Cannes, France is implementing widespread cryptocurrency acceptance among local merchants by summer 2025, targeting 90% adoption as part of a municipal strategy to modernize its commercial ecosystem and attract affluent visitors.
Toulouse becomes the first European city to accept cryptocurrencies for public transport, enabling passengers to purchase metro, bus, and tram tickets using over 70 digital assets through the Tisséo mobile app.
Japan is taking significant steps to integrate USDC, a leading stablecoin, into its financial ecosystem, signaling a shift toward digital currency adoption.
Türkiye has secured its position as the third-highest nation globally for cryptocurrency ownership, with a 19.3% rate, trailing behind the United Arab Emirates and Singapore. The trend reveals a growing global adoption with 562 million individuals now holding digital currencies, as Asia leads the expansion.
Binance CEO, Richard Teng, discusses the impact of Bitcoin ETFs and institutional investments shaping a new phase in cryptocurrency acceptance, predicting widespread adoption by 2025.
Hangzhou-based Nano Labs announces Bitcoin payment acceptance through Coinbase, marking a significant step in cryptocurrency adoption within China’s tech sector, while seeing a 5.6% stock price increase following the announcement.
Coinbase’s latest report reveals a significant surge in blockchain adoption among Fortune 500 companies and small businesses, with real-world asset tokenization driving this trend. However, the U.S. lags behind China in corporate blockchain initiatives, hindered by a shortage of talent in this field.
Grindery, a smart wallet solution backed by Binance Labs, aims to simplify digital asset transactions on Telegram by leveraging account abstraction and bootstrapping liquidity for TON-based tokens and dApps, enabling swift cryptocurrency transfers for the messaging platform’s 800 million users.
The cryptocurrency community is abuzz with excitement as the prospect of Elon Musk’s X platform rolling out payments this year gains momentum, fueling hopes for the integration of digital currencies like Dogecoin (DOGE) into the social media giant’s ecosystem.
