Bitcoin
The digital currency startup got a lot of real dollars for making it easier to use digital currency.
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The startup is trying to to make it easy for businesses to give customers discounts for bitcoin purchases.
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.
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The company also uses bank-like phrases to describe its services to help mainstream audiences relate.
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His aim is to get in on the ground floor of the virtual currency craze by trying to make it seem not so freaky to the normals.
Amazon isn’t on board with one disruption, but won’t rule out another.
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Bitcoin rebounded above $400 on Friday, but it’s still down more than 60 percent from its high point.
The well-funded startup believes it is the first major payments platform to support bitcoin.
More real dough for digital dough.
Using bitcoin to buy stuff just got a whole lot more complicated.
“People need to be more confident in bitcoin as a platform for money.”
Bitcoin stands a better chance of being a payments system than a currency.
Meet Ben Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services.
Another vote of confidence for the digital currency.
At least the drinks were free.
Bottom line: Bitcoin is deeply flawed as an alternative currency for mainstream consumers.
The cryptocurrency now has a life beyond its creator.
The online retailer hit the milestone less than two months after it began accepting the digital currency.
Hackers stole 896 bitcoins, worth over $600,000.