Merchants
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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

Bitcoin Bowl Merchants See Tech's Big Picture, But Few Sales
Although few Bitcoin Bowl merchants report more than a handful of sales, most are optimistic about the technology and its perceived benefits.
