For bitcoin, Overstock and Zynga are just the start
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Up until recently, the list of businesses accepting bitcoin was mostly devoid of any publicly traded companies, with the exception of dating site OkCupid, which is owned by Barry Diller’s IAC.
But two weeks ago, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne confirmed that the online retailer, which is publicly traded on Nasdaq, would start accepting bitcoin as a payment option sometime in 2014.
Then, yesterday, Zynga announced on Reddit that it had started a test to accept the virtual currency for in-app purchases in some of its games. As you can see from the screenshot I took below, you can buy farm bucks on Farmville 2 using bitcoin.