One of the largest telecommunications companies in Austria begins to accept payments in cryptocurrencies. Enterprise A1 is already testing cryptocurrency payments at multiple points of sale. Initially, the company intends to implement support for Dash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Stellar and XRP. As part of the pilot program, Alipay and WeChat Pay will also be added to existing payment methods by the end of August. “Cash is a model that has stopped its development. During the pilot operations at A1 branches, we will test the level of demand and of ...

The Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges are responsible for 60% of the global transaction volume of stablecoin Tether on the blockchain. These are the results of research company Diar. So, according to experts, since the beginning of this year, trading platforms from China have received more than $ 10 billion in USDT. Last year, this value amounted to $ 16 billion. For comparison, the volume of incoming Tether transactions on the blockchain associated with American exchanges from the beginning of the year was $ 450 million, which is 3% of the - ...

Apple is preparing to announce the CryptoKit toolkit for "secure and efficient cryptographic operations." CryptoKit will be available to users in the iOS 13 operating system. The company's employees will tell about the capabilities of the new tools on June 5 during the presentation “Cryptography and Your Applications” at the WWDC 2019 event that takes place these days. CryptoKit will allow developers to perform basic cryptographic operations, including hashing and key generation. This, in turn, will help automate the execution of at / ...