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Latin American Countries Are Warming Up To Bitcoin Loans
October 4th, 2016
Latin America is one of the regions on this planet where the financial situation grows more dire every day. This has attracted the attention of Bitcoin lending platforms, as they could make a huge impact on the market. Bitcoin loans ...
Spain to impose Taxation on Bitcoin Miners
October 3rd, 2016
A recent notice from the official taxation authority in Spain sees bitcoin mining fall under the purview of an economic activity, opening cryptocurrency mining to taxation. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency miners in Spain will see taxation of their profits, a ...
Regulators Block Sale of Bitcoin Miner Avalon
September 30th, 2016
A deal that would have seen Chinese manufacturer Shandong Luyitong purchase bitcoin mining hardware firm Canaan is no more. The deal is said to have been scuttled as a result of apprehension on the part of regulators from the Shenzhen ...
FX Firm Joins Mexican Bitcoin Exchange’s $2.5 Million Fundraise
September 29th, 2016
Bitcoin exchange startup Bitso has raised $2.5m to make it easier for the underbanked in Mexico to gain access to financial services. Among the investors is Mexico-based foreign exchange, Monex Group, which last year conducted $160bn in transactions in Europe, the ...
Bitcoin-Inspired Technology Starts to Reshape Currency Markets
September 27th, 2016
Product likely to lower the costs of cross-border transactions Bitcoin-inspired ledger technology is taking its first steps in foreign-exchange markets. Companies that provide payments systems to banks are unveiling products that use distributed ledgers to lower the costs of ...
Bitcoin users in Japan can now pay utility bills with bitcoin
September 27th, 2016
ResuPress Inc. a company that operates Bitcoin payment service Coincheck payment partnered with Mitsuwa industry Co. LTD. Bitcoin users in Japan can now pay utility bills with bitcoin. As an initial partnership, Coincheck will start a collaboration with E-net Systems ...
Bitcoin vs Litecoin vs Dogecoin – Cryptocurrency compared
September 22nd, 2016
Cryptocurrency was made mainstream by Bitcoin a few years back and with its popularity rising, everyone seems to want a piece of the cake. The currency was launched in 2008 by Japanese pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto to encourage the growth ...
Federal Judge Rules Bitcoin is Money in US Trial
September 20th, 2016
A federal judge in New York has ruled that bitcoin constitutes a form of money. The ruling comes from the ongoing case involving the now-defunct Florida bitcoin exchange Coin.mx and one of its former operators, Anthony Murgio. Murgio, who was indicted ...
Romania’s first Bitcoin Exchange Shuts Down
September 16th, 2016
BTCXChange was Romania’s first Bitcoin Exchange platform A Statement on the BTCXChange website on 4th September informed users that the platform is going to close down starting the 12 of September 2016. According the statement, users is been asked ...
Coinpit Takes First Steps Toward Trustless Bitcoin Futures Exchange
September 15th, 2016
Coinpit is taking significant and innovative steps to offer a safer alternative to Bitcoin’s custodial futures exchanges. Thanks to Bitcoin’s multi-signature technology, users that store bitcoins on Coinpit remain in complete control of their funds. Even if the exchange is ...
