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Submission + - BitPay, Toshiba Partnership Brings Bitcoin to 6,000 New Merchants (coindesk.com)

Submitted by Raystonn on Friday May 16, 2014 @01:13AM

Raystonn writes: Toshiba has announced the integration of Bitcoin support in their touch-screen point-of-sale platform, VisualTouch, used by over 6,000 merchants. The merchants will now be able to accept Bitcoin payments at the register from anyone with a smartphone or any other QR code reader. Acceptance of Bitcoin as a payment method frees merchants from worries of fraudulent chargebacks, as Bitcoin payments are non-reversible just like cash, while allowing settlement deposits in any of 9 currencies, including $USD and Bitcoin.

Submission + - Bloomberg's trading terminals now providing Bitcoin pricing (bloomberg.com) 1

Submitted by Raystonn on Wednesday April 30, 2014 @10:15AM

Raystonn writes: Bloomberg has announced the release of Bitcoin support in their trading terminals, used worldwide by over 320,000 trading professionals. The market makers of the world will now have instant access to immediate Bitcoin prices on an industry-standard trading platform. This places the virtual currency before the eyes of the movers and shakers of most of the world's money supply as they decide where to invest their $USD holdings.

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