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Gyft gift card app lets buyers use bitcoins

California-based Gyft, a digital gift card platform serving the US, announced it has partnered with BitPay to accept bitcoin payments from customers.

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Markets

'Luxury marketplace' for bitcoiners launches

Backed by funding from his brother Barry, Alan Silbert launches BitPremier, a high-end marketplace for bitcoin's wealthy.

BitPremier

Markets

Amazon books its own currency

Amazon is launching its own currency later this month. Amazon Coins will only be exchangeable for Kindle applications and games and initially US only.

Coins for Kindle

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eBay CEO weighs PayPal bitcoin option

eBay CEO John Donohoe says the company's PayPal division is weighing the possibility of accepting bitcoin payments.

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Finance

Bitcoin ups and downs unraveling Silk Road?

Could bitcoin's recent market volatility threaten the black market website Silk Road?

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Markets

Traade buys smartphones for bitcoins

A new service is offering people bitcoins for old smartphones. Traade will pay for phones in the Ecoin and will then recycle them.

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Markets

10 companies that use bitcoins

Every day, more businesses add bitcoin as an option for payment. Here are profiles of 10 businesses, online and off, that have adopted bitcoin for payments.

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