Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries.

Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Closes $30.5M Funding
Bitcoin Wallet Blockchain Closes $30.5M Funding
October 07, 2014  |  News

Despite Bitcoin prices taking a tumble as of late, Silicon Valley still seems to have an appetite for the digital currency. Blockchain, a Bitcoin wallet...

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Bill Gates Bullish On Apple Pay
Bill Gates Bullish On Apple Pay
October 03, 2014  |  Apple Pay

Bill Gates thinks Apple Pay is a powerful move forward for the payments space and anticipates it will set in motion a wide range of...

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Is The Bitcoin Protocol Creating A Boundary- Less Payments Process?
Is The Bitcoin Protocol Creating A Boundary- Less Payments Process?
October 02, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Existing payment schemes were created with the understanding that payments are going to be (and stay) domestic. That old school way of thinking doesn’t reflect...

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Is The Bitcoin Protocol Creating A Boundary- Less Payments Process?
Is The Bitcoin Protocol Creating A Boundary- Less Payments Process?
October 01, 2014  |  Hmmm

Existing payment schemes were created with the understanding that payments are going to be (and stay) domestic. That old school way of thinking doesn’t reflect...

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Visa’s View Of A B2B Future
Visa’s View Of A B2B Future
September 26, 2014  |  Hmmm

What do you do when you’re the largest payments company on the planet and every aspect of payments is undergoing huge global change? You try...

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Ripple Brings Real Time Payments To The U.S.
Ripple Brings Real Time Payments To The U.S.
September 25, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

Payment network Ripple Labs just snagged is to U.S. banks closer to its goal of frictionless payments worldwide.  CBW Bank and Cross River Bank, based in Kansas...

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FTC Cracks Down On “Bogus” Bitcoin Operation
FTC Cracks Down On “Bogus” Bitcoin Operation
September 25, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) convinced a federal court to shut down a Missouri-based Bitcoin company called Butterfly Labs because, according to the FTC...

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PayPal Merchants Accepting Bitcoin, Sort Of
PayPal Merchants Accepting Bitcoin, Sort Of
September 24, 2014  |  B2B Payments

PayPal is taking another small step in helping digital currency, particularly bitcoin, enter the mainstream by helping their merchants accept bitcoin payments.  The leader in...

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