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Marchés

Payments Processor ChainPay Launches to Challenge Coinbase, BitPay

A bootstrapped payment processor called ChainPay wants to take on giants Coinbase and BitPay from its Isle of Man base.

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Lead Developers Leave Overstock's Medici Project

Overstock has confirmed Counterparty developers Robby Dermody and Evan Wagner are no longer working on its exchange project Medici.

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Microsoft: Bitcoin Payments Not Available in Europe

Despite rumors to the contrary, Microsoft has indicated that its bitcoin payments program currently remains limited to US customers.

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Marchés

How Bitcoin Could Shake Up B2B Payments

Bitcoin is great for business-to-business transactions, if both sides know how to use it. What happens if they don't?

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Braintree Activates Bitcoin Payments for US Merchants

Merchants who use the payments software platform Braintree in the US can enable bitcoin payments through Coinbase from today.

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What It Took to Bring Bitcoin to 5,000 Taiwan Convenience Stores

Participants in Taiwan's large-scale convenience store bitcoin project have spoken to CoinDesk about the hurdles they faced.

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Bitcoin Payments Prove a Sales Success for Green Man Gaming

Popular digital game reseller Green Man Gaming says its newly added bitcoin payment option accounted for 5% of total sales during December.

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Bitstamp's Ongoing Outage Echoes Through Bitcoin Economy

The surprise closure of leading bitcoin exchange Bitstamp today caused a small but visible ripple throughout the larger ecosystem.

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