Binance USD (BUSD): A U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin BUSD Quick Stats CoinPayments is happy to have successfully integrated BUSD cryptocurrency to our growing list of payment solutions. Merchants can now choose to accept BUSD payments for their business. Binance USD (BUSD) is a 1:1 USD-backed stable coin issued by Binance. Launched on 5 Sep 2019, BUSD aims to integrate the stability of the dollar with blockchain technology. This digital fiat currency is issued as an ERC-20 token. Stablecoins have grown exponentially in popularity over the last years. And for a good…
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CoinPayments Makes Waves in Crypto World As It Unveils Its New Logo
As of late, the world seems to have been flipped on its head. Things are changing rapidly, and it has been hard to keep up. We know. And, the true revolutionaries are those who continuously adapt to these new changes. As the world’s leading cryptocurrency payments processor, CoinPayments has embraced innovation. We see change as a positive and essential aspect of the effort to continue to grow. Otherwise, by staying the same, we risk becoming stagnant. We have lived by that philosophy since our founding in 2013, when we made…
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GUAP Coin (GUAP): Is the cryptocurrency for the culture GUAP Quick Stats What is GUAP Coin? GUAP Coin is a decentralized digital coin founded by people of colour that can be traded between peers instantly. GUAP Coin is fast, secure, and highly scalable. Guap Coin is for everybody but our primary mission is to uplift those economic communities that have been left out of the cryptocurrency revolution. GUAP is a next-level initiative that infuses the “Buy Black” movement with blockchain technology to incentivize the black community to invest in itself.…
Read MoreConvert Cryptocurrency for Gift Cards Easily with CoinPayments
The CoinPayments platform allows you to purchase gift cards with crypto. It is an easy way to start spending your cryptocurrency at over 190 different U.S. retailers and over 70 retailers in the U.K. Powered by the Swych platform, CoinPayments lets you purchase gift cards with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, BNB, Qtum, DAI, or USDT Tether. How to Purchase Gift Cards with Crypto Watch our tutorial video or just follow the simple steps below to get your gift cards: Login to your CoinPayments account. If you don’t have an account, you can…
Read MoreJoin the 2020 World Rainforest Day Movement with CoinPayments
World Rainforest Day 2020 is just around the corner, a day dedicated to putting the spotlight on a major environmental issue that is affecting us all. The Amazon rainforest alone circulates about 20% of the world’s oxygen and remains a crucial ecosystem for our species, and yet these tropical woods continue to be deforested at an accelerating rate. What’s more, almost 15% of global carbon emissions annually are due to clearing of rainforests for animal agriculture, illegal logging, mining, oil drilling and forest fires. PROTECT OUR RAINFORESTS That is why…
Read MoreCoinPayments Partners with the Emerging Payments Association, Aims to Drive Cryptocurrency Payments Adoption
CoinPayments, the world’s leading cryptocurrency payments processor, today announced its newly formed partnership with the Emerging Payments Association (EPA), a global organization focused on connecting the payments ecosystem and encouraging innovation across the industry. As part of the EPA’s diverse membership base, CoinPayments will work with the organization to drive further adoption of cryptocurrencies as a form of payment globally. “CoinPayments’ decision to join the EPA is a signal to the payments industry: cryptocurrencies are going mainstream,” said EPA Executive Chairman David Hunter. “We can’t wait to work closely with…
Read MoreCoin Bros’ Taui Breaks Down CoinPayments $PayByName Feature
We all know Coin Bros for their unique musical talent in the cryptocurrency space. But did you know that Coin Bros’ Taui is also great at explaining awesome features offered by CoinPayments? We didn’t either but we reached out so he could teach our community how to easily send and receive cryptos using our PayByName feature. What is PayByName? It is a feature on CoinPayments that provides you with a unique and convenient money tag so you can receive payments from all coins. Instead of inputting a destination wallet address…
Read MoreCoinPayments Integrates Gift Card Purchases Onto Platform
One of the ongoing narratives for cryptocurrencies is that there is no practical use for them in the retail sector, citing slow transaction confirmation times at checkout and price volatility risk for merchants as primary factors. While this may have held true during the early days of cryptocurrency adoption, many of these issues have been resolved with the creation of tokens with near-instant confirmation times, or tokens that are pegged 1:1 to fiat currencies. Nonetheless, the status quo still believe there is inherent risks in paying with and/or accepting cryptocurrencies…
Read MoreCoinPayments $30m Series A Raise Live Now
Since 2013, CoinPayments has been a pioneer in the crypto space being the first payment processor to provide support for Litecoin and Ethereum. While other payment gateways focused purely on Bitcoin, CoinPayments saw an opportunity to become the leading altcoin payment processor in the crypto space. Since inception, CoinPayments has seen a year over year growth of approximately 10x, culminating in close to $1 billion in business transaction volume and an additional $1.3 billion in consumer transaction volume in 2017! Today, CoinPayments supports over 1,000 altcoins for a userbase of over…
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