Search Results for: Bitcoin
Bitcoin challenger YoCoin launches
July 8th, 2016
Cryptocurrency has become a phenomenon that will not be going away anytime soon, and YoCoin is leading the charge to take cryptocurrencies mainstream and make them accessible to everyone. Unlike most of the alternative cryptocurrencies, YoCoin is a decentralized, ...
Swiss bank Vontobel offers bitcoin trading
July 7th, 2016
Vontobel has become the first Swiss issuer to offer a tracker certificate on bitcoins for subscription. Investors who expect a positive development in the bitcoin price can now for the first time participate in this performance with a product ...
Bitcoin transactions values to Triple this Year
July 5th, 2016
Bitcoin Transactions Values To Triple this Year – Reaching Over USD92Bn, As Brexit And Possible Trump Presidency Fuel Price Spikes – Exchanges Drive Growth As Retail Interest A new study from Juniper Research has found that the total value of Bitcoin ...
The 18 companies that control bitcoin in 2016
July 1st, 2016
Flashy startups like Coinbase, Circle, Blockchain, and BitPay are some of the most famous companies in bitcoin. But arguably more important are the miners — individuals and organisations who form the core backbone of bitcoin, ensuring the digital currency’s ...
Is Bitcoin money?
June 30th, 2016
Is Bitcoin actually money? American Banker reports a Florida circuit court judge will rule on the question Friday (July 1) as part of a “first-of-its-kind money-laundering case.” The report says Michel Espinoza was arrested at a Miami Beach motel in February ...
Australia has sold $22 million worth of seized bitcoins in a global auction
June 29th, 2016
Australia has sold $22 million worth of bitcoins seized as the proceeds of crime in a global auction. Ernst and Young transactions partner Adam Nikitins said multiple bidders claimed 24,518 units of the digital currency during the auction, which ...
Kraken Acquires Dutch Bitcoin Exchange CleverCoin
June 28th, 2016
San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Kraken is making yet another acquisition, scooping up Dutch exchange CleverCoin. The deal is Kraken’s second acquisition of 2016, coming just over five months after it purchased New York-based Coinsetter, which had acquired Canadian bitcoin ...
Investors see bitcoin as safe haven
June 27th, 2016
Demand is up following drop in pound as a result of Brexit Demand surged for bitcoin as a safe haven from the British pound, which plummeted after the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU). The pound fell ...
Brexit Fallout Bitcoin is up 10%
June 24th, 2016
The surprise “Leave” victory in the UK’s Brexit referendum has changed the calculus of global markets. We have seen the biggest intra-day volatility in the pound on record, as evidenced by it hitting a yearly high and yearly low ...
Everything you need to know about Bitcoin and the new contender Ethereum
June 23rd, 2016
Well, if we leave the EU and the Pound plummets, there’s always Bitcoin,” a glum currency trader joked last week. “Assuming our computers still switch on after Brexit.” He was being facetious. But then the king of all currency ...
