Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage on Monday partnered with digital currency wallets Casa and Edge Wallet to help the company “bring bitcoin payroll to a mainstream audience” The company announced that it has Now Edge Wallet and Casa users can connect to the Bitwage platform’s services via deep-linking or QR codes.
Crypto Payroll Company Bitwage Partners With Casa and Edge Wallet
Since John Lindsay and Jonathan Chester launchedin 2014 Since launching Bitwagein 2014, the company has provided Bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency wage payment services to people in countries around the world. Following the company’s announcement that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) strawweight Luana Pinheiro would be paid in BTC through Bitwage’s payroll service, Bitwage announced a partnership with wallet companyEdge WalletandIt has partnered with Casa
Prior to partnering with Casa and Edge, Bitwage users were required to provide a wallet address in order to use the company’s payroll services. However, users of the Casa and Edge Wallet can now use QR codes and deep links “without the need for manual public key exchange,” Bitwage announced details on Monday.Bitwage believes this feature is an exciting improvement for its customers Bitwage believes this is an exciting improvement for its customers.
“This partnership is exciting because it creates access for a whole generation of novice crypto users.” Read more about Bitwage’s August 1 announcement here.” Experienced users will still have the ability to connect addresses from any wallet, but new users will have the option to find their first wallet and connect to Bitwage with a friendly and secure experience.”
“Our collaboration with Bitwage in creating and deploying the address request protocol represents our laser focus on making crypto easy and seamless for end users.” Paul Puey, CEO and co-founder of Edge Wallet, explained in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com News, ” Finally, users can eliminate the need to copy and paste addresses between apps and websites when they need to request crypto in their wallets,” Puey added.
Over the past four years, interest in crypto payroll services has increased
Cryptocurrency payroll services have become very popular over the past four years. Bitpay, an Atlanta-based crypto payment processor, introduced its payroll service in 2020; NYDIG also offers bitcoin payroll services, and on July 14 signed a contract with the New York Yankees, a Major League Baseball (MLB) team The company announced that it had signed a contract with the New York Yankees, an MLB team.
The announcement detailed that NYDIG will provide bitcoin payroll to Yankees players and employees. During the announcement, Bitwage co-founder Jonathan Chester explained Monday that those who take advantage of the non-custodial wallet will be taught how to bank for themselves.
“Education is a very important part of the Bitwage experience, and part of this experience is helping users understand the wallet while teaching them how to bank for themselves,” said Chester, CEO of Bitwage.” Edge and Casa are two of the best and most secure wallets on the market. Our partnership with these wallets is just the beginning of our journey to educate millions of workers around the world about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins and what it means to get paid in these currencies.”
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