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Sandman Hotel Group Now Accepts Bitcoin Reservations

The Vancouver-based group claims to be the first hospitality company to accept bitcoin in Canada.

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CheapAir Tops $1.5 Million in Total Bitcoin Sales

CEO Jeff Klee speaks to CoinDesk about the company's bitcoin sales success, the arrival of Expedia, and more.

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Online Education Platform Skilljar Embraces Bitcoin

The company specialises in enabling third parties to deliver online training courses and has now started accepting bitcoin payments.

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Online Gambling Payments Pioneer NETELLER Snubs Bitcoin

The Isle-of-Man-based firm has barred transactions related to 'virtual currencies' in revisions to its customer agreement.

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BitPay or Coinbase? Shopify Now Lets Merchants Choose

Online commerce platform specialist Shopify is now offering Coinbase integration to its merchants.

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Car Marketplace Beepi: Accepting Bitcoin Was 'Logical' Step

The peer-to-peer used-car marketplace has started to accept bitcoin payments and will hold onto its cryptocurrency.

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Japanese Retail Giant Rakuten Hints at Bitcoin Acceptance

The CEO of e-commerce empire Rakuten has praised bitcoin and suggested the company could eventually accept the cryptocurrency.

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Pantera Launches BitIndex to Track Bitcoin

The index was created by the investment firm to forecast "what may happen to bitcoin in the medium term".

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Philippines Startups Aim to Fulfil Bitcoin's Remittance Promise

Workers sending money home face high fees from 'legacy' payments services. Now some Philippines startups want to change that.

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Online Art Gallery Experiments with Bitcoin Payments

An online art gallery prices artworks in bitcoin and rewards artists who accept the cryptocurrency as payment.

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