Ebay weighs accepting bitcoins as payment unitDeutsche WelleEbay is reportedly weighing the introduction of the virtual currency bitcoin into its Braintree payments system, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Citing people familiar with the matter, the newspaper said executives from Ebay's PayPal … More: continued here

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Up To Speed: EBay unit Braintree reportedly close to accepting bitcoinsDallas Business Journal (blog)Neither eBay's (NASDAQ: EBAY) flagship e-commerce service nor PayPal, itself, would integrate bitcoin at the outset, but the Wall Street Journal reported that allowing Braintree to accept the burgeoning cryptocurrency could be a first step toward wider … …

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EBay payment unit reportedly weighing acceptance of bitcoinFortuneWhile that could change over time, The Wall Street Journal reported that EBay EBAY is quietly looking into the integration of bitcoin into its Braintree payments subsidiary, citing people familiar with the matter. Braintree, according to the Journal … More: continued here

Telegraph.co.uk Bitcoin's eBay-owned rival could be ready to join forcesTelegraph.co.ukeBay acquired Braintree last year in an $800m (£479m) deal, in an attempt to boost PayPal's mobile presence. Before it was acquired, Braintree said around a third of its payments were made via smartphones. Although any deal is unlikely to immediately … …

eBay in talks with Bitcoin firms about payments processingRegistereBay's subsidiary has been chatting to Bitcoin facilitators like Coinbase about getting Braintree to accept the virtual cash, but has yet to reach any agreements, familiar people told the newspaper. eBay did not respond to a request for comment from El … …

USA TODAY Food stamp use shows continued 'underemployment' painUSA TODAYA key indicator of economic hardship—enrollment in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly known as food stamps—is higher in every state than it was five years ago, even though unemployment has dropped in every state during …and more » More: continued here

A deal to allow bitcoin as payment would apply only to eBay's PayPal Braintree business and not to eBay itself or to its PayPal subsidiary, says The Wall Street Journal. More: continued here

Several large and notable companies have started accepting Bitcoin in recent months including Dell , Dish , Expedia , and Overstock . But the crypto-currency may be on the verge of snagging its biggest supporter yet: eBay. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click …