Why 2014 will be the year for Litecoin Bitcoin made some distinct progress in the year 2013. The Bitcoin graph started from as low as $13, went up dramatically to above $1200 before settling back to $950 steadily. Apart from Bitcoin, there are some alternate crypto-currencies which are climbing the popularity board, especially Litecoin Continue reading “Why 2014 will be the year for Litecoin”
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Overstock.com has received $130,000 BTC orders on its first day
Overstock.com has received $130,000 BTC orders on its first day The first day of Overstock.com with the newly integrated Bitcoin payment was a great success. Founder and CEO of Overstock, Patrick Byrne announced that Bitcoin orders accounted for $130,000 spread over 840 orders after its first day of accepting it. #Bitcoin's first full day on Continue reading “Overstock.com has received $130,000 BTC orders on its first day”
GoCoin, the first payment platform to accept Litecoin
GoCoin, the first payment platform to accept Litecoin GoCoin, an international digital currency payment platform, announced that it is incorporating Litecoin into its platform along with Bitcoin. Merchants who are using GoCoin as a payment processor will now have the flexibility to accept both Bitcoin and Litecoin payments all through one succinct platform. GoCoin Continue reading “GoCoin, the first payment platform to accept Litecoin”
Pizza.be, Belgian branch of takeaway.com receives 2% of orders in Bitcoin
Pizza.be, Belgian branch of takeaway.com receives 2% of orders in Bitcoin Going back to the infamous 10,000 BTC for pizza in 2010, Belgian’s takeaway.com, Pizza.be is receiving Bitcoin for online orders. This clearly demonstrates that Bitcoin works as a payment method for everyday goods and services. Pizza.be gets around 100 out of their daily orders of Continue reading “Pizza.be, Belgian branch of takeaway.com receives 2% of orders in Bitcoin”
Online Retail Giant, Overstock starts accepting Bitcoin
Online Retail Giant, Overstock starts accepting Bitcoin Bitcoin has taken another leap into the mainstream of e-commerce as Overstock.com has moved forward its plan to accept Bitcoin payment. The company started taking Bitcoin on Thursday morning and within hours, it was reported that about 100 customers has spent about $10,000 worth of Bitcoins. According to Overstock Continue reading “Online Retail Giant, Overstock starts accepting Bitcoin”
GHash.IO is closing in to 51%, get out now
GHash.IO is closing in to 51%, get out now All Bitcoin miners please take note that GHash.IO has in the last 24 hours gained more than 42% of the entire Bitcoin hashing power, effectively making them the biggest Bitcoin mining pool in the world. Miners at GHash.IO are requested to spread the hashes and consider Continue reading “GHash.IO is closing in to 51%, get out now”
Blockchain.info to give away 10 Bitcoins
Blockchain.info to give away 10 Bitcoins To celebrate the creation of 1,000,000 online wallets, Blockchain.info will be giving away 10 BTC to an unsuspecting individual. Blockchain.info has confirmed the giveaway on both Facebook and Twitter, so we know this is for real. This giveaway will be on for a week, and the winner will be announced Continue reading “Blockchain.info to give away 10 Bitcoins”
CoinMama, allowing the purchase of Bitcoin with Credit Card
CoinMama, allowing the purchase of Bitcoin with Credit Card Bitcoin was introduced in 2009, but recently, they have become the financial media’s favorite obsession. Wall Street analysts are getting questions from their clients about Bitcoins, Bitcoin ATMs are being put up around the world and the price of a single Bitcoin has passed the $1,000 mark Continue reading “CoinMama, allowing the purchase of Bitcoin with Credit Card”
Who owns the largest Bitcoin wallet
Who owns the largest Bitcoin wallet Who owns the biggest Bitcoin wallet on the blockchain? Bitcoin richest wallet holds more than 144,000 Bitcoins. If you have been following the news on closure of Silk Road online drug marketplace, the answer would be pretty obvious. When the FBI shut down Silk Road in October, it seized Continue reading “Who owns the largest Bitcoin wallet”
Who gained the most profit from Bitcoin
Who gained the most profit from Bitcoin Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and some other computer hardware manufacturers made more than $200 million off of Bitcoin related hardware sales, reported Wedbush Securities Inc. If true, it turns out the real money in Bitcoin isn’t in the virtual money itself, but in the computer equipment, which Continue reading “Who gained the most profit from Bitcoin”