Is Facebook thinking about accepting Bitcoin?
Marc Andreessen is a Facebook board member. He is also a firm believer in Bitcoin. He might be one of the reasons why Facebook will add Bitcoin payments in the future. The price of Bitcoin is soaring today. We already have some theories about this being discussed here. Among some positive messages, something else was made public today. Something involving Facebook and e-money services, according to the Financial Times. Don't start packing for the moon just yet, there is no guarantee Facebook is thinking about accepting Bitcoin. There are some reasons why it might be, though. Facebook and....
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On Thursday, Carlo Caraluzzo reported that American whistleblower Edward Snowden is accepting bitcoins to finance his legal defense. On Sunday, December 28, Diana Ngo reported that Ecuador began requesting citizens older than 18 to open an electronic money account as the first in a three-phase rollout of its system. On Friday, Ian DeMartino reported that ChangeTip made tipping on Facebook available to select users, and that tipping on Slack is available, too. “Snowden is accepting donations in PayPal, credit card, check, bank transfer and now, of course, Bitcoin. Donations can be made at....
The president of PayPal says he's intrigued by bitcoin and is thinking about adding the digital currency as a funding instrument for the popular online payments processor. "I've been spending a lot of time looking at it (bitcoin), and it's truly fascinating the way the currency has been designed ... ," David Marcus said in an interview with Bloomberg TV. "For us at PayPal, it's just a question of whether bitcoin will make its way to PayPal's funding instrument or not ... we're kind of thinking about it." Reaction to the announcement within the bitcoin community was generally positive. "It....
With over 80,000 companies already accepting Bitcoin payments as of 2014 and that number rapidly growing, business owners can no longer afford to ignore the world’s most popular decentralized currency. So let’s check out six reasons why accepting the virtual currency is a great idea. Multiple Reasons to Accept Bitcoin. Around the world, forward-thinking merchants from small shops to large corporations are joining the Bitcoin trend, with many of them doing so in order to improve cash flow by cutting costs and boosting their bottom line. But, is doing business in Bitcoin a worthwhile....
"ChangeTip Facebook Integration: The San Francisco based Bitcoin microtransactions startup, ChangeTip, now allows Facebook friends to Tip in Bitcoin. That was the news, that NewsBTC has been keeping track ever since we met them at CES15, in Vegas -but here is the inference, of what ChangeTip Facebook Integration means for the Bitcoin community. ChangeTip rolled out for Reddit (an obvious first choice), Twitter, Tumblr, Youtube etc. And now we have ChangeTip Facebook working in perfect harmony! This is an interesting move, both for ChangeTip and Bitcoin community as well. Here's why.......