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Bitcoin operators await regulation in Japan
May 11th, 2016
Bitcoin operators await regulation in Japan amid push for legitimacy and widespread use Bitcoin operators are keenly watching the Diet as it deliberates bills to regulate the currency, believing the legislation is key to regaining the public trust’s in ...
21 Inc Unveils Plan to Make Every Computer a Bitcoin Computer
May 5th, 2016
Balaji Srinivasan, co-founder and CEO of 21 Inc, announced the launch of the 21 software package at the Consensus 2016 blockchain conference, allowing anyone with a computer to receive bitcoin. Freely available, the software allows any connected device to join the ...
5 reasons Why someone would use Bitcoin
April 28th, 2016
It has now been eight years since Satoshi Nakamoto released his peer-to-peer digital cash system to the world, and the debate over whether or not the payment network and currency have any real, long-term value is still undecided. Having said that, ...
Bitcoin becoming regulated currency in the European Union
April 27th, 2016
Slovenian startup Bitstamp just did something that no other digital currency startup was able to do – launch the first nationally licensed Bitcoin exchange (BitEx). As it usually goes, the startup could not receive a license in its home country, so ...
Bitcoin Price Reaches 18-Month High As It Heads Toward $500
April 27th, 2016
The price of bitcoin has not reached the heights of $466 since September 2014. At that point it was still in free fall from the dizzying heights of $1,200 at the peak of the bitcoin frenzy in December 2013. Now the price ...
How bitcoin’s sister technology could change the future of healthcare
April 22nd, 2016
The larger world didn’t start paying much attention to bitcoin until 2013. That was the year mainstream companies like Microsoft, Expedia and Dell, among others, began to accept the alternative, electronic payment method. That was also the year the ...
South African Startup Raises Funding to Fight Digital Media Piracy With Bitcoin
April 19th, 2016
According to the latest Theatrical Market Statistics report released by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), global box office revenues reached $38.3 billion in 2015, up 5 percent from 2014. But Chris Dodd, chief of the MPAA, said that if ...
Former regulator turns Bitcoin tech advocate
April 14th, 2016
Former New York state financial services chief Benjamin Lawsky may have taken a harsh view of virtual currency as a regulator, but he has begun to stump for the technology behind it. The man accused of implementing tough regulations on ...
Mysterious billionaire inventor of Bitcoin expected to reveal his true identity
April 12th, 2016
Tech world braces for big news as rumours about the identity of digital currency’s shadowy creator reach fever pitch The secretive billionaire inventor of Bitcoin is preparing to finally reveal his identity, tech industry sources have claimed. A mysterious ...
Treasury planning crackdown on bitcoin and cryptocurrency anonymity in bid to tackle criminal use of digital currencies
April 11th, 2016
Ministers at the Treasury are planning a shake-up in the world of cryptocurrencies that will mean bitcoins and other virtual currencies can no longer be purchased anonymously. The change in the law, which the Treasury is preparing to introduce ...
