Restored Lightning address functionality, enabling users to top up store credit, send to contacts, and share addresses.

Breached on March 1, 2026, by DPRK Lazarus/Bluenoroff group via compromised employee device and leaked credentials, draining hot wallets, exploiting gift cards, and accessing ~18,500 purchase records. Losses covered by operational capital; pushed relaunch to March 6, 2026, re-enabling Binance Pay and fiat payments.

Sponsors ETHDenver 2026, runs giveaway February 17-21, 2026, offering daily $200 Bitrefill Balance Cards and Internet Money hoodies for content posting.

Launches Influencer Program that rewards content creators for showing how to use the platform.

Launched MCP, integrating Alby wallet for bitcoin Lightning payments and enabling AI agents to autonomously purchase gift cards, eSIMs, and other products.

Partners with MonkeHotel to provide eSIM services for event attendees in Abu Dhabi.

Restored integration with LiFi Protocol, enabling purchases with MON and other Monad tokens via LiFi Pay from 50+ chains using 6,000+ tokens.

Collaboration announced with Pudgy Penguins NFT project for Argentina-focused initiative.

Introduces "SPEND" application that allows crypto payments for gift cards and services including Amazon, Uber, and Netflix.

Collaboration with BingXOfficial showcased in real-world implementation.

Announces paid promotional position for Black Friday with $1,000/day salary and $5,000 shopping budget in store credit, requiring participants to shop using gift cards and share their experience.

Strategic partnership announced with realmsdaos, featuring a bitrefill drop at an upcoming townhall event.

Partnership announced with a Banana Stand drop, marking the start of a broader gift card distribution system on the partner's platform.

Joined Nansen Points partner network with an announcement event scheduled for October 28th at 12PM UTC.

Collaboration appearance with MonkeFoundry on Monke Talks Episode #8 scheduled for October 27th at 12PM EST.

Bitrefill launches a marketing contest to hire a social media intern, offering $1,700 in prizes ($1,000 first place, $500 second, $200 third) payable in Bitrefill Balance, with early job application access for strong submissions.

Bitrefill is hiring a recruiter to expand its hiring capacity and team growth.

API access is available to developers through their Bitrefill accounts for building crypto shopping applications.

Physical promotional activation deployed in Cologne at @blocktrainer event, featuring a Cash Cube where attendees could collect vouchers.

New partnership with Jumper Pass allows users to claim $50 vouchers, with 5% cashback available for account holders.

The promotional campaign appears to be shorter than initially planned, ending after day 10 with only 3 more days remaining, and clarifies the total giveaway amount is $1500 across all days rather than $1500 daily.

New 10-day promotional campaign launches with $1500 in daily voucher giveaways ranging from $40-$300.

New AI-focused backend engineer position indicates expansion into machine learning capabilities.

New Micro-Influencer Program launches with rewards up to $1,000 per video for content creators.

Partnership with Ledger Live expands gift card marketplace access to hardware wallet users.

New MetaMask Portfolio integration enables direct gift card purchases through the wallet interface.

Platform now offers Bitcoin-collateralized loans at low fixed rates for gift card marketplace spending.

First hackathon launches in partnership with Farcaster protocol, applications closing in 2 days.

Non-KYC prepaid Visa cards now support Solana and integrate with Apple/Android Pay for mainstream merchant purchases.

Launches upgraded virtual Visa card with multi-crypto support, instant issuance for US market, unified virtual/physical card balance, and 2% cashback on deposits and purchases.