MasterCard Patent Would Add Bitcoin to Global Shopping Cart
Updated with comment from Mastercard. UPDATE (2nd July 21:00 BST): Updated with comment from the Cryptocurrency Defense Foundation. Global financial services giant MasterCard has filed a patent that would seek to incorporate bitcoin into its design for a planned global online shopping cart. Entitled 'Payment Interchange for Use With Global Shopping Cart', the filing was submitted by the New York company to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 2013. The patent application is part of a series of filings related to MasterCard's effort to build a global online shopping cart....
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