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One of Bitcoin’s Biggest Miners is Launching a Second Pool
September 14th, 2016
As if running the third-largest bitcoin mining pool wasn’t enough, China-based Bitmain announced the launch of its second mining pool yesterday. Unlike the other large mining pools, though, the new offering (launched through its subsidiary BTC.com) will be open sourced ...
Bitcoin Regulation in Russia Takes a U-Turn, Subject to Review
September 5th, 2016
Russia’s stance towards Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has taken a U-turn. Last week, the country’s finance ministry stated that it is not in a hurry to introduce the Bitcoin draft law. The ministry is planning to review the draft ...
Ad-Blocking Browser Brave Launches Bitcoin Micropayments
September 2nd, 2016
Web browser developer Brave Software has a new weapon in its arsenal against third-party advertisements. While the Brave browser has been automatically blocking ads that target users based on their browsing habits since earlier this year, the beta version of Brave ...
Baidu’s Ban on Bitcoin Advertisement Will Affect Digital Currency Industry
September 1st, 2016
Bitcoin industry experts have predicted a drop in the growth of the online currency following Baidu’s decision to stop all bitcoin advertisements on its search engine platform. Last week, Baidu decided to take down not only bitcoin ads but ...
keza app relaunched enabling bitcoin investing in us stocks
August 31st, 2016
Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired the bitcoin-powered Keza app which allows users to invest in mainstream U.S. stocks, and has relaunched it. The Keza app closed in April shortly after launching, CCN reported. The project had received $357,000 in funding backed by Digital ...
Bitcoin Tipping Platform Zapchain to Shut Down
August 30th, 2016
Another bitcoin-based content monetization startup has announced it will shut down. Social network Zapchain, launched in 2014 as part of accelerator Boost VC’s fourth batch of startups, has told users that it will cease services effective 31st August. The announcement comes less than a ...
Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges
August 29th, 2016
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft — the second largest by an exchange since hackers took ...
Bitcoin Tracker Offers A New Way To Look At Cryptocurrency Transfers
August 29th, 2016
Over the past few months,there has been an increased focus on so-called Bitcoin analytics tools. Many people associate Bitcoin with anonymity these days. According to most people, it is next to impossible to track Bitcoin transfers. This is a ...
Baidu Freezes Bitcoin related promotions
August 29th, 2016
China’s leading search engine Baidu has halted—sans any warning—all bitcoin and digital currency-related advertising on its network. Chinese media outlet CnLedger broke the news on Friday, with a tweet that said Baidu “has stopped all virtual coin related keyword advertising (paid search), including bitcoin.” Local bitcoin exchanges ...
Bitcoin Privacy Tool ‘CoinShuffle’ Sees First Transaction
August 26th, 2016
A type of anonymous bitcoin transaction that privacy enthusiasts have been awaiting for years has finally been tested successfully. Sent on the bitcoin test network earlier this month, the transaction is possibly the first real-world implementation of CoinShuffle, a proposal that first ...
