eBay founder invests in digital currency, asks for official flexibility

Founder of eBay Pierre Omidyar has invested an undisclosed amount in a digital currency platform and is now asking central banks to embrace the innovation of virtual cash such as bitcoin.

Omidyar Network, his investing firm founded in 2004, has taken a stake in eCurrency Mint (eCM), a Dublin-based company which targets issuing digital currency to central banks.