Greeks run towards Bitcoin as Banks Shut Down The banks have closed their doors on the Grecians as its fate is still stuck in a limbo. Following the potential ‘Grexit’, people are now looking frantically at digital currencies if it is better than Euro. The largest Bitcoin exchange has…
Bitcoin saw a surge of 7% in what one call the longest winning streak in an year and a half! As Greece on the verge of falling out of Euro zone, Greek depositors and speculators have turned their attention to the unregulated digital currency. Greece is being considered for an…
In a really big deal for San Francisco-based Coinbase, one of the world’s leading Bitcoin wallets and merchant processing platforms, the startup is opening its doors to European customers in 13 countries. This will be its long-awaited first foray outside of the U.S. The company is one of the biggest…
Converting paychecks into bitcoins through exchanges is tedious task for companies and employees, which is why employees are now accepting salaries directly in bitcoins. To make the task less tedious, a Canadian payroll software company, Wagepoint, is letting employers pay remuneration to their staff directly in bitcoins. The firm takes…
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) isn’t the only higher education institution to be playing around with bitcoin. The University of Zurich in Switzerland is testing out a new NFC-based bitcoin payment solution in one of the school’s cafeterias for about two weeks (spearheaded by a group of nine individuals — students…
If you’re a Xapo user, you may have received an email last night from the company with a nice little announcement. The bitcoin debit card and vault provider announced a little something they’re calling Xapo Deposit (perhaps aptly enough), a service that will allow users to acquire bitcoin on the Xapo…
Bitcoin payments processor BitPay has announced a new partnership with Demandware, Inc, an enterprise cloud e-commerce solutions provider. The deal means BitPay will provide the company with bitcoin integration for its e-commerce platform, giving merchants that use Demandware’s Link Technology system the capability to accept the digital currency. Demandware senior vice president of corporate…
A new study suggests that many consumers remain cautious about the prospect of purchasing or using digital currency. The report was written by the Massachusetts Division of Banks (MDB) in conjunction with the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), who canvassed more than 1,000 consumers with an online survey that focused…
