GoCoin's Steve Beauregard Talks Altcoins, Asia and Merchant Adoption
Steve Beauregard is the CEO and founder of GoCoin, a merchant-focused digital currency gateway that offers businesses the ability to accept digital currencies such as BTC, LTC and DOGE. GoCoin raised $1.5m in funding led by Bitcoin Shop this March to further its goal of expanding the use of digital currencies around the world, and in particular, in emerging markets. Beauregard recently spoke about his work during the "Bitcoin Merchant On-Ramp" panel at Inside Bitcoins NYC on 7th April as part of a discussion that addressed digital marketing techniques, among other topics. There, CoinDesk....
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Bitcoin payment processor GoCoin is now accepting litecoin. The firm, formed in July, expanded its portfolio to include the altcurrency this week. "Litecoin has reached the tipping point in our minds with sufficient liquidity to support merchant activities," said GoCoin CEO Steve Beauregard. "Like with our bitcoin interface, we are building in safeguards in the event the volatility becomes extreme in the wrong direction. GoCoin, which raised $550,000 in venture funding in November, has been testing litecoin services with early adopters since late last month. "We have not been focused on....
I visited Los Angeles Bitcoin Incubator Bitropolis earlier this year, and I got to meet Steve Beauregard, the founder of GoCoin. While in his office in the scenic Santa Monica, CA, I had a few questions for him -- and he was kind enough to answer them.What is GoCoin and what do you guys do? GoCoin is the first e-commerce checkout solution empowering merchants to accept multiple digital currencies like bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin. We guarantee merchants receive the fiat value of every transaction, and give them the choice of taking all or partial settlement in coins.What is your....
Yesterday, finance giant PayPal announced partnerships with Coinbase, BitPay and GoCoin to dip their feet in the water with cryptocurrency. Bitcoin price surged upward upon hearing the news, going from being worth around $400 to being worth $450 in a matter of minutes. Now, the CEO of GoCoin confirmed that Bitcoin won't be the only cryptocurrency benefiting from the PayPal partnership. PayPal is supporting Dogecoin and Litecoin payments as well. In a tweet, CEO of GoCoin Steve Beauregard told followers that Bitcoin, Dogecoin and Litecoin would be available to PayPal merchants: Pleased to....
BitFury Capital has announced an undisclosed strategic investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin. The move marks the third investment for BitFury Capital, the venture capital arm of bitcoin mining hardware and services provider BitFury. As part of the deal, BitFury indicated that it will seek to use GoCoin as the default processor for its global vendors. In an interview, GoCoin CEO Steve Beauregard framed the investment as one that would also add new business-to-business (B2B) clients to his company's existing customer base. Beauregard told CoinDesk: "The goal is to bring....
The big news Tuesday was that PayPal would allow North American (for now) merchants to sell their digital goods for bitcoin through the PayPal Payments Hub, but there seems to be a little bit more to the news. Something that's sure to make altcoin lovers excited. Before I get to that, I should mention that PayPal is working with the three major bitcoin payment processors out there: BitPay, Coinbase, and GoCoin. While BitPay and Coinbase operate strictly with bitcoin only, GoCoin offers support for litecoin and dogecoin in addition to bitcoin. What that means, according to GoCoin CEO Steve....