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Gold and Bitcoin jumps after Trump win; investors seek safe assets
November 10th, 2016
Digital currency joins gold surge as bitcoin price climbs nearly 4% after Trump win Trump’s shock election wins sent shock-waves across the world’s financial markets. As uncertainty reigned supreme, investors turned away from equities and towards bitcoin. Joining the ...
Inexperienced Chinese investors are getting stung by fintech scams
September 8th, 2016
China is witnessing a fintech boom. Companies providing electronic payments, cryptocurrency trading and other online financial services there are not only mushrooming, they are among the biggest and most highly rated in the world. The Fintech 100, a ranking ...
Cryptocurrency Market for Bitcoin Worth $19.48 Billion in 2016
May 26th, 2016
The report titled “Global Cryptocurrency Market (Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Ethereum)- Insights and Analysis: Technology, Sizing, Growth and Potential – (By Value, By Transaction Volume, Bitcoin ATMs, Company Analysis)” suggests that the cryptocurrencies have a huge potential in disrupting the ...
History of Bitcoin: The journey of a virtual currency
September 3rd, 2015
The biggest thing to hit the global market since the invention of currency is the word “Bitcoin”. What started merely as an alternate electronic payment system soon became the seventh wonder of modern economy. But while most of us ...
7 bitcoin-related court cases
July 24th, 2015
Bitcoin is back in the headlines again this week, but for all the wrong reasons. It surfaced yesterday that two operators of bitcoin exchange Coin.mx were being charged by US prosecutors for working without a money transmission license. This ...
Greeks are rushing to Bitcoin
June 30th, 2015
With bank doors slammed shut, frantic Greeks are turning to online trading platforms to see if the digital money Bitcoin is a better bet than the euro. The world’s largest Bitcoin exchanges tell CNNMoney they’ve seen a surge of business ...
A study on Bitcoin use in UK
June 16th, 2015
UK based Bitcoin news site Miningpool.co.uk released the results of a study on bitcoin use in the UK. According to Mining Pool, The Bitcoin Poll reveals 3 surprising facts about UK Users While looking at the results of Miningpool.co.uk ...
The Digital Currency Dilemma: Anonymity vs. Privacy (Op-Ed)
October 22nd, 2014
First Global Credit’s CEO Gavin Smith comments on digital currency exchange Bitstamp’s policy change and the issue of anonymity in the digital currency markets. This week Bitcoin Exchange, Bitstamp, fulfilled a promised policy change of handing over to the ...
Why The Bitcoin Price Dropped Today
September 19th, 2014
Normally in the Bitcoin world sudden price fluctuations ranging from $10-$30 can be attributed to market manipulation by large holders of the virtual currency. However, when the price changes greater than $30 in a short period of time there ...
Regulator says EU Banks Must Shun Bitcoin Until Rules in Place
July 4th, 2014
European Union banks should shun virtual currencies such as Bitcoin until a system of rules to prevent abuses are put in place, according to the bloc’s top banking regulator. The European Banking Authority called on the EU to develop ...
