Japan’s largest consumer electronics retailer Yamada Denki has partnered with the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Bitflyer to trial bitcoin payments. Initially, bitcoin will be accepted at two of Yamada Denki Labi stores in Tokyo, but the company plans to roll out the digital currency payment option nationwide in the future. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange […]
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Recently, it was made public that retail giant Overstock.com had fallen victim to a huge exploit involving Coinbase’s merchant API. This is another issue on top of many others that customers and businesses have made apparent affecting the leading Bitcoin exchange. On January 5, independent researchers discovered a massive exploit in Overstock’s cryptocurrency payment gateway, which is offered through Coinbase’s merchant functionality. This exploit allowed Overstock customers to purchase items with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) instead of Bitcoin, which effectively resulted in an almost 85% discount. The even greater issue that emerged was the ability to return purchases made with the discounted BCH and