Apple Requests Removal of Bitcoin Payments From Fancy's iOS App
Back in late January, social sharing e-commercial platform Fancy.com included the option to pay for products in bitcoin. That capability carried over to the company's mobile application - but as of today, the pay-in-bitcoin feature in Fancy's iOS app is no longer available. In version 3.3.0 of the app, released March 5th, the change-log says: "Removed Bitcoin per Apple's request". Certainly interesting, but surprising? Not in the least. Cupertino-based Apple has started an all-out offensive against any applications that allow bitcoin payments (informational apps, on the other hand, are....
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New York-based social e-commerce website Fancy has removed bitcoin payments from its iOS app at the request of Apple. The announcement was made in conjunction with its release of Version 3.3.0 of its iOS app on 5th March, and was visible under the "What's new" portion of the App Store where app updates are displayed. Fancy has been accepting bitcoin since 23rd January, when it revealed the news to customers via email, thereby becoming one of the largest and most well-funded merchants to accept bitcoin. The company announced that it would add a bitcoin payment option for both its Android....
Pay with Bitcoin on iOS? Not anymore. By now everyone knows that Apple isn't too fond of Bitcoin. The company has removed every single Bitcoin wallet application from the iOS App Store, with Blockchain being the last one. The reason for Apple's anti-Bitcoin stance isn't entirely clear. It's possible that Apple doesn't want to deal with the legal issues of a currency whose regulatory status is unclear and inconsistent in most countries. For instance, when Coinbase was removed from the App Store, Apple's reasoning was that apps must "comply with all legal requirements in any location where....
Fancy is an online store for some really...well..fancy and often hipster stuff. The site boasts a "crowd-curated catalog of amazing goods, wonderful places and innovative stores." For instance, you can buy this Salvador Dali Melting Wrist Watch at Fancy. Instant surrealism. No psychedelics required. And now, you can buy any item on the site with Bitcoin. CEO Joe Einhorn stated, "We are excited to play a small part in the next chapter for BitCoin, the one where people are able to exchange BitCoin for goods and services... Fancy has some of the coolest merchandise available for purchase with....
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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....