BitPay

Exchanges

North American Bitcoin Conference to Hit Miami on 25th January

The conference will be at Miami Beach Convention Center with two days of bitcoin-centric speakers, learning sessions and demos.

Business  ·  7 January 2014
BitPay

Leading Adult Site Porn.com Now Accepts Bitcoin

Top adult site Porn.com has started accepting bitcoin payments.

Business  ·  3 January 2014
Coinbase

2013: The Year Merchants Learned to Love Bitcoin

Education and price fluctuations were big issues for bitcoin merchants in 2013, but the market is maturing.

Business  ·  2 January 2014
Europe

Mobile Vikings: the First Cellular Network to Accept Bitcoin

Belgian company Mobile Vikings has begun accepting bitcoin payments, claiming it is the first telecom operator to do so.

Business  ·  20 December 2013
BitPay

Bitcoin Crowdfunding Comes to South America

Idea.me, a regional crowdfunding platform in South America has announced that it will accept bitcoin.

Business  ·  19 December 2013
Coinbase

SnapCard’s Founders Talk Bitcoin Volatility and Early Adopters

SnapCard's Dunworth and Giannaros discuss e-commerce, Christmas and how early adopters have fuelled the company’s recent success.

Business  ·  18 December 2013
Exchanges

Merchants Love Bitcoin, and BitPay has 100 Million Reasons to Prove it

BitPay has reached yet another all-important milestone, having processed more than $100m bitcoin transactions this year.

Business  ·  11 December 2013
Coinbase

Mel B Spices Up Record Sales With Bitcoin

The former Spice Girl will be the first artist to accept bitcoin payments for her new single.

Business  ·  11 December 2013
Coinbase

Snoop Dogg Embraces Bitcoin for His Next Record

Last week the rapper tweeted that his next release will be “available in bitcoin and delivered in a drone”.

Business  ·  9 December 2013
Exchanges

BitPay Sees 6,260% Increase in Bitcoin Black Friday Sales

BitPay processed more than 6,000 transactions on Bitcoin Black Friday, an increase of 60 times on the previous year.

Business  ·  3 December 2013
Bitcoin

BitWasp Aims to Make Online Bitcoin Acceptance Easier

BitWasp is a new software platform that allows entrepreneurs to get bitcoin merchant businesses off the ground.

Business  ·  26 November 2013
Regulation

Bitcoin Faces Regulatory Push in Senate Banking Committee Hearing

Yesterday's banking subcommittee hearing in the Senate included many suggestions that bitcoin should be regulated.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 November 2013
Regulation

Bitcoin Could be Regulated as a Commodity, Senate Banking Hearing Advised

Speakers suggested that bitcoin could be regulated as a commodity at a Senate Banking hearing today.

Policy & regulation  ·  19 November 2013
BitPay

Peter Thiel Claims Bitcoin Has the Potential to Change the World

Venture capitalist and libertarian Peter Thiel likes the idea of bitcoin but remains cautious on its future with regulators.

Markets  ·  15 November 2013
Regulation

BitPay and Ripple to speak at hearing held by US Senate committee on banking

The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs is holding its hearing on virtual currencies next week.

Policy & regulation  ·  14 November 2013