Ebay Adds Virtual Currency Section to Allow Bitcoin and Dogecoin Trading

Ebay Adds Virtual Currency Section to Allow Bitcoin and Dogecoin Trading

E-commerce giant eBay has added a ‘virtual currency’ section to its main US site, enabling users to buy and sell digital currencies like bitcoin,; as well as mining contracts and mining equipment.The company earlier included the section in its category changes list for April under ‘Coins and Paper Money’. EBay is still not accepting bitcoin or other digital currencies for payments. It is the owner of PayPal, a payment processing firm, which; continues to face stiff competition from bitcoin. The virtual currency section on the US site is divided into three subcategories; – mining contracts,....


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