E-commerce

alibaba, china
Alibaba Affiliate Taps Blockchain for Charity Payments
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has created a private blockchain that seeks to help make charities more transparent and accountable.
alibaba, china

nodes, world
OpenBazaar 2.0: How Bitcoin’s Free Market eBay Plans to Go Global
OpenBazaar is becoming more than an illicit market. New upgrades are being designed to attract more users and larger merchants.
nodes, world

Distributed Tees from OpenBazaar
10 Things You Can Buy for $10 on Bitcoin Market OpenBazaar
From lodging to lip balm, the decentralized bitcoin marketplace OpenBazaar is already home to a surprising variety of wares.
Distributed Tees from OpenBazaar

tesla
How I Preordered a Tesla Model 3 With Bitcoin
The recent purchase of a Tesla 3 with bitcoin is the catalyst for this story about how far bitcoin has come since the days of pizzas and Alpaca socks.
tesla

credit
Bitcoin Wallet Startup Now Extending Credit to Users
Bitcoin startup BitPagos is now giving its wallet users access to credit lines in a bid to boost e-commerce spending.
credit

network
Decentralized Bitcoin Market OpenBazaar is Now Live
The developers of OpenBazaar, the decentralized marketplace protocol, have released the first live version of the software.
network

Vintage Fasion at OpenBazaar
How OpenBazaar’s Early Adopters Are Testing the Online Market
OpenBazaar isn't even fully operational and vendors have begun to test its services. Who's preparing to do business is surprisingly diverse.
Vintage Fasion at OpenBazaar

netflix
Netflix Exec Suggests Streaming Video Giant Open to Bitcoin
The CFO of streaming video giant Netflix issued new comments on digital currency in a recent public Q&A.
netflix

secret, business
Purse Raises $1 Million, Plans ‘Secret Bitcoin Project’
Bitcoin e-commerce startup Purse has raised $1m in seed funding in a round led by investor Barry Silbert’s Digital Currency Group.
secret, business

Purse
Customer Bitcoins Stolen in Purse Email Breach
Bitcoin startup Purse has disclosed that 10.235 BTC in customer funds were stolen over the weekend during a security incident.
Purse