Tech 31 October 2018

JD.com to open blockchain research lab

Chinese e-retailer JD.com will be setting up a blockchain research lab in cooperation with two universities.

Business 17 October 2018

Marks Jewelers now accepts Bitcoin BCH, other cryptocurrencies

Pennsylvania-based Marks Jewelers has partnered with Shopping Cart Elite, an eCommerce payment platform, to give customers the ability to pay for their fine jewelry purchases with a variety of digital currencies.

Business 3 September 2018

Rakuten joins Japan’s crypto fray with $2.3M exchange buy

ecommerce giant Rakuten said that it had decided to acquire a cryptocurrency exchange in Japan, called Everybody's Bitcoin, to continue diversifying its interests and thus also entering the crypto space.

Business 6 August 2018

Bitcoin BCH now accepted at 50M merchants, thanks to Coinbase plugin

The WooCommerce plugin has been introduced for the Coinbase Commerce platform, going a long way to help spread cryptocurrency adoption around the world.

Business 3 July 2018

0-conf BCH transactions continue to spread through commerce

Zero-confirmation transactions is an integral part of Satoshi Nakamoto white paper which Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is going to fulfill and use as a legitimate currency for eCommerce.

Tech 14 June 2018

China’s JD.com prepares for asset-backed securities on blockchain

Chinese ecommerce giant JD.com has announced it is planning to launch asset-backed securities powered by blockchain.

Events 6 June 2018

Jerry Chan: If Bitcoin is not an effective medium of exchange, it cannot be a store of value

At the CoinGeek Conference in Hong Kong, SBI Bits’ Jerry Chan explains how Bitcoin’s role as a medium of exchange is critical to its acceptance as a store of value.

Events 28 May 2018

CoinGeek.com hosts first Bitcoin Cash Social in the Philippines

CoinGeek.com hosted the first Bitcoin Cash Social in the Philippines, a market where Bitcoin Cash could provide a fast, secure, and cheap international money transfer option.

Business 18 May 2018

OpenBazaar opens peer-to-peer trading for 44 cryptocurrencies

OB1 rolled out OpenBazaar version 2.2.0, which offers a slew of new features and improvements—the biggest of which was the ability to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on the platform.

Events 17 May 2018

Bitcoin Cash Social raises crypto awareness in Asia’s rising tiger—Philippines

CoinGeek will be holding its first ever Bitcoin Cash Social in the Philippines as part of raising awareness about cryptocurrency—Bitcoin Cash in particular—and merchant adoption.

Events 10 May 2018

CoinGeek Conference to be an eye-opener for crypto-based eCommerce

The upcoming CoinGeek conference is the perfect venue to learn why BCH has become—and will continue to be—so valuable to eCommerce.

Events 7 May 2018

Less than 2 weeks remain before the inaugural CoinGeek Conference

The upcoming CoinGeek conference, happening at the Four Seasons Hong Kong on May 18, will showcase why Bitcoin Cash is rapidly becoming the go-to cryptocurrency in the eCommerce industry. New retailers look to accept the digital currency every day and payment solutions, such as WooCommerce, are leading the way.