{"id":36435,"date":"2021-02-15T10:13:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T08:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=36435"},"modified":"2025-08-29T06:20:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T03:20:36","slug":"bitpay-adds-bitcoin-payment-support-to-apple-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitpay-adds-bitcoin-payment-support-to-apple-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"BitPay adds Bitcoin payment support to Apple Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay has added its Mastercard prepaid card to the Apple Wallet app. U.S. residents can now pay with cryptocurrencies and withdraw fiat equivalents at ATMs.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Exciting day for U.S. based BitPay Wallet app users. You can now add your BitPay Card to Apple Pay\u00ae to make online and in-store purchases with crypto. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apple?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#apple<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/applepay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#applepay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitpay?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitpay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitcoin?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitcoin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitpaywallet?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitpaywallet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bitpaycard?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bitpaycard<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#crypto<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xeu6vM4yEr\">pic.twitter.com\/xeu6vM4yEr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BitPay (@BitPay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitPay\/status\/1360244389881253890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The capability is available in the latest version of the BitPay app, 12.1.0.<\/p>\n<p>By the end of March, the processor plans to add support for Samsung Pay and Google Pay for Android smartphones.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWith Apple Pay, BitPay cardholders will be able to make secure purchases in stores, apps and online. There is no need to wait for a plastic card; you can add its virtual counterpart to Apple Pay,\u201d the team said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>BitPay supports Bitcoin, Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), as well as the stablecoins USD Coin (USDC), Gemini Dollar (GUSD), Paxos Standard (PAX) and Binance USD (BUSD).<\/p>\n<p>In January, BitPay implemented <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitpay-users-outraged-by-mandatory-verification\">mandatory verification<\/a> for users.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/forklog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BitPay has added its Mastercard prepaid card to Apple Wallet, enabling US residents to pay with crypto and withdraw fiat at ATMs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,252],"class_list":["post-36435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitpay"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"19","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36435"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36437,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36435\/revisions\/36437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}