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Bitcoin surges as Grexit worries mount, posts best run in 18 months
June 17th, 2015
Bitcoin surged by as much as 7 percent on Tuesday and was on track for its longest winning streak in 18 months, as concerns that Greece could tumble out of the euro drove speculators and Greek depositors into the ...
What is a Blockchain Sidechain All About?
June 12th, 2015
If you’ve been keeping track of developments in the bitcoin industry, you’d know that the blockchain refers to the public ledger of transactions associated with the cryptocurrency. As the bitcoin ecosystem has grown in size and scale throughout the ...
New Coindesk Report: Who Really Uses Bitcoin ?
June 11th, 2015
Young, pale, techie and male. Anecdotally, this has been the make up of bitcoin’s core community since the cryptocurrency began, at least if media reports and Internet chatter are to be believed. But in 2015, is this still an accurate reflection ...
Bitcoin Has Died Nearly 100 Times
June 8th, 2015
According to the mainstream press, Bitcoin has died…Many, many times. That’s why Jordan Tuwiner started Bitcoin Obituaries – to compile the many obituaries which have been written about the nascent cryptocurrency Bitcoin. He had noticed a preponderance of articles ...
Commonwealth Bank to launch Ripple payments between its subsidiaries
May 29th, 2015
CIO of the bank, David Whiteing, believes digital currency technology like Ripple is where the future of payments is heading The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will soon launch Ripple technology for its subsidiaries to transfer payments between them, ...
Top 10 Countries in Which Bitcoin is Banned
May 27th, 2015
Countries around the world have a wide ranging view of the digital currency bitcoin or a “virtual currency.” Western superpowers like the United States and United Kingdom have shown a positive attitude towards the new technology. Some countries like Canada and Australia are ...
Nasdaq Plans to Increase Bitcoin Blockchain Trials
May 27th, 2015
American Stock Exchange Nasdaq is planning to increase the number of Bitcoin blockchain trials this year, the finance news network FT reported. According to the available reports, the New York group is hoping to initiate three-to-four trials within the next ...
Russia Lifts Bitcoin Ban
May 25th, 2015
Since the middle of the last year, the Russian government has been discussing the possible ban and criminalization of digital currency. Some Bitcoin related sites have even been blocked in a move that forced many of the Bitcoin Russian startups to ...
Bitcoin trading launches on Nasdaq Stockholm exchange
May 18th, 2015
The world’s first bitcoin-based security available on a regulated exchange has launched on Sweden’s Nasdaq. Bitcoin Tracker One, developed by Stockholm-based firm XBT Provider, is an Exchange Traded Note (ETN) that allows traders to invest in bitcoin and access the returns ...
BitGold platform enables people to use Gold as a store of value and medium of payments
May 6th, 2015
BitGold Inc. has issued a press release to announce the public launch of the BitGold platform. BitGold is inviting people everywhere to open free accounts, build savings, and make payments with securely vaulted gold – fully insured with no ...
