Vilnius-based Coingate, cryptocurrency payment gateway for European merchants, is teaming with Paris-based Prestashop, an open source ecommerce solution. The combination means more choices for cryptocurrency enthusiasts and might encourage an increase in adoption. Coingate + Prestashop = 80,000 More Merchants Dmitrijus Borisenka, Coingate CEO, explained, “Encouraging adoption among people beyond...
Top Business Schools Add Bitcoin Classes, Expand Cryptocurrency MBA Course Offerings
Top-ranked business schools have hopped on the bitcoin bandwagon by expanding their course offerings on cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The move to offer more crypto-related MBA classes was fueled by growing demand from students, as well as from corporate recruiters, especially those in venture capital. Kevin Werbach, a professor at the...
Retailer Adoption of Bitcoin is Growing in the US and Canada, Despite Price Fall
Earlier this week, leading US electronics retailer Newegg expanded its bitcoin integration to its platform in Canada, allowing millions of customers based in Canada to pay for products with bitcoin. Increasing Retailer Adoption Newegg CEO Danny Lee emphasized that the value of bitcoin has skyrocketed since 2014, when the company...
5 Reasons To Buy Ripple XRP Today, Won’t Be This Cheap Again
Ripple (XRP) is one of the most popular altcoins in the cryptocurrency realm. It is a cross-border payment system that looks to do away with the existing boundations involving long transaction times and high fees. The price of XRP tokens is still pretty low, despite the obvious potential it has...
Crypto isn’t in a bubble — ‘bitcoin is the pin that’s going to pop the bubble’
One cannot apply the criteria for what created the Tulip Mania bubble and the Tech Bubble of the 90's to Crypto's, they are three different beasts. Bitcoin has more than halved in value since the start of the year, leading critics to say it's in a bubble that's deflating. Jon...