Coinbase Commerce, a cryptocurrency payment provider, has announced a series of initiatives to support crypto commerce, including a WooCommerce plugin to give millions of merchants the option to accept cryptocurrencies, the ability to send bitcoin and litecoin directly, and other new capabilities. Coinbase believes the improved access will support adoption of cryptocurrency and a more open financial system. The WooCommerce plugin, a WordPress e-commerce platform, currently supports more than.......
Read MoreMajor Cineplex, Thailand’s largest movie theater operator, is integrating cryptocurrency payments to allow movie-goers to buy everything from tickets to popcorn with bitcoin and other digital currencies. The endeavor follows a partnership with Swiss fintech developer RapidzPay wherein the multiplex operator will deploy a digital payment ecosystem built by the latter firm to ingrate cryptocurrency payments at point-of-sale (PoS) machines at its theatres, according to Thai.......
Read MoreBitmain, the cryptocurrency industry’s most valuable company, has just opened an office in Silicon Valley ahead of its planned initial public offering (IPO) later this year. The Silicon Valley Business Journal reports that the China-based cryptocurrency mining hardware manufacturer has just moved into 20,000 square feet of office space in downtown San Jose, CA, filling the last vacancy in the city’s Riverpark Towers office building, which has become a hub for tech startups.......
Read MoreBitcoin is a type of digital or virtual currency that is created and held electronically. It is a medium of exchange like normal currencies (such as USD, Pounds, Yen, e.t.c.) but without any government interference or manipulation. You can rightly refer to it as cash for the internet. Bitcoin, as a network, enables a new payment system that is completely decentralized. This means it is a peer-to-peer network that is powered by users with neither a central authority nor middlemen. What makes.......
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