BitPay Takes a "Drive" with Bitcoin
Mobile payment platform DriveWealth has partnered with leading bitcoin payment processor BitPay to bring its customers the ability to fund their accounts with bitcoin. As the first financial services organization to accept the popular digital currency, DriveWealth has raised over $8 million in funding from high-end investors which it has used to expand globally, and through its newfound association with BitPay, the company is aiming to give its members greater control over their accounts and shove bitcoin further into the trading arena as a potential funding method. The move is also a....
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Could there be some big excitement on the horizon for bitcoin enthusiasts? We probably should not speculate, but a tweet from digital currency payments processor BitPay has us nothing short of intrigued. When we say big things, we mean big things #bitcoin#tothemoon. - BitPay (@BitPay) May 10, 2014. Curious? We are too. And we can't help but to wonder whether or not the Atlanta-based company has an announcement of epic proportions to make. But let's not get too excited here. Over the past few months, we've had a number of these "big" announcements made, most famously from Blockchain.info.....
Elizabeth Ploshay, well know for her role as the Manager of Communications at Bitcoin Magazine, is taking the next step in her career by joining Atlanta-based digital currency payments processor BitPay (if the story about Warner Bros. Records-signed Mastadon accepting bitcoin for their new album wasn't enough BitPay news for the day). Ploshay, who holds an Individual Seat on the Bitcoin Foundation board, is joining the company as an Account Manager. "Leaving Bitcoin Magazine was a difficult decision to make but a necessary step," she wrote on the BitPay blog Wednesday. "This change will....
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund is leading a group of investors into funding the merchant services firm BitPay. BitPay, which offers corporate Bitcoin services, said it had not been looking for funding but the opportunity was too good to turn down. BitPay founder and CEO Tony Gallippi said: "We raised seed funding in January and February and still had some left so we weren't looking for money. They approached us, which was a nice surprise because we'd heard that they'd got as far as due diligence with another company in this space. We were really impressed with their experience and energy."....
BitPay Inc, one of Bitcoin's lead payment processing companies, has just announced that it has surpassed 10,000 merchants. BitPay now provides services to merchants in 164 countries with approximately 50% in North America, 25% in Europe, and 25% in the rest of the World. During the month of August, BitPay processed over 10,000 transactions reaching a total value of over $6.4 million. As Bitcoin is becoming more mainstream many merchants are looking for expedient ways to sell products for BTC and BitPay is on the radar. With a Year-to-date in 2013 of over $34 million worth of bitcoins, a....