Monday, February 10, 2014

Bing Bounces Onto Bitcoin Bandwagon

Search engine Bing.com has jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon--well, at least, it is now letting you track the bouncing values of your Bitcoins directly from the search engine. According to Bing, it is now letting users see the value of their BItcoins is various denominations (American dollars, for example) directly from the search engine. Bing has let users convert currencies in the search engine for years, but this is the first time it now converts the value of various currencies to and from Bitcoin. Bitcoin is the electronic currency which has grabbed the fascination of the public recently--both for its regular astronomic rises and drops in value, as well as issues around government control and sometimes subversive use of the currency for money laundering.