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Mining

Video Cards Drive First-Day Sales Surge For TigerDirect

Video cards, power units, tablets and Xbox units drove first-day bitcoin sales for TigerDirect.

Business  ·  24 January 2014
Startups

Pinterest Competitor Fancy Adds Bitcoin Payments

New York-based social e-commerce platform Fancy, a website known as the "Pinterest for shopping," is now accepting bitcoin.

Business  ·  23 January 2014
News

Online Eyewear Giant Coastal to Accept Bitcoin

Canadian online eyewear giant is to begin taking bitcoin payments, opening up $196m in potential sales.

Markets  ·  15 January 2014
Exchanges

Overstock.com Becomes First Major Retailer to Accept Bitcoins

Ecommerce giant Overstock has started taking bitcoins on its site, months ahead of schedule.

Business  ·  9 January 2014
Startups

Overstock.com CEO Unveils More Details About Bitcoin Adoption

Patrick Byrne, CEO of e-commerce company Overstock.com, spoke to CoinDesk about details of its bitcoin plans following its announcement.

Business  ·  21 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
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
Bitcoin

Mastercoin Foundation Lets Virtual Currencies Use Bitcoin Protocol

The Mastercoin Foundation plans to let people create their own virtual currency using the existing Bitcoin protocol.

Tech  ·  6 December 2013
Coinbase

SnapCard Lets You Pay in Bitcoin at eBay and Amazon

SnapCard's users can pay with bitcoin at online retailers that don't officially accept the cryptocurrency.

Business  ·  28 November 2013
Startups

Babberly uses its own virtual currency plus bitcoin to boost local search and shopping

Babberly has its own virtual currency called babberCRED. And bitcoin is being used as a complement to that.

Business  ·  10 November 2013
Startups

Shopify officially integrates bitcoin as a payment option for its 70,000+ merchants

Popular e-commerce platform Shopify announced earlier today it would add a bitcoin payment option for its sellers.

Business  ·  9 November 2013
Startups

Bitcoin helps Iranian shoe store overcome international trade sanctions

An Iranian e-commerce site selling handmade shoes accepts only bitcoin, attempting to avoid stringent trade restrictions.

Business  ·  5 November 2013
BitPay

BitMonet unveils free bitcoin paywall function for publishers

By hooking up with BitPay, BitMonet hopes to revolutionize microtransactions for publishers.

Business  ·  7 September 2013
News

Cointagion unveils ‘no-touch’ e-commerce for bitcoins

Cointagion has developed a simple way to sell goods for bitcoins online, without the need for an online shopping cart.

Business  ·  16 May 2013