoin and Altcoins in Your Store

Cryptocurrencies have become a worldwide sensation, with bitcoin taking center stage as the first and most proven cryptocurrency. It has taken a while for bitcoin to become more widely accepted by businesses across the world, but as with any new technology this is understandably so. In the early days, it was only a handful of people that really knew what cryptocurrencies were, how to transact with them and how to store them. Until a day in May 2010, when a young man managed to purchase a pizza with 10,000 bitcoins…

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