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21 Oct 2014 / NEW YORK (InsideBitcoins) — If you’ve ever used Bitcoin at an actual brick and mortar store, restaurant, or bar, then it’s possible that you’ve also noticed a few common issues with the current setup. While paying with Bitcoin generally works in most situations

01 Oct 2014 / Ramblinwreck.com – Georgia Institute of Technology will be the first university in the world to integrate bitcoin payments into its stadium concession sales and student dining and shopping credit system, announced Wednesday by BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor. Bitcoin point of

26 Sept 2014 – Hackney Gazette – The UK’s first bitcoin festival saw 20 Shoreditch businesses embrace digital currency as an alternative form of payment in the borough. The 10 day festival, BlockStock, finished on Monday after taking place in various locations in the heart of Tech

24 Sept 2014 / Forbes – PayPal and its parent company eBay EBAY +0.51% are warming up to Bitcoin, but they’re doing it oh so carefully. On Tuesday, PayPal announced that it was partnering with Bitcoin processors BitPay, Coinbase and GoCoin to allow its merchants to accept the

20 Sept 2014 / Business Insider – Apple’s new payment system is igniting interest across the payment industry, but it’s important to note that it doesn’t represent a major change over the legacy payment process. Bitcoin, even as it suffers another price slump, is disruptive— particularly from the perspective

17 Sept 2014 / CoinTelegraph – Fantasy sports has always seemed like a promising area for Bitcoin acceptance. An industry dependent on online payments with over US$1 billion bet in the U.S. each year on fantasy football alone, much of it pooled in leagues stretching across the