GMO Internet Group has worked with cryptocurrency through its regular internet - based business activities
by accepting digital currencies as payment as well as starting an exchange and trading service.
Not exact matches
The pace at which that occurs will be determined
by how quickly those involved in
digital currencies accept and adapt to a real regulation and adjust such
currencies to better protect consumers and investors.
Virtual
currency that can be monetized, resold, or converted to physical or
digital products and services or otherwise exit the virtual world (e.g., Bitcoin); sale of stored value or credits maintained,
accepted and issued
by anyone other than the seller
PayPal is taking another small step in helping
digital currency, particularly bitcoin, enter the mainstream
by helping their merchants
accept bitcoin payments...
By enabling bitcoin payments for gift cards, the Gyft - BitPay partnership essentially opens the door to let bitcoin fans indirectly spend the
digital currency at numerous stores that don't currently
accept bitcoins themselves.
««Virtual
currencies» means a
digital representation of value that is neither issued
by a central bank or a public authority, not attached to a legally established
currency, which does not possess the legal status of
currency or money, but is
accepted by natural or legal persons as a means of exchange or for other purposes, and can be transferred, stored or traded electronically.
The Bank of Israel and the ministry stress that
digital currencies are not legal tender, nor are they issued or backed
by a central bank, which means there is not legal requirement for anyone to
accept or exchange them.
Tapping into a new and innovative
digital currency community in which bitcoins can be earned and saved
by users across the globe, the Kings have begun to
accept bitcoins in the Kings Team Store through a simple checkout process, and will offer fans the ability to pay online for team merchandise and tickets
by March 1.
By no longer
accepting credit card or wire transfers as a payment, and switching to
digital currency, you can service customers from all around the world.
The proposal defines «virtual
currencies» as a
digital representation of value that can be digitally transferred, stored or traded and
accepted by natural or legal persons as a medium of exchange, but does not have legal tender status.
By witnessing bitcoin's low transaction fees in - person, Purse hopes more San Francisco merchants will begin to
accept the
digital currency as well.
By enabling bitcoin payments for gift cards, the Gyft - BitPay partnership essentially opens the door to let bitcoin fans indirectly spend the
digital currency at numerous stores that don't currently
accept bitcoins themselves.
While there are still not many businesses
accepting bitcoin in Taiwan so far - with most users seeing it as an investment - BitoEX plans to promote the use of
digital currency by opening up its API and holding a hackathon to develop new use cases.
UATP, a payment network privately owned
by 30 airline companies and operating for the benefit of the global airline industry, announces today it now offers its network of 260 + airline companies, the ability to
accept payments in the
digital currency.
Snoop Dogg's representatives later said in an interview that he was not serious about
accepting bitcoin, but the news brought waves of attention to the
digital currency by the general public.
«A crucial hurdle» for bitcoin is whether major financial institutions will
accept the
digital currency as collateral, said Blanch, who is considered
by many to be one of the best commodity analysts on Wall Street.
India has not started
accepting any
digital currency, But looking at the frequent rise and acceptance
by most developed countries, we can say Bitcoin will go long.
In announcing the integration, RingPlus cited the desire to appeal to a broader audience of
digital currency users
by accepting bitcoin as well as litecoin and dogecoin.
Digital currencies are defined in the document as «convertible virtual
currencies, including crypto -
currencies or similar concepts where the concept is
accepted by persons as a means of payment for goods or services, a unit of account, a store of value or a commodity.»
As reported
by Bloomberg, Soros» firm is the third - largest shareholder of the e-commerce company — which, in addition to notably becoming the first major retailer to
accept digital currencies as a valid form of payment in August 2017, plans on starting its own cryptocurrency exchange and offering its own
digital coins.
More than half of people think cryptocurrency will be
accepted in shops and on buses
by 2025, with one in five already banking some
digital currency.
The 2012 ECB report defined virtual
currency as «a type of unregulated,
digital money, which is issued and usually controlled
by its developers, and used and
accepted among the members of a specific virtual community».
Merchants already using PagPop can now
accept the
digital currency by default, with no need to install additional software.