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Some Financial Heavyweights Just Invested in a Trading Platform Linked to Bitcoin
June 10th, 2015
Symbiont, which plans to use bitcoin’s underlying technology to make it quicker and cheaper to transfer assets between buyers and sellers, has won the backing of several financial industry heavyweights. The company, according to a statement Tuesday, has raised ...
Bitfinex and BitGo Partner to Create World’s First Real-Time Proof of Reserve Bitcoin Exchange
June 4th, 2015
Fully Segregated Trading Accounts Creates Complete Customer Transparency for Enhanced Security Bitfinex, the world’s leading Bitcoin exchange, today unveiled a new Bitcoin settlement and security architecture that for the first time ever offers complete segregation of all customer bitcoins. ...
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 ...
Independent Reserve launches first Australian multi-currency bitcoin exchange
April 28th, 2015
Independent Reserve, the Bitcoin market, announced today that it had become the first Australian exchange to offer Bitcoin trading directly in both U.S. and Australian dollars. CEO Adrian Przelozny said the development would allow Australians to trade Bitcoin without ...
Bitwage launches first international Bitcoin payroll debit card
April 7th, 2015
Bitwage, a California-based Bitcoin payroll firm, has released the first international Bitcoin payroll debit card. With the release of this card, employees and contractors using the Bitwage system can withdraw and spend US dollars, Euros, and British Pounds directly from ...
Ex-federal agents charged with stealing Silk Road-related bitcoins
March 31st, 2015
Two former federal agents have been charged with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of bitcoin during the investigation of the Silk Road dark web marketplace. Carl Force, a special agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and ...
HK$75m Hong Kong bitcoin investment scam
March 6th, 2015
Police arrest five Hongkongers after more than 50 clients claim they were unable to withdraw funds from investment accounts Police are searching for the directors and shareholders of an investment company after more than 50 clients of a Hong ...
LedgerX Selects Ancoa to provide platform for monitoring bitcoin options trading
March 2nd, 2015
Ancoa has issued a press release informing that: LedgerX Selects Ancoa to Deliver First Real-Time Market Surveillance Capability for Bitcoin Options Trading Ancoa and LedgerX today announced that LedgerX has selected Ancoa to provide the first real-time market and ...
The Federal Reserve Bitcoin Strategy
January 28th, 2015
This morning The Federal Reserve Bitcoin Strategy was released in a paper outlining multiple options for improving the U.S. payment system. In the past, Digital currency had been deemed too immature. Now, after pressure from private sector interests, the ...
