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Coinbase is adding support for Ethereum
July 22nd, 2016
Since Coinbase was founded in 2012, hundreds if not thousands of Bitcoin competitors (typically referred to as alt-coins) were created. But Coinbase ignored the noise and remained focused on supporting just one currency – Bitcoin. But today that changes, as Coinbase ...
Bitcoin Trading is Exceeding Gold Trading in Brazil
July 14th, 2016
A report has revealed that the total value of bitcoin trading among digital currency exchanges in Brazil has now surpassed that of gold spot trading on the Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange – the country’s securities market authority ...
Is Bitcoin money?
June 30th, 2016
Is Bitcoin actually money? American Banker reports a Florida circuit court judge will rule on the question Friday (July 1) as part of a “first-of-its-kind money-laundering case.” The report says Michel Espinoza was arrested at a Miami Beach motel in February ...
Australia has sold $22 million worth of seized bitcoins in a global auction
June 29th, 2016
Australia has sold $22 million worth of bitcoins seized as the proceeds of crime in a global auction. Ernst and Young transactions partner Adam Nikitins said multiple bidders claimed 24,518 units of the digital currency during the auction, which ...
Investors see bitcoin as safe haven
June 27th, 2016
Demand is up following drop in pound as a result of Brexit Demand surged for bitcoin as a safe haven from the British pound, which plummeted after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). The pound fell ...
Gemini Trading Platform is now available in UK; trade Bitcoin and Ether
June 22nd, 2016
Gemini has announced that now, registered customers in the U.K. can trade bitcoin and ether on Gemini’s ETH/BTC order book. Below is Gemini’s announcement: We are thrilled to announce the expansion of Gemini services to the United Kingdom! This ...
Bitcoin exchange Quoine raises $20m venture investment
June 21st, 2016
Quoine, a Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange, has closed a $20 million funding round, leveraging off the large opportunity for Bitcoin in the Japanese market, led by venture capitalists (VCs) and other ‘strategic investors’. It’s last funding round was a $2 million ...
Can Bitcoin Technology Solve the Migrant Crisis?
June 9th, 2016
Staci Warden of the Milken Institute argues that the blockchain could be the future of border control REFUGEES FROM WAR-TORN NATIONS often give up everything they have in an attempt to create a better future for themselves and their ...
The Five Most Useful Properties of Bitcoin
June 2nd, 2016
Bitcoin has received plenty of hype as the money of the future over the past few years, but what are the properties of this digital asset that set it apart from everything else on the market? What are the ...
EY selling $16m worth of bitcoin
May 30th, 2016
Professional services firm Ernst and Young says it will sell $16 million worth of bitcoin, in what it describes as an Australian-first. EY said it has been engaged to assist in an international auction of 24,518 bitcoin by an ...
