LinkedIn Founder, Fidelity Latest to Carry Bitcoin’s ‘Lightning Torch’
An ongoing experiment with bitcoin payments technology, the lightning network, continues to see support from some big name individuals and companies. The latest to receive…
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A Site Enabling Anyone to Buy Bitcoin Using 300 Payment Methods Says the Demand is Growing
A company that enables visitors to buy Bitcoin using more than 300 payment methods has reported growth in the number of transactions being completed using…
Here’s Who Is Investing in Bitcoin: The Bulls, Bears and the Purists
Who is investing in bitcoin? Who is using bitcoin? It can be tough to track this information; the data is scarce but that’s understandable. Being…
Another PayPal Co-Founder Is Embracing Blockchain’s ‘Seismic Shift’
Sharing economy startup Origin has tapped a PayPal co-founder and early YouTube employee as its latest hire. Yu Pan, who is also a former Google…
USPS Files Patent To Use Blockchain Tech In User Identity Verification
The United States Postal Service (USPS) had filed a patent last September for a system with public and private keys and a “block chain [sic]…
PayPal’s Peter Thiel: ‘Longing’ Bitcoin Is ‘Hedge Against World Falling Apart’
PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel described Bitcoin as “a hedge against the whole world falling apart” in new bullish comments March 15. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York quoted by CNBC,…
Andreessen, others, invest in U.S. digital currency fund
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.-based Multicoin Capital, an asset management firm with a long-term positive view on digital currencies, has raised capital from a slew…
PayPal Files Patent For System To Speed Up Cryptocurrency Transaction Times
U.S.-based payments giant PayPal has filed a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), published on March 1, to increase the speed of cryptocurrency payments. The patent…
Coinbase Addresses Recent Issues and Future Payment Support Plans
Coinbase is a very hot company as of right now. That is not always for the right reasons either, unfortunately. The company recently provided a…
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. In remarks made on the third day of the…