BitcoinStore Officially Launching Today, 0% Markup

The BitcoinStore, a very popular electronics retailer in the Bitcoin community, has announced that has managed to keep its contract with its wholesaler, and so will continue be able to continue selling goods at its current low prices. The store first launched in November 2012 with a simple proposition: hundreds of thousands of electronics products for sale for bitcoin, all cheaper than anywhere else on the internet - major retailers like Amazon and NewEgg included. Because the BitcoinStore is Bitcoin-only, it would not have to pay any of the costs associated with accepting credit cards,....

Yesterday was the first day of Bitcoin 2013, the first major Bitcoin conference of the year. There were no presentations yet, other than an opening address including Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, but right from the moment businesses started setting up their booths around noon the conference room was teeming with life. Over a dozen booths were present, with nearly every major business - BitInstant, BitPay, BitcoinStore and more, having some representation. For long-time Bitcoin users, events like this are particularly emotional; here, for the first time, we are able to see fellow Bitcoin....

In an age where college tuition and fees are growing larger than the 50 foot woman, wouldn't it be great if students could save a hefty bunch and not worry as much about the debt they're inducing? Well, now they can... With bitcoin. BTC store Brawker is partnering up with student loan service Tution.io in order to bring about what they're calling tuition gift cards, which can help students save up to 17 percent on their education loans. Brawker sells bitcoins at a markup, and thus students are allowed to sell bitcoins in exchange for a Tuition.io gift card. Cards carry a limit of $500 and....

This is not a new Bitcoin service. Rather, a guide to combining two services - Tuition.io and Brawker - for paying student loans using Bitcoin. Tuition manages your student loans and offers payment plans and strategies to minimize interest. Last fall, a new service debuted; the ability to send and receive gift cards for making loan payments. Brawker is a site where users post bitcoins, at up to 20% markup, in exchange for goods. For example, I used Brawker to buy an Amazon wishlist at discount. Instead of receiving cash for bitcoins you receive items. It's not limited to just Amazon. In....

The CSO of CoinShares thinks that a payments-focused PayPal token could be forthcoming. Global digital payment giant PayPal might be moving into issuing its own cryptocurrency after officially entering the crypto industry, according to a major industry exec.Meltem Demirors, CSO at digital asset management firm CoinShares, says that she will not be surprised if PayPal issues its own token after the company broke the news of its soon-to-come support for crypto..In an Oct. 21 interview with CNBC’s Fast Money, Demirors claimed that PayPal’s supporting crypto could eventually become a basis for....