Paytm, whose “soundbox” is used by 7M+ merchants, launches a ~$12 model with an up to $60 tap and pay capability, after rival Pine Labs unveiled a similar unit
A QR-First Device With Card Support Moneycontrol : Behind Paytm and Pine Labs launching devices with identical functions on same day Moneycontrol : Paytm launches ‘Card Soundbox’ that merges card and ...
Brian Armstrong says Coinbase has heard “rumors” the SEC wants to “get rid of” crypto staking for retail investors, which “would be a terrible path for the US”
Now Comes The SEC Helen Partz / Cointelegraph : Community urges Coinbase to relist XRP as CEO fights for staking YouTube : Staking-as-a-Service | Office Hours with Gary Gensler Trustnodes : Coinbase t...
Ethereum activates its long-awaited Merge upgrade, in development since 2020, and transactions are now being processed under proof of stake
First off, thank you for reading and as always, nothing you read or hear of my content is ever financial advice. Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Ethereum Switches to Proof-of-Stake, Will Reduce Global En...
A look at the evolution of crypto staking, from a useful tool to a quasi-Ponzi scheme, and how Yuga Labs is effectively paying people in ApeCoin to hold ApeCoin
Recently, I was contacted by a member of the board of ApeCoin, which is the BAYC token's equivalent of a board of directors I guess. Tweets: @cobie , @degenspartan , @cobie , @choffstein , @deezefi , ...
Elon Musk says people can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin in the US and later this year outside the US
and this is how it works Tweets: Elon Musk / @elonmusk : You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin Elon Musk / @elonmusk : Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes direc...
India-based Pine Labs, which offers POS services, raises an undisclosed round from Mastercard; source: the $100M-$150M round values the company at $1.5B-$1.6B
BENGALURU: Point-of-sales (PoS) services provider Pine Labs has raised a new round of funding from the global card network major Mastercard.
Restaurant chain Checkers says hackers breached its systems to install malware on PoS systems across 102 stores between December 2015 and April 2019
The popular Checkers and Rally's drive-through restaurant chain was attacked by Point of Sale (POS) malware impacting 15 percent of its stores across the U.S.
Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise owner admits a breach of its PoS systems where 2M+ credit and debit card details may have been stolen
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
Earl of Sandwich and Planet Hollywood restaurant franchise owner admits a breach of its PoS systems where 2M+ credit and debit card details may have been stolen
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security :
How a team of 150 at Square made the $999 Square Register, a two-screen Android device with its own secure enclave chip, aiming to be SMBs' preferred PoS device
Lauren Goode / Wired :