{"id":86958,"date":"2016-03-14T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T08:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=86958"},"modified":"2016-03-14T14:40:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T12:40:14","slug":"microsoft-drops-bitcoin-as-a-payment-method","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/86958-microsoft-drops-bitcoin-as-a-payment-method","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft drops bitcoin as a payment method"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft no longer accepts bitcoin as a payment method in its store on Windows 10 devices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-10\/microsoft-store-doesnt-accept-bitcoin?tduid=%284548e6bb8c4497e8b8e95d3747b47db8%29%28256380%29%282459594%29%28TnL5HPStwNw-DtQiN2soiJ2Juugd4LVMOg%29%28%29\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The company said<\/strong><\/a> users can no longer redeem Bitcoin into their\u00a0Microsoft account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExisting balances in your account will still be available for purchases from Microsoft Store, but can\u2019t be refunded,\u201d said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2016\/03\/13\/microsoft-store-stops-taking-bitcoin\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Engadget<\/strong><\/a> stated that Microsoft has not explained the reasons behind the decision, and whether it will affect the company\u2019s other platforms \u2013 such as\u00a0Xbox.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/158435-microsoft-drops-bitcoin-as-a-payment-method.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Retail gaming specials this weekend\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86896-retail-gaming-specials-this-weekend-38.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Retail gaming specials this weekend<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Tech deals this week\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/86904-tech-deals-this-week-14.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tech deals this week<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Good guy Sony to hold event to help out ex-Lionhead employees\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/86892-good-guy-sony-to-hold-event-to-help-out-ex-lionhead-employees.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Good guy Sony to hold event to help out ex-Lionhead employees<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft no longer accepts bitcoin as a payment method in its store on Windows 10 devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":86960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[13160,91,1969,17482,17480],"class_list":["post-86958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-bitcoin","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-payment","tag-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86966,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86958\/revisions\/86966"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}