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Shopify announced this week that the 100,000+ merchants using the e-commerce platform can now accept Bitcoin payments thanks to an integration with Coinbase’s merchant services. Interested merchants can create a Coinbase account and adjust their Shopify settings to make Bitcoin a...

Google has integrated an automatic Bitcoin calculation tool with its search engine. The price of Bitcoin will appear when users search for “Price of BTC” or “Bitcoin price.” You can also check the price of Bitcoin converted to other currencies and vice-versa. Google has partnered...

Speaking at the most recent CoinSummit London conference, at a summit intended to address the 51% threat to Bitcoin, controversial mining pool GHash.io publicly committed not to reach or exceed 40% of the total hashrate of the Bitcoin network, while at the same time calling for a...

A number of the services that we regularly cover are in one way or another trying to get around a major, fundamental issue with Bitcoin, which is that, for all of its convenience and security once you actually have some, buying Bitcoin with fiat money is a colossal pain in the...

Namecoin is the very first of all the altcoins — I know, you heard it was Litecoin. It’s not. The specs are going to be very easy to go over, so I’ll start there: – Identical to Bitcoin for block time, reward, total coins, etc. – Fair, open-source, public...

Recently evidence has begun to emerge that ButterFly Labs may have purchased ButtCoin.org, a website that satirizes Bitcoin, about two months ago. In order to understand why this might be the case, let’s take a step back and look at how we got to this point. The Story Thus...

Bitcoin mining operations are slated to spend at least $600 million to deploy infrastructure in the second half of this year to process transactions using the digital currency, reports Data Center Knowledge. That investment will continue into next year, according to panelists at...

Quantum computers are making an increasingly rapid transition from chalkboard fantasy to commercial reality. A few months ago, we discovered from the Snowden leaks that the NSA is attempting to construct the world’s first useful quantum computer. D-Wave, a company...

Global cash transaction network ZipZap has recently partnered with PayZone, a UK-based payment processing service, to offer its services in the UK. The deal should help UK Bitcoin users get access to Bitcoin by allowing them to purchase the digital currency with cash at more than...

The crypto trading platform ANX has introduced a first-of-its-kind international Bitcoin debit card. ANX CEO Ken Lo told CoinTelegraph: “We believe prepaid cards will play an integral role in a Bitcoin consumer’s day-to-day financial life. As a market leader we felt it was...