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Stripe and Bitstamp have partnered to make Bitcoin and crypto buying accessible to more users in Europe. Bitstamp will provide fiat-to-crypto conversion support for Stripe. Bitstamp has also partnered with Web3 platform Kryptos to help simplify crypto taxes for customers. Stripe, a leading payments platform that was launched by Irish entrepreneurs Patrick Collison and John Collison in 2010, has partnered with crypto exchange Bitstamp to bring Bitcoin to more people in Europe. CoinDesk reported the story first. Bitstamp/Stripe partnership On Wednesday, the two companies announced in a press release that they would collaborate to make crypto buying accessible and easier for customers in the Europe an Union. Stripe and Bitstamp are eyeing this partnership as one that offers an easier-to-use fiat-to- crypto on-ramp, which allows users to quickly and easily buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and other crypto currencies. Users have access to several on and off-ra...

Ledger and MoonPay have expanded their partnership to offer crypto swaps and buy via Ledger Live. The companies will also offer a custom Nano X for MoonPay. Ledger will offer access to instant crypto purchases to its Ledger Live users in its latest partnership with crypto payments firm MoonPay. The development is part of MoonPay’s expanded collaboration with the hardware wallet maker, according to details shared in a news release on Monday. Easy crypto swapping via Ledger Live MoonPay said in an announcement that the platform will become a Ledger feature partner, enabling the instant purchase of crypto. The partnership also brings MoonPay Swap and MoonPay Sell to Ledger Live, providing for crypto swaps and sell, with crypto-fiat transfers.  Coins that users can swap include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) among others. Other milestones for the two companies will be the release of a custom Nano X for MoonPay. The limited-edition r...

Users of Friend.tech — a decentralized social network — have recently been targeted by numerous hacker attacks. Jason Janowitz — founder of crypto news outlet Blockworks — described in an Oct. 8 tweet how someone tried to hijack his Friend.tech account. At first he received a message that posed as coming from Friend.tech’s automated assistance, pretending that the number associated with the account was being changed. “A number change has been requested for this account. Reply with YES to appprove this change, or NO to decline. If we do not receive a response within 2 hours, the change will proceed as requested.” The message is meant to cause someone to believe that a bad actor is trying to access his account and that he can prevent access by answering “no” to the message. What should make victims suspicious is that such a system is rather unlikely to automatically approve changes to the account if the user does not confirm the request. After Janowit...

The controversial crypto project’s new sign-ups have dwindled and numbers pale in comparison to the 2 million sign-ups before the launch of the project. The controversial crypto project Worldcoin was launched for the public on July 24, making way for customers to scan their iris at designated locations in 20 countries and receive 25 Worlcoins (WLD) the native token of the project.  The project debuted on the back of 2 million pre-signups but the interest seems to have faded after the actual launch. On that first day, users seemed keen, with Hong Kong seeing the highest number of signups.  The city offered three designated spots called Orbs, where users ; irises are scanned and they're offered a “world ID.” According to a report published by South China Morning Post, the three designated locations in Hong Kong each saw about 200 signups on the first day, making it the highest number of signups across the 20 countries included in the launch. Heatherm Huang, one of the Orb operato...

According to Binance CEO ‘CZ’, Binance is working on more efforts to help The devastating earthquake that hit Turkey on Feb 6 has left a trail of destruction in its wake, affecting numerous communities and individuals. In response to the tragedy, cryptocurrency exchangeBinance has announced that it will airdrop $100 USD worth of BNB tokens to all Binance users residing in regions hardest hit by the earthquake. The process of identifying eligible users will involve checking Proof of Address (POA) submissions made before February 6th in ten cities affected by the earthquake, including Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, and Osmaniye. Time to take care of our users. ️#Binance to Airdrop $100 USD in BNB to Users in Turkey Earthquake Regions. Total roughly $5m USD (94m TRY). More efforts still being worked on.https://t.co/Z4uACsf5Xe — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) February 7, 2023 Although the POA method may not be 100% accurate, Binan...