Balenciaga, a luxury fashion house, will begin accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment online and in select physical locations. Balenciaga, a Kering-owned luxury fashion house, will begin accepting bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as payment. First, flagship stores located in the U,S. and Balenciaga’s website will trial the new payment feature with further roll-outs expected … Read more
While many like to use Bitcoin Pizza Day as a meme, it actualized Satoshi Nakamoto’s goal with their invention: digital money without intermediaries. Bitcoin Pizza Day is likely the famous remembrance day of Bitcoin’s history. It alludes to the day when BTC was first used to purchase a real-world product, on May 22, 2010. The … Read more
While many like to use Bitcoin Pizza Day as a meme, it actualized Satoshi Nakamoto’s goal with their invention: digital money without intermediaries. Bitcoin Pizza Day is likely the famous remembrance day of Bitcoin’s history. It alludes to the day when BTC was first used to purchase a real-world product, on May 22, 2010. The … Read more
In recognition of Bitcoin pizza day, the first-ever real-world transaction using Bitcoin, Cointelegraph speaks with the crypto community about their historic BTC purchases. Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day! Before you dial for a Margherita to commemorate the world’s first real-world Bitcoin transaction, here’s a slice of trivia: What do a family holiday to Japan, a 50 … Read more
A data analyst on the Isle of Man demonstrated how contactless payments work on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network using an NFC enabled “Bolt Card.” The Lightning Network (LN) just got a bit faster, as the suitably named Bolt Card now enables Bitcoin (BTC) enthusiasts to pay for goods and services using contactless technology. A data analyst … Read more
Primer, an automated payments infrastructure platform servicing over 30 countries, partnered with OpenNode to enable one-click payments with bitcoin. Primer, a global payment infrastructure automation platform, now allows one-click checkout functions for bitcoin. Primer partnered with a leading bitcoin payments infrastructure company, OpenNode, to bring this optionality worldwide. Primer currently operates in 30 countries with … Read more
A home was purchased for $65,000 in bitcoin making local history as the first real estate transaction with the peer-to-peer currency in Louisville, Kentucky. The first real-estate transaction using bitcoin in Louisville, Kentucky was recently completed. The purchase took about eight seconds and cost $0.70 in transaction fees. The owner and president of Millennial Title … Read more