Liberty Reserve -- a Bitcoin-like digital currency system -- has been shut down by the U.S. authorities. The days of unregulated virtual money are numbered....
When it's all said and done, Bitcoin payments will be indistinguishable from the credit card variety -- that is if anyone still uses the digital currency....
High-volume businesses should set-up multiple merchant accounts, so as to spread the risk. Smaller merchants should focus on growing their business instead....
There are Square-like payment processors which can serve Starbucks-size merchants every bit as well as -- or better than -- their far bigger competitors....