Payments Giant Stripe Reenters Crypto With USDC on Ethereum and Solana
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Stripe Follows Through on Crypto Payment Support in USDC Following Six-Year Hiatus

On Wednesday, global payments giant Stripe fulfilled its April commitment to reinstate crypto support, marking six years since it first discontinued Bitcoin payments on its platform. The San Francisco-based firm has introduced a new payment option that allows businesses to accept USD Coin (USDC) from customers in more than 150 countries, Jeff Weinstein, Stripe’s product lead, announced on Twitter (X).…

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Crypto swiping malware infects 28K users, steals just $6K: Report

A cryptojacking and stealing malware infected tens of thousands of devices over the past few months, but the attackers made off with only around $6,000. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/cryptojacking-stealing-malware-infects-28k-stole-6k-doctor-web?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound

Texas Drug Ring Sentenced for Laundering $50K Monthly in Cryptocurrency
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Texas Drug Ring Sentenced for Laundering $50K Monthly in Cryptocurrency

Six members of a Texas-based drug ring have been sentenced for their roles in a dark web drug operation, which laundered up to $50,000 per month in cryptocurrency. The group, operating as “Loverbois,” sold nearly 12 kilograms of meth. They processed about 20 drug orders daily between July 2019 and December 2020. Sentences ranged from […] Source: https://news.bitcoin.com/texas-drug-ring-sentenced-for-laundering-50k-monthly-in-cryptocurrency/

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Cardano hosts first smart contract legally enforceable in Argentina

Cardano is host to the first smart contract where Argentina’s courts have jurisdiction after the country legalized crypto as a payment method in commercial contracts last December. Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/legally-enforcible-cardano-smart-contract-argentina?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound