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New York’s bitcoin hub dreams fade with licensing backlog
October 31st, 2016
New York’s financial regulator had sights set on becoming a global hub for innovations like bitcoin when it adopted trailblazing virtual currency rules last year. But the state lost that momentum when the agency’s chief left, putting a licensing ...
London banks are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals
October 26th, 2016
THE threat of debilitating attacks launched by hackers has become so concerning that financial institutions in London are reportedly stockpiling Bitcoin to pay off potential ransom demands of cyber criminals. On Friday in the US, a number of major ...
Korean Government to Commercialize Bitcoin, Digital Currency
October 25th, 2016
Financial authorities decided to institutionalize digital currencies such as Bitcoin. In addition, they are planning to ramp up the size of average annual policy finance to one trillion won from 500 billion won for the development of fintech. “We ...
BitPay announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel Technologies
October 25th, 2016
Leading bitcoin payments company BitPay today announced the first bitcoin wallet with Intel hardware security integration. This new solution will allow Copay users to rest assured that their data is better protected even if their application code or associated computer is compromised. The Intel® ...
In China, Two Cities Mirror Blockchain-Bitcoin Divide
October 17th, 2016
Beijing and Shanghai, China’s two most populous and developed cities, are often reminiscent of two siblings. They are similar, but each has its own distinct character. In this light, some rivalry is as inevitable, and it’s now spilling over ...
The bitcoin technology to be tested to cut costs in document exchanges
October 17th, 2016
Sberbank and the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation have launched a pilot project called Digital Ecosystem for exchanging documents using blockchain technology. The goal of the project is to study the possibilities of distributed document storage, which ...
Over 8 million Bitcoin wallets left inaccessible as Blockchain.info hit with DNS hijack
October 14th, 2016
Blockchain.info, one of the most popular online Bitcoin wallet services in the world, was forced to take its service offline this week (12 October) after suffering a DNS hijack that left its 8 million-strong userbase vulnerable to cyberattack. The ...
Wallingford Man Charged with Stealing Bitcoins in Dark Web Phishing Scheme
October 12th, 2016
Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that MICHAEL RICHO, 34, of Wallingford, was arrested ...
European Bitcoin Casino integrates Cubits Payment
October 11th, 2016
Bitcoin gambling is making waves recently as one of the most secure ways of playing online—not only because it offers low stakes, instant deposits and withdrawals, but also because it offers players security and anonymity. However, one issue that bitcoin ...
Bill Gross: Central Banks Are Pushing Investors to Bitcoin
October 5th, 2016
Risky markets and an incapable central banking culture could drive investors into the arms of bitcoin and gold, billionaire asset manager Bill Gross opined in a recent note to investors. Gross, who founded the Pacific Investment Management Co and ...
