eBay CEO: "We will have to integrate digital currencies..."

[DolanDuck]

Overstock, Dish, Apple and now (perhaps) ebay, this year will end in an explosion of the bitcoin value in my opinion.

[jjc326]

Wow things are really rolling back in the positive for Bitcoin.  First it was all the negative news about China but that seems to be in the past now, things looking up...it all goes in waves, cycles...

[BittBurger]

[beetcoin]

i only care in that it will affect the price of bitcoin.. i don't care in that i wouldn't use ebay even if they did integrate bitcoin. fuck them.

[LiteCoinGuy]

big news, one more   

[Beliathon]

GG fiat, you just lost the game.

[scribbles]

Looking for a bump to value once eBay/PayPal adds to the momentum! 

http://www.c[Suspicious link removed]m/id/101734293

[Ron~Popeil]

i only care in that it will affect the price of bitcoin.. i don't care in that i wouldn't use ebay even if they did integrate bitcoin. fuck them.

Don't mince words. What do you really think? 

[Cranky4u]

Time to start dollar averaging purchase program again 

[lihuajkl]

I wonder if Ebay/Paypal accepting Bitcoin will kick off the next price bubble?

After that, more people will accept BTC as a currency, and will buy and hold it. The trading volume will increase more than double than today.It will be difficult for any one or company to control the price, which will be more stable than today.

[p2pbucks]

 No ,don't do this , let's do a competation ,see who will stand last 

[hellscabane]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

[Ron~Popeil]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

[beetcoin]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

[Beliathon]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

Sure, they could do this. For awhile.

Look how long Blockbuster held out against the one-two punch of piracy* [sic] and Netflix! Oh wait, they crashed and burned hard. Nevermind.

*Non-slander term = digital culture sharing.

[Ron~Popeil]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

That would be a very short sighted way to go about it. Beliathon's Blockbuster example is spot on. Adapt to a changing world or go the way of the dinosaurs.

[hellscabane]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

That would be a very short sighted way to go about it. Beliathon's Blockbuster example is spot on. Adapt to a changing world or go the way of the dinosaurs.

I agree that lobbying against it would be very short-sighted but other companies have already started the cogs rolling in that direction (i.e. Mastercard). Naturally adopting new, up-and-coming technologies is the way to go.

There is one key difference between Blockbuster and eBay: their business models are predicated on completely different things. As long as traditional credit and fiat transfers are viable, I think eBay is safe. And frankly, there isn't any particularly substantive reason to believe that will change anytime soon.

Like I said, lobbying it to a business board (especially one in a company like eBay) would at least start a discussion among business big-wigs.

[Finchy]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

That would be a very short sighted way to go about it. Beliathon's Blockbuster example is spot on. Adapt to a changing world or go the way of the dinosaurs.

It's same with any service, but this is what I like about bitcoin as it's seriously going to make businesses like PayPal and ebay change their ways.

[Ron~Popeil]

This is very positive for Bitcoin; however, just because the CEO holds a certain sentiment, it doesn't necessarily mean that the company will have to follow suit. Like it has been mentioned, lobbying to the company's board is an entirely different situation.

That said, I think the board should be lobbied to; that would actually be a much bigger step than stating it in some sort of press release.

If there is money to be made they will get in line. That is the nature of commerce.

or they could protect their current business model by getting lobbyists to go against bitcoin.

That would be a very short sighted way to go about it. Beliathon's Blockbuster example is spot on. Adapt to a changing world or go the way of the dinosaurs.

I agree that lobbying against it would be very short-sighted but other companies have already started the cogs rolling in that direction (i.e. Mastercard). Naturally adopting new, up-and-coming technologies is the way to go.

There is one key difference between Blockbuster and eBay: their business models are predicated on completely different things. As long as traditional credit and fiat transfers are viable, I think eBay is safe. And frankly, there isn't any particularly substantive reason to believe that will change anytime soon.

Like I said, lobbying it to a business board (especially one in a company like eBay) would at least start a discussion among business big-wigs.

Absolutely. Once the herd mentality sets in things are going to get fun.

[Honeypot]

ebaycoin (EBC).

ALL MY MONEY.