E-Commerce

Data Analysis

Bitcoin Payments Still Power 5% of Porn.com Sales

Porn.com reports that bitcoin now accounts for 5% of its total sales, just over a year after first accepting the payment method.

Business  ·  13 February 2015
Startups

Overstock’s Top 10 US States for Bitcoin Spenders

New Hampshire residents are the most likely to pay for Overstock items in bitcoin, according to new data released by the e-commerce giant.

Business  ·  12 February 2015
Crowdfunding

Ziftr Raises Over $850k in E-Commerce Altcoin Sale

Online shopping startup Ziftr has officially closed the presale of its own altcoin, raising over $850,000 in under two months.

Markets  ·  3 February 2015
Startups

Gliph Marketplace Launches as ‘Craigslist for Bitcoin’

By implementing a peer-to-peer marketplace for users, Gliph is expanding beyond secure messaging with bitcoin.

Business  ·  6 January 2015
Exchanges

BTC China Hires Ex-Alipay Chief Analyst in Payments Push

BTC China has hired a former chief analyst from online payments giant Alipay, signalling a shift further into e-commerce.

Business  ·  16 December 2014
Startups

Overstock’s 2014 Bitcoin Sales Miss Projections at $3 Million

Overstock is reporting that it expects to complete just $3m in total bitcoin sales for 2014, a figure it said fell below its original estimates.

Business  ·  15 December 2014
Escrow

Bitmarkets Launches Decentralised Bitcoin Marketplace With Tor Support

A new decentralised marketplace called Bitmarkets has introduced privacy enhancing features and a novel escrow system.

Tech  ·  8 December 2014
Payments

W3C’s Web Payments Redesign Could Bypass Bitcoin

One of the web's foundational groups is re-examining online payments, but bitcoin is only just entering the conversation.

Tech  ·  31 October 2014
Venture Capital

Investor Tim Draper Leads SnapCard’s $1.5 Million Seed Round

SnapCard has announced a $1.5m seed round led by Tim Draper, Crypto Coins Partners and Boost VC.

Business  ·  6 October 2014
Exchanges

PayPal Announces First Partnerships in Bitcoin Space

PayPal has announced partnerships with three major payment processors in the bitcoin space: BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin.

Business  ·  23 September 2014
News

Boston Fed: Bitcoin Could Be Reducing Online Shopping Costs

A new policy perspective from the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston examined the various aspects of bitcoin.

Markets  ·  16 September 2014
Hong Kong

Andreas Antonopoulos Joins E-Commerce Company CoinSimple

Bitcoin developer Andreas Antonopoulos has joined Hong Kong-based e-commerce company CoinSimple.

Business  ·  15 September 2014
Exchanges

Japanese Bitcoin Growth Continues with New E-Commerce Platform

Japan's latest bitcoin startup is multi-services platform Coincheck, which offers an exchange, wallet and a new system for e-commerce.

Business  ·  11 September 2014
Merchants

9 Companies That Should Really Start Accepting Bitcoin

There once was a time when owning bitcoin meant keeping it idle and unspent in your wallet of choice. Considering that bitcoin was designed to be transacted, the lack of merchants that accepted bitcoin back then was frustrating to many in the community. Luckily for us, things have changed. Some of bitcoin’s best features can be seen […]

Business  ·  30 August 2014
News

Bitcoin Sign-Ups for Intuit QuickBooks ‘Higher than Expected’

CoinDesk speaks to the developers behind the first of what could be many Intuit products integrated with bitcoin.

Business  ·  23 July 2014