Search Results for: Digital currency
Bitcoin Cash a pivotal moment for Bitcoin
August 1st, 2017
A new digital currency is about to be created as the bitcoin blockchain is forced to split in two Members of the bitcoin community unhappy with its direction are forcing the blockchain to split. This will create a new, ...
How Bitcoin is infiltrating the $60bn global art market
July 26th, 2017
Why is the art world getting excited about digital currency Bitcoin and its underlying technology blockchain? Eleesa Dadiani owns and runs an art gallery in London’s famous Cork Street. She was born in Georgia in the Caucasus and was ...
CFTC Grants DCO Registration to LedgerX LLC
July 26th, 2017
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that by a unanimous vote of the Commission, it has issued an order granting LedgerX, LLC (LedgerX) registration as a derivatives clearing organization under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Under the order, ...
Investigators found by accident a hacker claiming he pocketed millions of dollars in Bitcoins
July 24th, 2017
Pennsylvania police, hunting for stolen laptops, say they stumbled on $40 million bitcoin scam Law enforcement in Bucks County, Pa. likely didn’t think they were dealing with a dark Web criminal pro when Theodore Price’s name first popped on ...
Bitcoin off 40%, Ethereum down 60% from June highs
July 17th, 2017
Bitcoin slides below $2,000 as cryptocurrency selloff continues The price of the digital currency bitcoin fell over the weekend, dropping below $2,000 and farther away from its June highs, part of a broad selloff in dozens of cryptocurrencies, including ...
Swiss bank becomes first to offer bitcoin to its richest clients
July 14th, 2017
A Swiss bank is now offering to buy bitcoins for its clients. As of Wednesday, investors can ask their asset manager at Falcon Private Bank, a boutique investment firm headquartered in Zurich, to purchase and store bitcoin on their ...
Cryptocurrencies Down 23% for July. Is This the Bottom?
July 13th, 2017
The great digital currency bull run of 2017 came to a screeching halt in early June. Shortly after hitting all-time highs—bitcoin broke $3,000 and Ethereum nudged $400—the party ended, and cryptocurrencies of all stripes plunged. Now, almost two weeks ...
Mt Gox CEO On Trial In Japan As Bitcoin Gains Traction
July 11th, 2017
A Tokyo court began hearings Tuesday into charges that the head of the failed Japan-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox accessed its computer system and inflated his account by $1 million. French-born Mark Karpeles was whisked into the Tokyo District ...
Ethereum Traders File Class Action Lawsuit Over Kraken Flash Crash
July 6th, 2017
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against cryptocurrency exchange startup Kraken over issues stemming from its management of a May flash crash. Less than two months later, five customers of the exchange are alleging negligence, breach of contract and ...
Barclays spoke to regulators about bringing bitcoin ‘into play’
June 26th, 2017
Barclays U.K. CEO Ashok Vaswani told CNBC that the bank has spoken to regulators about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. Vaswani did not reveal the content of the discussions with Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), but said it involved talking about ...
