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Kim Dotcom’s new Bitcoin venture will pay content uploaders
April 6th, 2017
Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom is rolling out a Bitcoin payment system that will allow users to sell their content uploads or charge for live video streaming. The New Zealand-based mogul recently took to YouTube where he announced a new ...
Bitcoin Could Soon Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores in Japan
April 5th, 2017
Japan’s legal classification of bitcoin as a payment method is set to trigger a bitcoin boom in adoption as retailers make haste to accept the world’s most popular cryptocurrency. Late last year, Japanese officials took the formal decision to ...
Bitcoin, Blockchain Security In Focus At Malta Conference, Top Crypto Figures Attend
April 5th, 2017
Bitcoin and Blockchain are receiving a dedicated day at a week-long event highlighting the use of cryptography in finance and data security. The International Financial Cryptography Conference, which kicked off in Malta on Monday and runs until Friday, draws ...
ConnectBTC Launches Bitcoin Mining Pool To Public
April 4th, 2017
ConnectBTC, the Bitcoin network’s newest mining pool is announcing today its launch to the public. ConnectBTC pool is developed and operated by Bitmaintech Israel, Bitmain’s first R&D center outside of China, working to innovate pooled mining services, and deliver ...
Bitcoin Price Spikes Spurred by Chinese Capital Curbs: Australian Financial Analyst
March 29th, 2017
A prominent equities analyst at an Australian private brokerage sees China’s capital controls as a major factor behind the recent surges of the value of bitcoin. Julia Lee, an equities analyst at Australian brokerage firm BellDirect was speaking in ...
SEC rejects SolidX Bitcoin proposal of NYSE listing
March 29th, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a press release to inform about its decision to reject the list on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) of SolidX a bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). SEC’s decision to denie ...
Venezuelan citizens are adopting alternatives like the bitcoin to survive
March 28th, 2017
With its economy in shambles and its national currency in steep decline, Venezuelan citizens are adopting alternatives to survive—chief among them the crypto-currency Bitcoin. But that’s not the only option that’s popping up. In the wake of the financial collapse, ...
A Bitcoin civil war is threatening to tear the digital currency in 2 — here’s what you need to know
March 27th, 2017
There’s a civil war in the bitcoin community over the digital currency’s future. Developers, miners, and other stakeholders are locked in a heated debate over how best to scale the network, with chances steadily rising of irreconcilable differences causing ...
Alert: High Bitcoin prices inspire a wave of scams
March 24th, 2017
Earlier this month, the price of a single Bitcoin eclipsed the price of an ounce of gold for the first time ever. This news, coupled with the exploding adoption of its underlying technology – blockchain – beyond the financial world, ...
Millions of hacked Bitcoin accounts offered for sale on dark web
March 23rd, 2017
A famous Dark Web vendor known by their handle of “DoubleFlag” is selling databases of eleven Bitcoin forums on a popular dark web marketplace. The databases were stolen between 2011 to 2017 from widely visited forums providing information about ...
