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Shopping.io Enables Crypto-Payments on Popular E-Commerce Websites
12.11.2020
PRESS RELEASE. The adoption of crypto is not possible without accelerating its usage as a currency, and not only as an asset. While e-commerce giants such as Amazon, eBay, and Walmart aren’t able to offer crypto-payment, Shopping.io launches a gateway to make purchases from the aforementioned...
BuySellVouchers Indirectly Gives the Opportunity To Shop in the Popular Retail Chains With Bitcoin
30.9.2020
It is looking like good times in the retail industry as BuySellVouchers gives a solution that allows users of the platform to shop in the most popular retail chains with cryptocurrency. The innovative solution from one of the leading online marketplaces for digital goods allows shoppers to purchase...
This early Bitcoiner sold BTC on eBay for a 100% markup in 2015
29.8.2020
Another story that helped pave Bitcoin's early road to adoption
PayPal Dabbling in Crypto Could Make BTC a Mainstream Payment Option
1.7.2020
As PayPal is rumored to join the crypto game, what will it mean for the industry and the price of Bitcoin and Ether?
Hundreds of Darknet Listings Are Selling Masks and PPE Products for Bitcoin
9.4.2020
According to a recent research report written by the blockchain surveillance firm Elliptic, there’s been a massive influx of darknet market (DNM) vendors selling personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks and coronavirus test kits. The spike in medical equipment sales on the invisible...
50 Companies Back New Cryptocurrency Project Competing With Facebook’s Libra
13.3.2020
Some members of the Libra Association are now backing a rival project called Celo, which has its own blockchain and cryptocurrency. Over 50 major companies have pledged their support, each pursuing a diverse set of use cases. The project claims that the combined reach of all members exceeds...
Why Cypherpunk Witches Love Bitcoin
10.2.2020
Cryptocurrency lets modern-day witches transact beyond the grasp of restrictive e-commerce platforms
Not Just Ebay, NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Pushes Bakkt to Retail With Latest Acquisition
6.2.2020
The owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, stunned many on Wall Street recently with a reported takeover bid for e-commerce marketplace Ebay. Now the group is aggressively trying to push its regulated bitcoin derivatives exchange Bakkt into the retail space with its latest...
Someone Redeemed a 100 BTC Casascius Bar Worth Over $700K
25.12.2019
In 2011, Mike Caldwell created the notorious Casascius physical bitcoin collection, and since then the series of coins has become extremely valuable. Over the last two months, a bunch of people have redeemed their Casascius coins and on December 23 someone peeled a 100 BTC ($723K) Casascius bar....
Christmas Shopping: Where to Buy With Crypto This Festive Season
21.12.2019
These shopping platforms allow their customers to pay for Christmas gifts in crypto
Kuverit Launches Multi Trader Marketplace
2.11.2019
To what was considered as the “dot-com bubble” in the year 2000, Blockchain technology has become as sensationalised and disruptive as the internet was in the late 1990s.Even though the technology is still in its infancy stage, individuals and corporate bodies are already leveraging on it to expand...
Fraudulent Transactions in Crypto, Explained
22.10.2019
Fraudsters are getting increasingly creative. Here are the common scams facing crypto consumers, and the novel approaches being used to stop them #Sponsored
Calibra Head: Libra ‘Absolutely Not’ in Jeopardy Without PayPal, Visa
16.10.2019
Libra is “absolutely not” in jeopardy after seven firms including PayPal and Visa have dropped out of the project, says the head of Calibra
Visa, Mastercard, Ebay, Stripe Join Paypal in Leaving Libra
12.10.2019
Most payment companies have now pulled out of Facebook’s Libra project. Visa, Mastercard, Ebay, and Stripe have followed Paypal in dropping out of the project amid regulatory concerns. The Libra Association has responded to the exodus of these companies. David Marcus, who is in charge of...
Visa, EBay, Stripe and Mastercard Abandon Facebook’s Libra Project
11.10.2019
Visa, EBay, Stripe and Mastercard are dropping out of Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra
Paypal Exits Libra – Mastercard and Visa May Follow
6.10.2019
Facebook’s ambitious financial inclusion project, Libra, continues marching forward in spite of mountainous regulatory obstacles, but key members of the Libra Association are having doubts and dropping out. Paypal has now reportedly left the group due to regulatory concerns. Libra...
Shopify All Set to Target E-Commerce Behemoth Amazon After Upstaging eBay
20.8.2019
When Amazon had started more than two decades ago as a small online book shop, eBay was the king of the e-commerce industry with its novel auctioning marketplace. Over the years, eBay grew, but eventually, it was Amazon which emerged as the winner. However, e-commerce company Shopify has emerged...
This Rare ‘Physical’ Bitcoin Can Be Yours for $99,000
5.7.2019
A physical bitcoin is selling on eBay for $99,000
These Websites Help You Shop With Major Retailers Using Cryptocurrency
20.6.2019
Cryptocurrency users are often forced to convert their coins to fiat in order to purchase items from leading retailers and ecommerce platforms such as Walmart and Home Depot, Amazon, Aliexpress, and Ebay. The hesitation of these merchants to embrace crypto payments has created a niche that’s...
eBay Reverses Its Initial Stand, Says It’s Open To Cryptocurrency Initiative
19.6.2019
Making a somersault on its initial stand, eBay now said that the company is open to the initiative of using cryptocurrency on its platform for making the payments. Just so you know, last month it said that there is no plan of introducing cryptocurrency payments on its platform. This change of heart...