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Facebook

Ex-PayPal President: Facebook Messenger Unlikely to Support Crypto

Facebook Messenger is unlikely to adopt cryptocurrencies soon, says vice president of messaging David Marcus.

Business  ·  6 February 2018
Bitcoin

Report: Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Bets Millions on Bitcoin

PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel's VC firm reportedly made hundreds of millions by putting $15 million to $20 million down on bitcoin last year.

Business  ·  2 January 2018
PayPal

PayPal’s Max Levchin: Blockchain ‘Brilliant’ But Undecided on Bitcoin

Max Levchin, co-founder of PayPal, has revealed that he is a big fan of blockchain technology, but is still "not sure" about bitcoin.

Business  ·  5 December 2017
Bitcoin

Peter Thiel: Bitcoin Is Like A ‘Reserve Form Of Money’

Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, believes that critics of bitcoin are "underestimating" the cryptocurrency.

Markets  ·  26 October 2017
Exchanges

The PayPal Moment: When Bitcoin Met Mainstream Payments

PayPal accepting bitcoin? The story behind the headlines that made the mainstream public take notice of the upstart digital currency.

Business  ·  12 May 2017
YouTube

PayPal Blocks Bitcoin Parody of Super Bowl Commercial

A parody of a PayPal Super Bowl commercial that was posted on YouTube has been blocked by the Internet payments company.

Business  ·  11 February 2016
PayPal

Bitcoin, Online Payments and the Scourge of PayPal

In this opinion piece, former ReadWriteWeb editor Richard MacManus talks about how bitcoin could ease difficulties in running an online business.

Markets  ·  6 February 2016
PayPal

Offline Commerce App Wins $10k at Bitcoin Miami Hackathon

A bitcoin rewards concept took home $10,000 in bitcoin at the second annual Miami Bitcoin Hackathon held this weekend at The Lab Miami.

Business  ·  26 January 2016
PayPal

PayPal Adds Bitcoin Startup CEO to Board of Directors

Xapo CEO Wences Casares has been appointed to PayPal’s board of directors, the pioneering online payments firm announced today.

Business  ·  13 January 2016
Visa

How Payment Giants Are Embracing Bitcoin and Blockchain Tech

Here's a round-up of some of the most notable interactions between payment giants and the world of crypto.

Business  ·  29 October 2015
Latin America

The ‘eBay of Latin America’ Announces Bitcoin Plans

MercadoLibre, Latin America's answer to eBay, has announced it is integrating bitcoin into its payments platform, MercadoPago.

Business  ·  29 September 2015
PayPal

PayPal Speaker Series Examines Good and Bad of Bitcoin

PayPal's Techxploration event is a monthly meetup held by the payments company. This month, bitcoin was its focus.

Business  ·  21 January 2015
PayPal

Payments Giant NCR to Integrate Bitcoin into Small Business Service

Global payments company NCR says its small business-focused tablet POS will offer bitcoin support later this year.

Business  ·  10 November 2014
Exchanges

Braintree’s Bill Ready: Bitcoin Will Impact Mainstream Payments

Braintree chief executive Bill Ready spoke to CoinDesk exclusively about how he wants to take bitcoin to the mainstream.

Markets  ·  7 November 2014
Exchanges

PayPal Exec Leaves to Take Compliance Lead at Bitstamp

PayPal chief compliance officer Jean-Baptiste Graftieaux has announced that he will leave his position to join Bitstamp.

Markets  ·  3 November 2014