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GoCoin launches SMS-based bitcoin payments

Posted on 16th August, 2014

Earlier this week, cryptocurrency-based payment system GoCoin launched a new payment system allowing merchants to initiate digital currency payments via SMS or email. The “Click-to-Bill” system, outlined in an article on CoinDesk, is currently aimed at the pre-paid phone market, and will allow customers to easily top-up bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin-connected accounts without the need […]

Is PayPal building a Bitcoin-friendly wallet?

Posted on 19th February, 2014

Speaking with Bloomberg TV yesterday, eBay CEO John Donahoe dropped interesting tidbit of information about PayPal’s plans for integrating digital currencies. Responding to a question from Street Smart‘s Matt Miller about looming competition from Bitcoin, Donahoe said: You can use digital currencies in the PayPal digital wallet, that’s in fact what PayPal is doing … […]