Seattle Startup Introduces Twitter Bitcoin Payments
Seattle-based Bitcoin wallet service provider iPayYou has announced the launch of a service which enables users to send and receive Bitcoin payments on Twitter. The service, called Pay-by-Twitter, allows all iPayYou wallet users to send Bitcoin payments to Twitter accounts or handles that are not associated with the iPayYou platform. The merit of sending payments via Twitter instead of email or bitcoin addresses is the anonymity it provides. The iPayYou team further emphasized that the elimination of exchanging private information is beneficial for both the sending and receiving parties.....
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Seattle-based Bitcoin company iPayYou has recently launched its “Pay-by-Twitter” feature, allowing users to make P2P payments over the highly popular social media platform. P2P Bitcoin Payments Now on Twitter. Bitcoin.com recently reported on the introduction of iPayYou, the wallet that wants to make bitcoin the desired method of payment among mainstream....
As a resident of western Washington, I was happy to find out that a Bitcoin ATM had recently been installed at the Spitfire sports bar in downtown Seattle. I decided to make a trip to try out the ATM and learn more about Coinme, the company behind Seattle's first Robocoin kiosk. General Manager Nick Hughes and Compliance Officer Neil Burgquist were kind enough to sit down and have a conversation, where we covered topics ranging from the regulatory environment surrounding Bitcoin ATMs to their thoughts on the future of cryptocurrency in Seattle.What inspired you to start Coinme? Neil: I've....
Seattle, Washington. It's the land of rain, good food, and now a two-way bitcoin ATM. What some Northwestern news publications are calling the city's first bitcoin ATM, city residents will be able to not only purchase bitcoin, but they'll be able to exchange bitcoin for fiat. Located at the Spitfire Sports Bar in Downtown Seattle, the ATM is destined to begin serving customers come 11 AM local time. Customers will have the opportunity to interact with the ATM from 11 AM to 10 PM seven days a week. Manufactured by Las Vegas-based Robocoin, the ATM will allow for transactions up to $3,000 be....
SEATTLE — The first Bitcoin ATM has arrived in the northwest. Seattle-based Coinme fired up the ATM for public use Thursday afternoon at the Spitfire Grill in Belltown. The ATM was built by Robocoin, the main distributor of nine other Bitcoin ATMs scattered around the world, including one in California and another in Texas. It’s not your typical ATM, because this one allows users to buy or exchange Bitcoins for cash and vis versa. New users will need to go through a five minute process to set up an account. After that, users will just need to remember their registered phone number, a pin....
A San Francisco-based technology company Chronicled Inc. has raised US$1.4 million in a funding round participated by Pantera Capital, Mandra Capital, Seattle Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch and several angel investors to build a consumer authentication platform to eliminate counterfeit goods using smart labels. The labels will be tracked and encoded on a distributed public ledger called the blockchain to create a transparent record of authenticity, ownership and provenance for both buyers and sellers. Through the partnership with Identiv and the newly raised funds, the startup will continue....