Bitwage Partners with Edge Wallet and Casa to Stream Bitcoin Payroll Services to Popular Masses – Bitcoin News

Cryptocurrency payroll service Bitwage announced Monday that the company has partnered with crypto wallets Casa and Edge Wallet to “bring Bitcoin payroll to the mainstream.” Now Edge Wallet and Casa users can connect to Bitwage platform services via a deep link or QR code.

Crypto Payroll Company Bitwage Partners with Casa and Edge Wallet

Since the launch of John Lindsey and Jonathan Chester Bitwage In 2014, the company offered bitcoin (BTC) and cryptocurrency payment services for people in countries all over the world. After the company announced that Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Luana Pinheiro will get paid in BTC via Bitwage’s payroll services, Bitwage announced that it has partnered with wallet companies. edge wallet And the Casa.

Before partnering with Casa and Edge, Bitwage users needed to provide a wallet address in order to benefit from the company’s payroll services. However, Casa and Edge Wallet users can now use a QR code or a deep link “without having to manually exchange the public key,” Bitwage detailed on Monday. Bitwage believes that the feature is an exciting improvement for the company’s customers.

“This partnership is exciting as it offers access to a whole generation of novice crypto users,” Bitwage’s August 1 announcement details. “While experienced users still have the ability to connect an address from any wallet, new users have the option to have a friendly and secure experience finding their first wallet and linking it to Bitwage.”

“Our collaboration with Bitwage to create and deploy the Address Request Protocol represents our laser-focused focus on making crypto easy and seamless for end users,” Paul Bowie, CEO and co-founder of Edge Wallet explained in a statement sent to Bitcoin.com. “Finally, users can eliminate the need to copy and paste addresses between apps and websites when they need to request encryption in their wallet,” Bowie added.

Interest in encrypted payroll services has increased over the past four years

Cryptocurrency payroll services have become very popular over the past four years. Atlanta-based crypto payment processor Bitpay has introduced payroll services in 2020. NYDIG also offers bitcoin payroll services and on July 14, the company announced that it had signed a deal with Major League Baseball (MLB) team New York Yankees.

The announcement detailed that NYDIG will provide bitcoin payroll to Yankees players and employees. During the announcement, Jonathan Chester, co-founder of Bitwage, explained on Monday that people who use non-wallet wallets are teaching them how to bank for themselves.

“Education is a very important part of the Bitwage experience, and part of that experience is helping our users understand wallets while teaching them how to be their own bank,” said Chester, CEO of Bitwage. “Edge and Casa are some 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 with these.”

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Jamie Redman is the head of news at Bitcoin.com News and a technology financial journalist based in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open source code, and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 5,700 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.