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UBS reveals its interest in Sidechains as well as Ethereum
September 15th, 2015
There is an air of confidence about UBS at this time concerning the bank’s exploration of distributed ledger technology and smart contracts. Recently, UBS demonstrated how a bond could be automated on a blockchain, the shared ledger system similar ...
UBS Building Virtual Coin For Mainstream Banking
September 7th, 2015
Swiss bank UBS is working on a prototype virtual currency that it hopes will be used by banks and financial institutions as a basis to settle mainstream financial markets transactions. But unlike the bitcoin digital currency, the Swiss bank’s ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
E-Coin Launches Bitcoin Debit Card Affiliate Program
August 24th, 2015
E-coin specializes in bridging the gap between the traditional financial institutions and Bitcoin by allowing Bitcoin users to store Bitcoin safely with its multi-sig wallet service, as well as allowing users to load Bitcoin onto debit cards that can be used ...
Coinify Acquires Coinzone
August 17th, 2015
Coinify announced that it will be taking over the operations of Coinzone, a leading Bitcoin payment provider. Coinzone will bring development and volume to the table, and this new partnership will result in a number of new opportunities for ...
Bitcoin’s Dark Side Could Get Darker
August 13th, 2015
Investors see riches in a cryptography-enabled technology called smart contracts–but it could also offer much to criminals. Some of the earliest adopters of the digital currency Bitcoin were criminals, who have found it invaluable in online marketplaces for contraband ...
Australia pushes to recognize bitcoin as regular currency
August 5th, 2015
The Australian government on Tuesday suggested treating bitcoin and other digital currencies on a par with standard money in the country. The move comes in contrast to an earlier position towards digital currencies as “intangible assets.” “The committee is ...
Bitcoin: The hottest game for Chinese gamblers
August 3rd, 2015
Bitcoin trading is the hottest game in China. The digital currency has been embraced by Chinese users who like to take a gamble: It’s all “about trading, about volatility, about making a profit — buy low, sell high,” said ...
Two arrested in illegal bitcoin scheme
July 23rd, 2015
A West Palm Beach man is one of two individuals arrested by federal authorities Tuesday for operating an unlicensed money-transfer business that allegedly used bitcoins to launder cash for on-line criminals. Authorities arrested Anthony R. Murgio, 31, of West ...
Visa: Bitcoin Has a Future in Payments
July 10th, 2015
Large existing payments companies are “lowering the drawbridges” and working more openly with new players in the space, according to a Visa executive. Jonathan Vaux, executive director of new digital payments and strategy at Visa Europe, was speaking at WIRED Money, held ...
