BitPay (bitpay.com) is a virtual currency processor that specializes in enabling merchants to accept bitcoin payments from customers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company has grown rapidly in the past few years. At the beginning of 2013, BitPay secured $510,000 in funding from various investors.
Dopamine (DA, contracted from 3,4-dihydroxyphenethylamine) is an organic chemical of the catecholamine and phenethylamine families that plays several important roles in the brain and body.
Understanding Dopamine's Role in the Brain and Its Link to Your Health. More in Borderline Personality Disorder. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter (a chemical released by nerve cells) that plays an important and diverse role in how your brain functions. Dopamine's Role in the Brain. Dopamine neurons (nerve cells) have cell bodies in the midbrain with nerve fibers (called axons) that extend into a number of other sites in the brain. This allows for dopamine to be transmitted from one brain site to another, and these connections are called dopaminergic pathways.