Global fast-food franchise McDonald’s started to accept Bitcoin and Tether as a payment method in the city of Lugano in the region of Switzerland, which is becoming a leader in crypto adoption in Europe. It follows after the Plan B Foundation has enabled Bitcoin payments for merchants across the city. A short video of ordering…

Payments giant Mastercard launches Crypto Secure, a new software product designed to help banks and other card issuers identify and block suspicious transactions from crypto exchanges. The service is powered by CipherTrace, a blockchain security startup acquired by Mastercard last year. According to a CNBC report, Mastercard on Sept. 4 debuted a new piece of…