Search Results for: Bitcoins
SpectroCoin Launches Bitcoin-to-Cash Service in 25 Countries
November 20th, 2014
SpectroCoin is now allowing its customers to convert bitcoin into cash in 25 countries across Europe and Central Asia. The announcement is the latest from the UK and Lithuania-based bitcoin services provider, which added merchant processing to its existing brokerage and ...
Bitcoin Startups May Get Transitional License in New York
November 3rd, 2014
New York may grant transitional licenses to small virtual-currency firms and startups to let them grow before facing the full burden of new regulation, the state’s top financial watchdog said. Benjamin Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services, has ...
Israeli police arrests Mexican Bitcoin blackmail
November 3rd, 2014
A 34 year old man was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv on suspicion he had stolen information during the last few months and demanded Bitcoin worth millions of shekels in order not to disclose information. Cyber ...
MintPal Vows to Fight Former Moolah CEO in Court
October 31st, 2014
The owners of the troubled digital currency exchange MintPal are moving to take legal action against former Moopay LTD CEO Alex Green. Green, who was once known as Ryan Kennedy, is accused of stealing as much as 4,000 BTC ...
BitQuick’s New Campaign
October 29th, 2014
BitQuick is challenging USA and Europe to sell their bitcoins by using Bitquick.co. “We’re calling it the BitQuick challenge,” says Founder Jad Mubaslat. “We’re so confident users will come back, that we’re giving away $10 or 0.03 BTC, whichever ...
The Digital Currency Dilemma: Anonymity vs. Privacy (Op-Ed)
October 22nd, 2014
First Global Credit’s CEO Gavin Smith comments on digital currency exchange Bitstamp’s policy change and the issue of anonymity in the digital currency markets. This week Bitcoin Exchange, Bitstamp, fulfilled a promised policy change of handing over to the ...
Exante features in RBK
October 20th, 2014
Anatoliy Knyazev, Exante’s CEO and co-founder, discussed the first Bitcoin Fund with RBK – Russian leading news media. Anatoliy was quoted on the journey of the fund as well as speaking about the benefits it brought to its investors. ...
Interview with St. Louis Fed Vice President on Bitcoin
October 9th, 2014
Dr David Andolfatto, who is Vice President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has been one of the most forward-looking people at central banks around the world when it comes to crypto-currencies. Here he speaks with Max Rangeley, Editor ...
Russia against Bitcoin use and promotion with monetary penalties
October 6th, 2014
The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation has published the full version of the draft bill which, if passed in current form, would effectively ban the creation and distribution of software that allows for the use of money ...
Coinbase Extends Bitcoin Access to International Customers
September 11th, 2014
Coinbase is taking its Bitcoin services to Europe in a move that could help expand the virtual currency’s reach. The company, one of the most popular digital wallet providers, said on Wednesday that it was expanding to 13 European ...
