Joe Strummer's old-ass Thunderbird is on eBayA.V. ClubNo, he didn't drive a damn Cadillac. Joe Strummer drove a Thunderbird—a 1963 Chalfont Blue Ford Thuderbird, to be precise—which is now up for auction on eBay. Strummer acquired the car in 1987, sometime after his beloved Dodge was lost in Spain, and …Joe Strummer Car Being Auctioned On…
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
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 … More: continued here
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 … More: continued here
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 … 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 here More: continued here
eBay's management mentioned that its recovery is a bit slower in Europe than in the U.S. because the media in Europe is more privacy-sensitive. European legislators and regulators didn't perceive the cyberattack … More: continued here
Reuters Stock futures rising; Coca-Cola buys minority stake in Monster Beverage; eBay…The Plain Dealer – cleveland.comeBay, the world's biggest auction site, is in discussions with the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase over integrating it into Braintree, a division of its internet payments company PayPal. (The Telegraph). Apple has begun keeping the personal data of some …Early movers:…