Bitcoin News in Review: Apple Pay, Gmail Hacks, Braintree, and More
Happy Sunday, and welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, Apple launched its own mobile payments system, 5 million Gmail login credentials were leaked, PayPal announced Bitcoin integration through Braintree, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for this week's Bitcoin News in Review. Apple Pay. Along with the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch, Apple launched its own mobile payments solution called Apple Pay last Tuesday. Apple Pay relies on NFC, Touch ID, and other technologies to enable....
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After a short Paypal video talking about mobile payment systems that briefly mentioned using Bitcoin for the aforementioned payment systems, Braintree has now confirmed the rumors of Bitcoin integration. Timing seems all too well if you consider that Apple also released their new iterations of products, including and Apple payment system. Braintree is owned by Paypal, which also happens to be owned by eBay, so the possibility of finally using Bitcoin for eBay transactions may finally come true. Braintree also supports many other startups, one prominent startup being Uber, so the ability to....
Following up on news from last month that noted that eBay subsidiary Braintree Payments was exploring a bitcoin integration comes the news that the payment company has partnered with San Francisco-based Coinbase. The partnership will allow Braintree's portfolio of clients to accept bitcoin on a number of different devices. According to Coinbase, "Developers at Coinbase and Braintree will be working together closely to complete the integration in the next few months." The first to announce the news was Braintree CEO Bill Ready at TechCrunch Disrupt - a popular event in the technology....
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the biggest stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week, we saw a substantial drop in the bitcoin price, saw Walmart and Best Buy reject Apple Pay, saw a surge in the Peercoin price, and more. Check out this Bitcoin News in Review after the break. Bitcoin Price Drop. At the time of this writing, one bitcoin is worth $402, and was in the $300's earlier this week. What could have caused this large price drop? One theory is that Alibaba's U. S. IPO caused the crash. While it's impossible to know for sure....
Following weeks of rumors, Braintree has announced that it will soon enable customers to accept bitcoin. Braintree, a subsidiary of eBay-owned PayPal that was acquired for $800m in 2013, revealed on its blog that it intends to release a software development kit (SDK) that developers and merchants can use to add bitcoin to their existing payment methods. The integration is the result of a partnership with Coinbase, which was first reported to be in talks with Braintree about a potential partnership this August. Further, the news was officially announced at TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco....
Welcome back to another Bitcoin News in Review, where we feature some of the top stories of the week here on CryptoCoins News. This week (31 August - 7 September), we saw several celebrities having their private photos stolen from iCloud and leaked onto the web, unusual trading activity on BTC-E, rumours of Apple making a serious push into the payments industry, and more. Check out our video and keep scrolling for this Bitcoin News in Review. Celebgate. Earlier this week, many celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Upton, had their nude photos stolen from their iCloud accounts....