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BitPay Aims to Speed Up Bitcoin Checkout with 'One-Tap' App

BitPay’s new merchant app could cut queues at the checkout with one-touch bitcoin payments.

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Markets

W3C's Web Payments Redesign Could Bypass Bitcoin

One of the web's foundational groups is re-examining online payments, but bitcoin is only just entering the conversation.

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FinCEN Rules Bitcoin Payment Processors, Exchanges are Money Transmitters

FinCEN releases new guidance for custodial bitcoin exchanges and payment processors, ruling them money services businesses under US law.

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Payments Veterans Discuss Bitcoin vs Apple Pay at NY Law Conference

Payments veterans waded into the bitcoin vs Apple Pay debate at a New York law conference this week.

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BitFury Invests in GoCoin for Payments Processing Push

BitFury Capital has announced an undisclosed strategic investment in digital currency merchant processor GoCoin.

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Bitnet Lands $14.5 Million Series A Funding to Rival Coinbase, BitPay

Bitnet is targeting large companies with its enterprise bitcoin payments solution and one retail giant is already on board.

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BTC China Adds Mining Pool and Merchant Payment Services

BTC China has expanded its range of services to include a mining pool and payment processing for merchants.

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Why Apple Pay Is a Threat to Bitcoin

The imminent arrival of Apple Pay should be worrying bitcoin advocates, and here's why.

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Ex-VeriFone Exec: Bitcoin Isn't Just Another Crazy Payments Idea

Ex-VeriFone CFO and new BitFury board member Bob Dykes talks about bitcoin in context of payments innovation.

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Finland Project Beams Bitcoin Over the Radio Waves

Finnish bitcoin advocates are sending cryptocurrency across the airwaves. Here's how, and why.

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