What Might eBay Bring to Bitcoin?
Towards the end of November, eBay president Devin Wenig spoke openly about bitcoin in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. The news appears to be good for bitcoin’s backers. Despite eBay and PayPal’s announced split, the e-commerce giant is…
PayPal Exec Unwittingly Makes the Case for Bitcoin
By Mark Norton: Editor @ BitcoinWarrior.net Patrick Gauthier, General Manager of Emerging Retail Services at PayPal published an interesting article on Pymnts.com yesterday. It was a good read, talking about the progress of technology and the sometimes unexpected turns it…
Dwolla Suspends Bitcoin: The On Ramp is Closed!
I recently came on an interesting article by an economics student. The clearly anti-Bitcoin author noted a few of the common criticisms of Bitcoin before launching into her big finale. She claimed that even if Bitcoin where to supplant fiat…
Bitcoin and the Language Learner: A Profile of Language101.com
I stood in a little Italian café somewhere in Rome at the beginning of my junior year study abroad program. I asked the man behind the counter with a pretty good accent, “Dov’e il bagno?” The man smiled. He clearly…
eBay BitCoin Selling: Fail; eBay Bitcoin Buying: Qualified Fail
An Investigative Report: Selling and Buying Bitcoin on eBay. If one does a search on eBay for bitcoin, you’ll find hundreds of listings for coins. They come in a variety of different formats — instant to your wallet, paper wallet,…