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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-Based Investment Fund Added to IG
May 25th, 2015
The first fund to offer bitcoin investment as part of a bespoke portfolio has launched on global derivatives trading platform IG, the UK’s largest forex provider. Launched in late 2014, funding platform Invest Your Way (IYW) will enable traders to invest ...
Bitcoin: A Remarkable Innovation and Its Limitations
May 20th, 2015
My own sense is that popular interest in Bitcoin peaked about 12-18 months ago. Perhaps that interest will return. But for now, my sense is that Bitcoin represents a remarkable–indeed, a breakthrough–innovation which nonetheless is beginning to show its limitations. Rainer ...
First Bitcoin Index by New York Stock Exchange
May 20th, 2015
The New York Stock Exchange, part of the Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) global network of exchanges and clearing houses, today announced the NYSE Bitcoin Index (NYXBT), the first exchange-calculated and disseminated bitcoin index. Launching today, the NYXBT Index will represent ...
Bitcoin verification co Spondoolies raises $1.5m
May 19th, 2015
BTCS’s investment in Spondoolies-Tech follows last month’s announcement that it will merge with the Israeli company. Israeli start-up Spondoolies-Tech Ltd. has raised $1.5 million from Bitcoin Shop Inc. (BTCS) a block-chain technology company engaged in bitcoin verification services. Based in Kiryat ...
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 ...
Indian Banking Relationships Disappear as Bitcoin Exchanges Field Questions from Authorities
May 12th, 2015
Earlier this week, Indian Bitcoin exchange BTCXIndia shut down after a banking partner closed the account for an undisclosed reason. Unocoin, an Indian Bitcoin exchange which raised funding from Barry Silbert’s Bitcoin Opportunity Corp., was questioned by local authorities ...
The Challenges Facing Bitcoin Payments Adoption
May 8th, 2015
While several online retailers have made the move to integrate bitcoin payments on their platforms, it seems that gaining mainstream acceptance is still a huge challenge. During the first Virtual Currency Today Summit held by Networld Media Group, bitcoin ...
Global Bitcoin Exchange itBit Today Starts Accepting U.S. Customers Nationwide Through New York State Trust Company Charter
May 8th, 2015
itBit also announces $25M Series A funding and the addition of three prominent board members Global bitcoin exchange itBit today announced it is available to all U.S. retail and institutional bitcoin traders and will begin accepting U.S. customers immediately. Through a trust company ...
